ISLAMABAD: Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court, will take oath as the 26th Chief Justice of Pakistan at a ceremony at President House in Islamabad today.

President Dr Arif Alvi will administer oath to the new chief justice of the country at 10am today. Justice Khosa will be replacing outgoing Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar who retired on Jan 17. He will serve as the top judge of Pakistan for almost eleven years and will retire on December 20, 2019.

The ceremony will be attended by sitting and former judges of the Supreme Court as well as foreign dignitaries.