Chief Justice of Pakistan
head of the court system of Pakistan
The Chief Justice of Pakistan heads the Supreme Court of Pakistan. These are the names of the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (known as the Federal Court until 1960).
| Chief Justice of Pakistan
منصف اعظم پاکستان – Mansaf-e-Āzam | |
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| Supreme Court of Pakistan | |
| Style | The Honorable (formal) Your Honor (within court) Mr. Chief Justice (informal) |
| Status | Chief justice |
| Seat | Supreme Court of Pakistan Building, Islamabad, and Lahore |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| Appointer | President of Pakistan |
| Term length | Variable Until the age of 65 |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Pakistan |
| Formation | 27 June 1949 |
| First holder | Abdul Rashid (as Federal Chief Justice) |
List
change| Number | Name | Period of office | Length of term (years, days) | Bar | Appointed by | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Mian Abdul Rashid | 27 June 1949 | 29 June 1954 | 5 years, 0 days | Lahore High Court | Government of India Act 1935 |
| 2 | Muhammad Munir | 29 June 1954 | 2 May 1960 | 5 years, 308 days | Lahore High Court | Malik Ghulam Muhammad |
| 3 | Muhammad Shahabuddin† | 3 May 1960 | 12 May 1960 | 9 days | Madras High Court | Ayub Khan |
| 4 | A.R. Cornelius | 13 May 1960 | 29 February 1968 | 7 years, 292 days | Lahore High Court | |
| 5 | S.A. Rahman | 1 March 1968 | 3 June 1968 | 94 days | Lahore High Court | |
| 6 | Fazal Akbar | 4 June 1968 | 17 November 1968 | 166 days | East Pakistan High Court | |
| 7 | Hamoodur Rahman† | 18 November 1968 | 31 October 1975 | 6 years, 347 days | Calcutta High Court | |
| 8 | Yaqub Ali | 1 November 1975 | 22 September 1977 | 1 year, 325 days | Lahore High Court | Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry |
| 9 | S. Anwarul Haq | 23 September 1977 | 25 March 1981 | 3 years, 183 days | Lahore High Court | |
| 10 | Mohammad Haleem | 23 March 1981 | 31 December 1989 | 8 years, 283 days | Sindh High Court | Zia-ul-Haq |
| 11 | Afzal Zullah | 1 January 1990 | 18 April 1993 | 3 years, 107 days | Lahore High Court | Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
| 12 | Nasim Hasan Shah | 17 April 1993 | 14 April 1994 | 362 days | Lahore High Court | |
| A* | Saad Saud Jan | 15 April 1994 | 4 June 1994 | 50 days | Lahore High Court | Farooq Leghari |
| 13 | Sajjad Ali Shah | 5 June 1994 | 2 December 1997 | 3 years, 180 days | Sindh High Court | |
| 14 | Ajmal Mian | 27 December 1997 | 30 June 1999 | 1 year, 185 days | Sindh High Court | Wasim Sajjad |
| 15 | Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui | 1 July 1999 | 26 January 2000 | 209 days | Sindh High Court | Rafiq Tarar |
| 16 | Irshad Hasan Khan | 26 January 2000 | 6 January 2002 | 1 year, 345 days | Lahore High Court | |
| 17 | Bashir Jehangiri | 7 January 2002 | 31 January 2002 | 24 days | Peshawar High Court | Pervez Musharraf |
| 18 | Sheikh Riaz Ahmad | 1 February 2002 | 31 December 2003 | 1 year, 333 days | Lahore High Court | |
| 19 | Nazim Hussain Siddiqui | 31 December 2003 | 29 June 2005 | 1 year, 180 days | Sindh High Court | |
| 20 | Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry (1st) | 29 June 2005 | 9 March 2007 | 1 year, 253 days | Balochistan High Court | |
| A | Javaid Iqbal | 9 March 2007 | 24 March 2007 | 15 days | Balochistan High Court | |
| A | Rana Bhagwandas | 25 March 2007 | 20 July 2007 | 87 days | Sindh High Court | |
| 20 | Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry (2nd) | 20 July 2007 | 3 November 2007 | 136 days | Balochistan High Court | |
| 21 | A. H. Dogar | 3 November 2007 | 21 March 2009 | 1 year, 138 days | Sindh High Court | |
| 20 | Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry (3rd) | 21 March 2009 | 11 December 2013 | 4 years, 265 days | Balochistan High Court | Asif Ali Zardari |
| 20 | Tassaduq Hussain Jillani | 12 December 2013 | 6 July 2014 | 176 days | Lahore High Court | Mamnoon Hussain |
| 22 | Nasir-ul-Mulk | 7 July 2014 | 16 August 2015 | 1 year, 70 days | Peshawar High Court | |
| 23 | Jawwad S. Khawaja | 17 August 2015 | 9 September 2015 | 23 days | Lahore High Court | |
| 24 | Anwar Zaheer Jamali | 10 September 2015 | 30 December 2016 | 1 year, 111 days | Sindh High Court | |
| 25 | Mian Saqib Nisar | 31 December 2016 | 17 January 2019 | 2 years, 17 days | Lahore High Court | |
| 26 | Asif Saeed Khan Khosa | 18 January 2019 | 20 December 2019 | 336 days | Lahore High Court | Arif Alvi[1][2][3] |
| 27 | Gulzar Ahmed | 21 December 2019 | 4 years, 295 days | Sindh High Court | ||
- A Acting
- ± Recess appointment, later rejected by the Supreme Judicial Council. All decisions voided due to illegality of appointment.
- † Died in office
References
change- ↑ "Justice Asif Saeed Khosa appointed new Chief Justice of Pakistan". The News. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ↑ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2019-01-03). "Alvi approves Justice Khosa's appointment as next CJP". Dawn. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ↑ Tribune.com.pk (2019-12-04). "Justice Gulzar to be sworn in as 27th chief justice of Pakistan on Dec 21". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
