Chief Justice of Pakistan

MR MR. JUSTICE MIAN SAQIB NISAR CHIEF JUSTICE OF PAKISTAN Mr. Justice Mian Saqib Nisar was born on 18-01-1954 at Lahore; passed his Matriculation from Cathedral High School, Lahore and Graduation from Government College Lahore; completed Bachelor of Law from the University of Punjab in the year 1979-80, joined legal profession as an Advocate on 2-5-1980; was enrolled as an Advocate of the High Court in 1982 and as advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 1994; was elevated as a Judge of the High Court on 22-5-1998 and of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 18-2-2010. His Lordship was member of a delegation representing Pakistan in "International Youth Conference" held in Libya, Tripoli in 1973. His Lordship had been practising in Civil, Commercial, Tax and Constitutional Law and appeared in large number of important constitutional cases both in the High Court and the Supreme Court. His Lordship was elected as Secretary General of Lahore High Court Bar Association in the year 1991, and was appointed Federal Law Secretary on 29-3-1997 (first time in the country's history that some one from the Bar was appointed to such post). His Lordship represented Pakistan in International Conference held in Wilton Park, U,K. on the subject of "Pakistan and India at Fifty". His Lordship led the Pakistan delegation at Manila, Philipines in the conference on the subject "Asia Region Transitional Crimes" and also led Pakistan delegation on Human Rights at Switzerland. In February 2009 his Lordship participated in a conference held in Oslo, Norway under the auspices of Pakistan community in collaboration with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the subject of "Islam and Democracy" and read the paper on the "Role of the Court in Islamic Democratic Society". His Lordship had also been a part time lecturer at Punjab Law College and Pakistan College of Law, where he taught Civil Procedure Code and the Constitution.