1. Wajihuddin Ahmed is a retired senior justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, human rights activist, and former professor of law at the Sindh Muslim Law College.
11 Facts About Wajihuddin Ahmed
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Wajihuddin Ahmed remained a strong critic of President Pervez Musharraf, eventually taking up a leading role in Lawyer's movement in 2007 to oppose President Musharraf.
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Wajihuddin Ahmed lost the election on 30 July 2013 to Mamnoon Hussain of Pakistan Muslim League.
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Wajihuddin Ahmed was born into practising lawyer family in New Delhi, British India, on 1 December 1938.
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Wajihuddin Ahmed's father, Waheeduddin Ahmed, was a jurist and had held a prestigious in Delhi High Court; his family migrated to Pakistan after independence in 1947.
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Wajihuddin Ahmed enrolled at the Forman Christian College University where he attained BA in Liberal Arts in 1962.
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Wajihuddin Ahmed avoided holding any judicial office, whether elected or appointed, during his father's tenure as a judge.
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Wajihuddin Ahmed was consecutively elected as president Sindh High Court Bar Association unopposed in 1977 and 1978 and elected President of Karachi Bar association in 1981.
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Wajihuddin Ahmed became the Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court from 5 November 1997 to 4 May 1998 and moved to the Supreme Court in 1998.
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Wajihuddin Ahmed acted as Returning Officer during 1997 Presidential Elections and then appeared as presidential candidate against Musharraf in 2007.
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Wajihuddin Ahmed left Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 2016 and started his own party under the name Aam Loeg Ittehad.