Qazi Faez Isa, born 1959 in Quetta, is a Pakistani jurist who served as the twenty-ninth Chief Justice of Pakistan from 2023 to 2024. As Chief Justice he led a bench that reinterpreted a constitutional disqualification clause from a lifetime bar to a five-year limit, a ruling that reopened electoral eligibility for previously barred politicians, and his tenure was marked by public disputes over judicial independence and allegations of intelligence-agency interference in the courts.
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He was appointed as a justice of the Supreme Court in 2014, having previously served as the chief justice of Balochistan High Court from 2009 to 2014.
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Qazi Faez Isa (Urdu: قاضی فائز عیسیٰ, pronounced [qaːziː faez iːsaː]; born 26 October 1959) is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 29th Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) from 17 September 2023 to 25 October 2024.
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He practiced law for over 27 years before all the High Courts of Pakistan, the Federal Shariat Court, and the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and was a member of the Balochistan High Court Bar Association, Sindh High Court Bar Association and Life Member of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan.
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P569 (date of birth): 1959
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P569 (date of birth): 1959-10-26
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P19 (place of birth): Quetta
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