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• Current Advocate General (ICT): Naveed Hayat Malik
• Appointment: May 2026
• Position: Chief Legal Advisor to the ICT Administration
• Main Role: Represents the government before courts and provides legal opinions.
• Predecessor: Barrister Jahangir Khan Jadoon

Last verified on 07-07-2026

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Justice Yahya Afridi is the current & 30th Chief Justice CJ of Pakistan since October 2024.

Born on 23 January 1965 in Kohat.

Appointed as an Additional Judge of the Peshawar High Court in 2010.

He also took the oath as Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court in 2016.

He became the judge in Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2018.

He replaced Qazi Faez Essa.

He will serve as CJP until 2027.
Retirement: 22 January 2030

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• The current Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court is Justice Muhammad Kamran Khan Malakhail.
• He officially took charge as Chief Justice on June 6, 2025.

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Last verified on 28-06-2026

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Justice Sardar Muhammad Shamim Khan took oath as Chief Justice of Gilgit-Baltistan on 12 November 2025 for a second term. 

His previous three-year tenure ended on Nov 4, 2025.

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Justice Ayesha Malik the first female Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since March 2012.

In June 2023, Judicial Commission of Pakistan approved the elevation of Justice Musarrat Hilali to the Supreme Court.

17 judges are there in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Retirement age of Supreme Court Judges: 65

Retiring age of High Court Judge: 62

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Justice Hilali became only the second female judge to rise to the apex court after Justice Ayesha  Malik

Justice Musarrat Hilali is set to become the first female chief justice of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on April 1, 2023

Syeda Tahira Safdaris a Pakistani jurist served as the Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court.

Mian Abdul Rasheed  was the 1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan