Mr. Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry, Judge, Supreme Court of Pakistan

MR MR. JUSTICE IJAZ AHMED CHAUDHRY, JUDGE, SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN Mr. Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry, was born in a noble family of village Jabbal Tehsil Shakargrarh, District Narowal on 15th December, 1950. After doing Bachelor of Laws, he started practising law in 1975 and was enrolled as an Advocate High Court in 1977. He ascended to be an Advocate, Supreme Court in 1992. By dint of sheer hard work, diligence and quest for learning, Mr. Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry acquired laudable legal acumen and professional prowess and served as Special Prosecutor, Sessions Court, Lahore (from 1977 to 1979); Legal Advisor NDFC, various Banks and Companies (1988); Assistant Advocate General, Punjab (from 1988 to 1995); Additional Advocate General, Punjab (from 1999 to May 2001). He was elevated as Judge of Lahore High Court on 2-5-2001 where, he apart from contributing to many celebrated judgments accepted many administrative responsibilities. Some of those were Inspection Judge, Lahore District; Member Administration Committee, Lahore High Court; Cooperative Judge, Lahore High Court; Appellate Judge, Customs; Administrative Judge, Anti-Terrorism Courts in Punjab; Administrative Judge, Anti-Corruption Courts in Punjab; Administrative Judge, Drug Courts in Punjab; Chairman, Committee for Enrollment of Advocates Supreme Court of Pakistan; Member Syndicate, University of the Punjab; Member Syndicate Committee, Punjab University Law College; Member Board of Management, Punjab Judicial Academy; Chairman Board of Management, Punjab Judicial Academy; Member Board of Governors, Federal Judicial Academy. Mr.Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry led a delegation of the Judicial Officers to Vienna and Germany in November 2009 on a study tour on International Cooperation in Terrorism Cases/Drugs and Crimes arranged by the United Nations Office; As Judge of the Lahore High Court amongst many others he also delivered judgments in Mukhtaran Mai's Case; Namoos-e-Risalat Case; Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan's case and Hafiz Muhammad Saeed's case. Mr. Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry was appointed Chief Justice of Lahore High Court on 9th December, 2010 and elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court on 17th November 2011.