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The chief justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan heads the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan. The chief justice of the Shariat Court is the second-highest judicial office in the country, after the chief justice of Pakistan.
The acting chief justice of Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan is Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dr. Syed Muhammad Anwer, who took oath on 16 May 2022. [1]
These are the names of the chief justices of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan, which came into being in 1980. [2]
| Temporal order | Name | From | To | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salahuddin Ahmed | 28 May 1980 | 31 May 1981 | |
| 2 | Sheikh Aftab Hussain (acting) | 1 June 1981 | 14 October 1984 | |
| 3 | Sardar Fakhr e Alam (acting) | 15 October 1984 | 7 November 1984 | |
| 4 | Gul Muhammad Khan | 8 November 1984 | 8 November 1990 | |
| 5 | Tanzil-ur-Rahman | 17 November 1990 | 16 November 1992 | |
| 6 | Mir Hazar Khan Khoso | 17 November 1992 | 18 July 1994 | [3] |
| 7 | Nazir Ahmad Bhatti | 19 July 1994 | 4 January 1997 | |
| 8 | Mian Mehboob Ahmad | 8 January 1997 | 7 January 2000 | |
| 9 | Fazal Ellahi Khan | 12 January 2000 | 11 January 2003 | [4] |
| 10 | Chaudhry Ejaz Yousaf | 9 May 2003 | 8 May 2006 | [5] |
| 11 | Haziq-ul-Khairi | 9 May 2006 | 4 June 2009 | [6] |
| 12 | Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan | 5 June 2009 | 4 June 2014 | [7] |
| 13 | Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan | 5 June 2014 | 5 December 2014 | [8] |
| 14 | Fida Muhammad Khan (acting) | 12 December 2014 | 7 March 2015 | [9] |
| 15 | Riaz Ahmad Khan | 7 March 2015 | 14 May 2017 | [10] |
| 16 | Najam ul Hassan | 15 May 2017 | 10 May 2019 | [11] |
| 17 | Muhammad Noor Meskanzai | 15 May 2019 | 14 May 2022 | [12] |
| 18 | Justice Dr. Syed Muhammad Anwer (acting) | 16 May 2022 | 1 June 2022 | [1] |
| 19 | Justice Iqbal Hameed Ur Rehman | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent |
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