Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari, was a Pakistani politician who served as the eighth president of Pakistan from 14 November 1993 until resigning on 2 December 1997. He was the first Baloch to be elected as President.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan is the apex court in the judicial hierarchy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
The Lahore High Court is a provincial court house based in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established as a high court on 21 March 1882. The Lahore High Court has jurisdiction over the province of Punjab. The High Court's principal seat is in Lahore, but there are benches in three other cities of the province: Rawalpindi, Multan and Bahawalpur.
Capital Development Authority, is a public benefit corporation responsible for providing municipal services in Islamabad Capital Territory. The CDA was established on 14 June 1960 by executive order entitled Pakistan Capital Regulation. As of 2016, most of CDA's municipal services and departments have been transferred to the newly created Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation, although CDA is still in charge of estate management, project execution and sector developments.
Malik Mohammad Qayyum was a Pakistani lawyer who was Senior Advocate Supreme Court and Attorney General of Pakistan. He was replaced by Senator Latif Khosa when President Pervez Musharraf resigned on 18 August 2008. He became Attorney General following the resignation of Makhdoom Ali Khan. He was a Judge of the Lahore High Court, which he resigned from after a phone transcript of his was released in which he was alleged to be approached by the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's government to fix judgement in a case before him involving Benazir Bhutto. Qayyum denied that the voice in the telephone conversation was his. Agencies have examined the tapes and have expressed their concern that they could have been doctored although no final verdict is available.
The Balochistan High Court is the highest judicial institution of Balochistan, Pakistan. The court is formally known as the High Court of Balochistan. It is situated in the provincial capital, Quetta.
Sayed Zahid Hussain is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and a former chief justice of the Lahore High Court, who also held the position of being the Chairman of The Federal Service Tribunal, and until recently served as the law consultant to the President of Pakistan to hear the appeals against order of Federal Obudsman.
Maryam Nawaz Sharif is a Pakistani politician, currently serving as the 20th Chief Minister of Punjab, in office since 26 February 2024. She is the daughter of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif and her initial involvement in public life was through her family’s philanthropic organisations. However, her political career began in earnest in 2012 when she took charge of the election campaign for the 2013 general elections. Following the elections, she was appointed as the Chairperson of the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme in 2013. Despite her active role, she resigned from the position in 2014 after her appointment was legally challenged in the Lahore High Court.
Mian Saqib Nisar is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 25th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 31 December 2016 till 17 January 2019. He has previously served as the Law Secretary. He also served as a visiting professor of law at the University of the Punjab, where he provided instructions on constitutional law.
Syed Mansoor Ali Shah is a Pakistani jurist who is serving as a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He formerly served as the 45th Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court. He is expected to take oath as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 26 October 2024.
Fawad Hasan Fawad is a Pakistani public policy practitioner, former civil servant who served in BPS-22 grade as the Principal Secretary to two Prime Ministers, Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi; and later as caretaker Federal Minister for Privatisation and Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination.
Sikandar Sultan Raja is a retired Pakistani civil servant who has been the Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan since January 2020. Raja belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service and is batchmates with Rizwan Ahmed, Hussain Asghar, Fawad Hasan Fawad and Jawad Rafique Malik.
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.
Muhammad Farrukh Irfan Khan is a Pakistani jurist who has been Justice of the Lahore High Court from 20 February 2010 until his resignation on 9 April 2019
Muhammad Qasim Khan is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 50th Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court from 19 March 2020 till 05 July 2021. Was appointed by President Arif Alvi. He retired on 06th July 2021.
Sayyed Muhammad Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi is a removed Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, he assumed office on 16 March 2020 and was removed as a Judge on 10 January 2024. Naqvi previously served as a Judge of the Lahore High Court before his out of turn elevation to the Supreme Court.
Muhammad Ameer Bhatti is a retired Chief Justice of Lahore High Court.
Malik Shahzad Ahmed Khan is a Pakistani jurist currently serving as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since 25 June 2024. He previously served as a Justice of the Lahore High Court (LHC) from 12 May 2011 to 24 June 2024, and as Chief Justice of the LHC from 8 March 2024 to 24 June 2024.
Manzoor Ahmad Malik is a retired Pakistani judge. He became a judge of the Lahore High Court in September 2009 and was appointed the 43rd Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court on 30th of March 2015. Justice (R) Malik was elevated to the judge of Supreme Court in November 2015.
Punjab University Law College (PULC) is a Public Sector Law College of University of the Punjab, Canal Road (Quaid e Azam) Campus, Lahore. It is the oldest law institute in Pakistan which was established in 1868 (14 years before Punjab University itself). It was the first institute offering legal education to be established in a Muslim majority area of the Subcontinent. Since then, it has produced some of the most prominent lawyers, activists, statesmen, judges, bureaucrats and politicians. Today, the institute is known for its rich history, high quality education and renowned Alumni.
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