MR. JUSTICE RAHMAT HUSSAIN JAFFERI, JUDGE, SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN

MR <!--[if gte mso 10]> MR. JUSTICE RAHMAT HUSSAIN JAFFERI, JUDGE, SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN Born in well-known Jafferi family of Larkana, Sindh on 22-11-1945. Early education at Larkana later at Government College Larkana from where he obtained degree in B.A. Degree of LL.B. from Sindh Law College Karachi. Enrolled as an Advocate at Larkana Bar Association --Worked under the able guidance of his father Mr. Fakir Muhammad Jafferi, who was District Public Prosecutor, Larkana from pre-partitioned days to 1965 when he retired and started practice. Mr. Rahmat Hussain Jafferi joined Sindh Judiciary as Civil Judge and First Class Magistrate in the year, 1972. In the year 1974 he married with the daughter of renowned Judge Mr. Justice Z.A. Channa. Later on promoted as Senior Civil Judge, Additional Sessions Judge and District and Sessions Judge. He served in various Districts of Sindh in the above capacities and was appointed as Registrar, High Court of Sindh. He had taken training at Federal Sharia Academy. He worked on the separation of judiciary from executive and was successful in separating the Magistracy from the Executive during his posting as District and Sessions Judge, Hyderabad in the years 1992 to 1995. He was appointed as Administrative Judge, Anti-Terrorism Courts Karachi Division on 7-5-1999. He was also appointed as Administrative Judge, Accountability Courts Sindh, Karachi. During the tenure of his service he has decided various important cases by delivering judgments and deciding very important legal questions. One of such cases is commonly known as `Plane Hijacking Case' against the Ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan along with two Provincial Chief Ministers and four other high ranking officers. Said trial was recognized to be one of the open, fair and impartial one, both in Pakistan and abroad. Mr. Rahmat Hussain Jafferi was elevated to High Court of Sindh as an Ad-hoc Judge and took oath on 27-8-2002 and confirmed as a permanent Judge on 27-8-2003. He did not take oath under P.C.O. on or after 3-11-2007. He was elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan on 7-9-2009.