<P> The Chief Justice is the chief administrative officer of the country's court system and the highest judicial officer - ranking immediately above the Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court - and is responsible for supervising federal judicial policies, and conducting judicial business in the Supreme Court . </P> <P> Nomination for the appointment of the Chief Justice is made by Prime Minister of Pakistan, and final appointments are confirmed by the President of Pakistan . Presiding over the oral arguments before the court, the Chief Justice has significant agenda - setting power over meetings of the Supreme Court . In modern tradition, the Chief Justice has the ceremonial duty of administering the oath of office of the President of Pakistan . </P> <P> The first Chief Justice was Sir Abdul Rashid . The current Chief Justice is Mian Saqib Nisar; incumbent since 31 December 2016 . </P> <P> Pakistan's longest - serving Chief Justice was Mohammad Haleem for total of 3,205 days . The shortest - serving Chief Justice was Muhammad Shahabuddin, who died in office 9 days after taking oath . Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is the only Justice to have served non-consecutive terms, for a total of three terms with total of 2,480 days . </P>

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