Supreme Court of Pakistan
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The Supreme Court of Pakistan (abbr. SCP; Urdu: عدالتِ عظمیٰ پاکستان, romanized: 'Adālat-e-'Uzmā Pākistān) is the supreme judicial authority and the apex court of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Established in accordance with Part VII of the Constitution of Pakistan, it has ultimate and extensive appellate, original, and advisory jurisdictions on all courts (including the high courts, district, special and Shariat court), involving issues of laws and may act on the verdicts rendered on the cases in context in which it enjoys jurisdiction. In the court system of Pakistan, the Supreme Court is the final arbiter of legal disputes and was the final interpreter of constitutional law until the Twenty-seventh Amendment created the Federal Constitutional Court of Pakistan, and the highest court of appeal in Pakistan. Currently, the Supreme Court is incorporated of Chief Justice of Pakistan, seventeen justices, and two ad-hoc appointments for Shariat Appellate Bench. Once appointed, justices are expected to complete a designated term and then retire at 65 years old, unless their term is terminated through resignation or impeachment by the supreme judicial committee resulted in a presidential reference in regards to the misconduct of judge(s). In their discourse judgement, the justices are often categorized as having the conservative, textual, moderate, and liberal philosophies of law in their judicial interpretation of law and judgements. The Supreme Court has a permanent seat in Islamabad and meets at the Supreme Court Building at the Red Zone.