ISLAMABAD:

Soon after the Senate on Friday passed four bills related to the recently approved 27th Constitutional Amendment, with a majority voice vote, the government moved fast to begin shaping the new judicial framework.

Justice Aminuddin Khan was sworn in as the first chief justice of the Federal Constitutional Court.

President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath to the newly appointed chief justice of the FCC in a ceremony at Aiwan-e-Sadr.

In a related development, the president accepted the resignations of Supreme Court judges – Mansoor Ali Shah and Athar Minallah. It was announced on a post on the president's official X account.

The two justices hung up their robes on Thursday, describing the legislation as an affront to the judiciary and the 1973 Constitution.

The oath-tak

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