1. Mian Saqib Nisar is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 25th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 31 December 2016 till 17 January 2019.
15 Facts About Saqib Nisar
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Saqib Nisar served as a visiting professor of law at the University of the Punjab, where he provided instructions on constitutional law.
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Saqib Nisar later joined Punjab University Law College where he secured LLB in civil law in 1980.
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Saqib Nisar took active part in co-curricular activities during his study.
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Saqib Nisar was a part of Law College's debating society.
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Saqib Nisar practiced law as an advocate for a decade until he enrolled as an advocate Supreme Court in 1992, subsequently relocating to Islamabad.
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In 2000, Saqib Nisar was among those judges at the Lahore High Court, who when given chance to either resign or accept military provisional constitutional order enacted by Military Dictator General Musharraf, took the oath under the new provisional constitutional order and was continue to allow hearing cases at the Lahore High Court.
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Saqib Nisar is known for his educational interests in legal education, and is currently tenuring as visiting professor of law at the Law College of the Punjab University where he provides instructions on the constitutional law and civil law procedure.
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Saqib Nisar attended and represented Pakistan in the international conference on "India and Pakistan at Fifty" held in Wilton Park in United Kingdom; he led judicial delegations on conferences held in the Philippines and Switzerland.
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On 19 February 2010, Saqib Nisar, was sworn as justice of the Supreme Court.
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Saqib Nisar 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.
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Saqib Nisar 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.
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Saqib Nisar headed the bench which heard the case of Jehangir Khan Tareen and Imran Khan.
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Saqib Nisar has been criticized by some notable academics, journalists, and politicians for his judicial activism and over-involvement in the day-to-day affairs of the government.
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Saqib Nisar is accused of being in alliance with Pakistan's military establishment against Pakistan Muslim League, Nawaz Sharif and his government which was ousted in July 2017.