ISLAMABAD: Pakistani President Dr. Arif Alvi on Thursday nominated Justice Umar Ata Bandial as the new chief justice of the country, Pakistani state media reported.
Justice Bandial will succeed the incumbent Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed on February 2, 2022, the state-run Radio Pakistan reported.
Born on September 17, 1958 in Lahore, Justice Bandial received his elementary and secondary education in Lahore, Kohat, Rawalpindi and Peshawar.
“He secured his B.A. (Economics) degree from Columbia University, USA followed by a Law Tripos degree from Cambridge University, UK and qualified as Barrister-at-Law from Lincoln’s Inn, London,” the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s website read.
In 1983, Justice Bandial enrolled as an advocate of the Lahore High Court (LHC) and later, as an advocate of the Supreme Court.
As a lawyer at the LHC, he dealt mostly with commercial, banking, tax and property matters. He also handled international commercial disputes and appeared in arbitration matters before the Supreme Court of Pakistan and international arbitral tribunals in London and Paris.
He was elevated as a judge of the Lahore High Court on December 4, 2004. Justice Bandial is one of the judges who refused to take oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO), issued by former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf, in November 2007.
He was reinstated as a judge of the Lahore High Court after the country’s lawyers succeeded in their movement for the restoration of the judiciary and constitution against the Musharraf regime.
Justice Bandial served as the chief justice of the Lahore High Court for two years until his elevation as a judge of the Supreme Court in June 2014.
During his stint as a judge of the high court and the apex court, Justice Bandial has issued judgments on a number of civil and commercial disputes, and in constitutional rights and public interest cases.
President Alvi names Justice Umar Ata Bandial as next chief justice of Pakistan
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President Alvi names Justice Umar Ata Bandial as next chief justice of Pakistan
- He has issued key verdicts in civil, constitutional and public interest cases
- Justice Bandial will take charge as the new chief justice on February 2, 2022
Pakistan sells Multan Sultans for record $8.7 million ahead of PSL 11th edition
- New owner Walee Technologies plans to change franchise’s name to Rawalpindi
- PCB chairman says ‘Multan Sultans still dear to my heart, will think of something’
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday sold Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Multan Sultans for a record Rs2.45 billion ($8.7 million), ahead of the 11th edition of the Twenty20 tournament.
The 11th edition of the tournament will kick off on March 26, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Friday, which will feature eight franchises competing across multiple venues.
The previous owner of Multan Sultans, Ali Tareen, announced in Dec. he was walking away from the ownership of the franchise. The PCB said earlier said it will run the Multan Sultans team for the 11th edition before looking for a potential buyer.
Walee Technologies, which specializes in media, finance and technology, bought the rights for the franchise for $8.7 million at an auction held in Lahore, with local media reporting the new owner planned to change its name to Rawalpindi.
“I cannot ask the person paying Rs2.45bn to keep the name Multan Sultans,” Naqvi told reporters after the auction. “Multan Sultans is still dear to my heart, but we will think of something.”
Walee Technologies was among five bidders that participated in the auction, which came a month after Hyderabad and Sialkot joined the PSL 11th edition.
FKS, an aviation and health care conglomerate based in the US who also run the Chicago Kingsmen team, bought the Hyderabad franchise for a whopping Rs1.75 billion ($6.2 million). The other winner was OZ
Developers, a real estate consortium, which bought the Sialkot franchise for Rs1.85 billion ($6.55 million) at the auction.
The PSL has become a key pillar of the country’s cricket economy, providing financial stability to the PCB and serving as a talent pipeline for the national team.
The league, which features a mix of local and international players, already had six city-based teams, including Karachi Kings, Multan Sultans, Lahore Qalandars, Islamabad United, Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators.
