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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 current chief justice of Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan is Hameedur Rahman. [1] [2]
These are the names of the chief justices of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan, which came into being in 1980. [3]
| 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 | [4] |
| 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 | [5] |
| 10 | Chaudhry Ejaz Yousaf | 9 May 2003 | 8 May 2006 | [6] |
| 11 | Haziq-ul-Khairi | 9 May 2006 | 4 June 2009 | [7] |
| 12 | Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan | 5 June 2009 | 4 June 2014 | [8] |
| 13 | Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan | 5 June 2014 | 5 December 2014 | [9] |
| 14 | Fida Muhammad Khan (acting) | 12 December 2014 | 7 March 2015 | [10] |
| 15 | Riaz Ahmad Khan | 7 March 2015 | 14 May 2017 | [11] |
| 16 | Najam ul Hassan | 15 May 2017 | 10 May 2019 | [12] |
| 17 | Muhammad Noor Meskanzai | 15 May 2019 | 14 May 2022 | [13] |
| 18 | Justice Dr. Syed Muhammad Anwer (acting) | 16 May 2022 | 1 June 2022 | [14] |
| 19 | Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rahman | 1 June 2023 | Incumbent |
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