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Saeed Khosa new Pak Chief Justice

Sentinel Digital Desk

Islamabad: Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, who was part of the Supreme Court benches that disqualified former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from politics and overturned the death penalty of a Christian woman jailed for blasphemy, was sworn in as the 26th Chief Justice of Pakistan on Friday. President Arif Alvi administered the oath to Khosa, 64, in a ceremony held at President House in the capital, Geo News reported. He replaced Justice Saqib Nisar whose tenure ended on Thursday. (IANS)