Mian Saqib Nisar

Mian Saqib Nisar
میاں ثاقب نثار
Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
Assumed office
10 September 2015
Preceded by Anwar Zaheer Jamali
Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
Assumed office
18 February 2010
Justice of the Lahore High Court
In office
22 May 1998  17 February 2010
Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
In office
1994  21 May 1998
Federal Law Secretary
In office
29 March 1997  Date unknown
Secretary General of Lahore High Court Bar Association
In office
1991–1992
Advocate of the Lahore High Court
In office
1982–1994
Personal details
Born (1954-01-18) 18 January 1954
Lahore, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistan Pakistani
Alma mater Cathedral High School, Lahore
Government College University (Lahore)
University of Punjab (LLB)[1]

Mian Saqib Nisar (Urdu: میاں ثاقب نثار, born 18 January 1954) is the Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since 10 September 2015.[2]

He has been Justice of the Supreme Court since 18 February 2010 and has served as judge of Lahore High Court prior to that. Before becoming a judge, he was an advocate of Supreme Court Bar Association and Lahore High Court Bar Association. He was elected Secretary General of Lahore High Court Bar Association in 1991.[1]

On 29 March 1997, he was also appointed as Federal Law Secretary. As an advocate, he practiced in areas of civil, commercial, tax and constitutional laws.[1]

According to the seniority list, he will be the 25th Chief Justice of Pakistan after Anwar Zaheer Jamali retires on 30 December 2016 and will remain on this post until 17 January 2019, his retirement date.

Notable cases

He was a member of the Supreme Court bench which heard the case against 21st Constitutional Amendment, the amendment which authorized the establishment of military courts to hear terrorism cases after the incident which killed 141 people including 132 children in a school in Peshawar on 16 December 2014.[3]

He also heard the case where Pakistan Railways's land worth Rs10 billion was allotted to Royal Palm Golf Club by Musharraf government which federal government of Nawaz Sharif wanted back in 2014.[4]

References


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