Ali Baqar Najafi | |
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Justice of the Lahore High Court | |
Assumed office 16 April 2012 | |
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Born | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | 15 September 1963
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Alma mater | Government Muslim Model High School, Urdu Bazaar, Lahore Punjab University University Law College, Lahore (LLB) |
Ali Baqar Najafi (born 15 September 1963) is a Pakistani jurist and a senior Judge of the Lahore High Court since 16 April 2012 and member of Administration Committee of Lahore High Court.
Justice Ali Baqar Najafi was born on 15 September 1963 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. He graduated from Government College University Lahore before completing his LLB from University Law College Punjab University in 1989. He practiced law for 23 years in Lahore High Court and Supreme Court of Pakistan. While practicing, Justice Najafi also taught various law subjects, including Public International Law.
In 1989, he started his legal career as an advocate High Court and continued on to become the advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan. [1]
He was a faculty at Punjab University Law College, Lahore for twelve years. He also taught in private law colleges for eighteen years. He also served as internal and external examiner for University of the Punjab. [1]
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court two-judge bench on Thursday sent a petition of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz seeking the return of her passport to the chief justice as one of its members recused himself from the matter.
The petition came for hearing before the bench comprising Justice Ali Baqar Najafi and Justice Muhammad Anwarul Haq Pannun.
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