Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday is a renowned Pakistani statesman, philanthropist, and former jurist who served as senior judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 2002 to 2010.
18 Facts About Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday
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Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday was declared the best English debater of 1968 after winning the "Krishan Kishore Grover Goodwill Gold Medal Declamation Contest".
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Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday graduated in 1968 with a top honours for best all round activities in academics, sports, and debates.
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Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday joined the legal profession at Lahore and enrolled as an advocate of the subordinate Courts in 1969.
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In October 1988, Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday was elevated to the bench of the Lahore High Court and was promoted to the judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in January 2002.
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Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday became famous for presiding over the bench in the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry versus the Government of Pakistan in 2007.
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Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday was declared to be not holding office of the justice any more.
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Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday was restored to the bench of Supreme Court on 17 March 2009 as a result of historic movement in his support that lasted for two years.
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Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday has remained a visiting assistant professor at the Punjab University Law College, Lahore and is a member of the visiting faculty of the Civil Services Academy of Pakistan and the National Institute of Public Administration at Lahore since 1982.
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Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday regularly delivers lectures at the National Defence University, Islamabad, the Administrative Staff College of Pakistan, the Naval War College and the Air Force War College of Pakistan.
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Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday is a member of the board of governors of the Air University and the University of Modern Languages and Disciplines, Islamabad, and is a member of the syndicate of Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.
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Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday honoured the Gurukul Kangri University at Haridwar in India, where he had been invited to talk about inter-faith harmony.
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Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday is building a university in the remote area of Thagas, Baltistan.
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Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday married the daughter of former Chief Justice of Pakistan Yaqoob Ali Khan, Quratulain Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday.
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Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday was a member of the board of governors of Queen Mary College, Lahore.
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Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday died on Saturday, 9 January 2010, and was survived by her son, Mustafa and daughter, Aamena.
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Farooq Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday served twice as Attorney General for Pakistan under Pakistan Muslim League government.
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Farooq Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday's son, Muhammad Raza Farooq was an LLM from Harvard University and served as Advocate General for Punjab.