Justice (r) Tariq Pervaiz appointed KPK's caretaker CM
Justice Tariq was among the judges who refused to take oath on November 3, 2007 under the PCO.
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – Justice (Retd) Tariq Pervaiz has been appointed as caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The announcement was made during a joint press conference of outgoing KP CM Ameer Haider Hoti and leader of the opposition in the provincial assembly Muhammad Akram Khan Durrani on Friday.
During the conference, the KP CM recommended the governor to dissolve provincial assembly with National Assembly.
A former chief justice of Peshawar High Court Justice Tariq Pervez is a judge of repute who had earned a lot of respect from the legal fraternity and civil society when he declined to take oath under the Provisional Constitution Order after General Pervez Musharraf declared emergency on Nov 3, 2007.
He was chief justice of the high court at that time. Tariq Pervez Khan was finally restored along with several other judges of superior courts.
Justice Tariq Pervez was born in Peshawar on Feb 15, 1948, and did his graduation in law in 1971 from the University of Peshawar. He was considered a competent lawyer and well-versed in different fields of law, especially criminal jurisprudence.
Justice Tariq Pervez had served as president of PHC Bar Association in 1996. He was appointed as chief justice of PHC on April 5, 2005, and elevated to the Supreme Court in Oct 2009. He retired from that post on Feb 14 this year.
