The Peshawar High Court is the provincial and highest judicial institution of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. It is located in the provincial capital Peshawar. The Parliament passed a bill extending the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court (SC) and the Peshawar High Court to Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA),one of a handful of reforms paving the way for a merger of the tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Abdul Lateef Afridi,also known as Lateef Lala,was a Pakistani lawyer and politician who served in the National Assembly from 1997 until 1999 as a member of the Awami National Party. In September 2021,Afridi was one of the founders of the National Democratic Movement.
Justice Mian Sakirullah Jan is a former justice in Supreme Court of Pakistan and a former Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court and is currently serving as the Chairman of the National Industrial Relations Commission.
Nasirul Mulk is a Pakistani jurist and politician who served as the seventh caretaker prime minister of Pakistan in 2018,and previously also served as the 22nd chief justice of Pakistan from 2014 to 2015. A jurist by profession,he was nominated as Chief Justice by the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. On 6 July 2014,his appointment as CJP was confirmed by President Mamnoon Hussain. He also previously served as the country's acting Chief Election Commissioner,from 30 November 2013 to 6 July 2014.
Tariq Pervez Khan was the Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court in Pakistan. He was later elevated to the Supreme Court from where he retired in February 2013. He also served as the caretaker chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from March 20,2013 to May 31,2013. He has also been acting governor twice during the tenure of Governor Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai. On November 10,2014,he was nominated as chief election commissioner of Pakistan.
Qazi Faez Isa is a Pakistani jurist who is currently serving as the 29th Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) since 17 September 2023. He was appointed as a justice of the Supreme Court in 2014,having previously served as the chief justice of Balochistan High Court from 2009 to 2014.
Dost Muhammad Khan is a Pakistani jurist who remained a senior justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 1 February 2014 to 20 March 2018. Previously,he served as Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court from 17 November 2011 to 31 January 2014. He refused to take oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) 3 November 2007 and rejected many offers.
Mazhar Alam Miankhel is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and a former Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court. He served as judge of Peshawar High Court from 2011 to 2014 and later held the position of Chief Justice of the same court from April 8,2014,until his retirement on July 13,2022.
The Kyber Pakhtunkhwa Judicial Academy is an institution of higher learning in Peshawar,Pakistan which focuses on legal and judicial studies. Its mission is "to change the attitude of young law graduates as judges and to inculcate in them patience,sobriety,confidence,discipline and skill of high quality legal reasoning;to develop their capacity;to enable them to create harmony among all justice sector institutions;to sensitize them to the rights of all litigant public,notably,of the vulnerable communities;and to make them leaders to contribute to the rule of law.
Umar Ata Bandial is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 28th Chief Justice of Pakistan from February 2022 to September 2023. He was appointed as the Chief Justice after the approval by President Arif Alvi on 13 January 2022,after which he assumed his office on 2 February 2022 and retired on 16 September 2023.
Waqar Ahmed Seth was a Pakistani jurist who was the Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court between June 2018 and November 2020. He presided over the special court which heard the high treason case against Pervez Musharraf and one of the two judges on a three-judge panel who convicted Musharraf of this crime and sentenced him to death in a controversial decision. That was the first time in Pakistan's history that a military dictator was convicted of high treason.
Qaiser Rashid Khan was a Pakistani jurist and the chief justice of Peshawar High Court from 9 January 2021 to 31 March 2023. Born in Thana,Malakand,Khan earned his law degree from Khyber Law College and his Master of Arts degrees in Political Science and Journalism from the University of Peshawar before beginning his career in law. His tenure at the Peshawar High Court began in 2011,and he subsequently held various positions,including Senior Justice and Acting Chief Justice,before his death in 2024.
Syed Arshad Ali is a Pakistani jurist who has been Justice of the Peshawar High Court since 16 June 2017.
Muhammad Ibrahim Khan is a Pakistani jurist who has been the Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court since 6 July 2023. He has been a Justice of the Peshawar High Court since 11 August 2016.
Provincial elections were held in Balochistan on 8 February 2024 to elect a new provincial legislature. On 5 August 2023,after the approval of the results of the 2023 digital census by the Council of Common Interests headed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif,elections have been delayed for several months,as new delimitations will be published on 14 December 2023. On 2 November 2023,the Election Commission of Pakistan announced,in agreement with the President of Pakistan,Arif Alvi,that the elections will be held on 8 February 2024. This election will be held concurrently with nationwide general elections and other provincial elections.
Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 8 February 2024 to elect members of the 12th Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. On 5 August 2023,the results of the 2023 digital census were approved by the Council of Common Interests headed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Therefore,elections have been delayed for several months,as new delimitations will be published on 14 December 2023,as announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). On 2 November 2023,the ECP announced,in agreement with the President of Pakistan,Arif Alvi,that the elections would be held on 8 February 2024. This election was held concurrently with nationwide general elections and other provincial elections.
Jawwad S. Khawaja v. Federation of Pakistan,PLD 2024 SC 337,is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in which it was held that the Constitution of Pakistan does not allow for the court-martial of civilians.
Sahibzada Asadullah,is a Pakistani jurist serving as a Justice of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) since 19 August 2019.
Muhammad Naeem Anwar,is a Pakistani jurist currently holding the position of Justice in the Peshawar High Court (PHC) since 19 August 2019.
Waqar Ahmed Khan,is a Pakistani jurist currently holding the position of Justice in the Peshawar High Court (PHC) since 19 August 2019.
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