Farooq Hamid Naek (also spelled Farooq H. Naik) is the current Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, who replaced Muhammad Mian Soomro on 12 March, 2009.^[1] He was appointed to that position by President Asif Ali Zardari of the ruling coalition of PPP, ANP, MQM and JUI-F. As a result of his election, senior PPP leader Raza Rabbani resigned from the position of Leader of the House.^[2] Before being appointed Chairman, Naek was the Minister of Law and Justice in the federal government since 31 March, 2008, but will have to let go of the ministry because of the new appointment.

Contents 1 Law career 2 Zardari's counsel 3 Federal Law minister 4 Bio Details 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Law career

Farooq H. Naek received an MA in Economics from University of Karachi and LLB from Sindh Muslim Law College. He is a career lawyer who served as Assistant Director, Directorate of Labour and Social Welfare, Government of Sindh in 1971. He then was a Civil Judge and First Class Magistrate from 1971 to 1975. He also served as Deputy Attorney General of Pakistan from 1994 to 1996 in the second Benazir Bhutto government.

Naek enrolled as Advocate of local court in 1970, advocate of high court in 1976, and of Supreme Court in 1990. He resigned from the judicial service after serving as civil judge for two years and became an active member of the PPP in the mid-1970's.^[3]

[edit] Zardari's counsel

Although, Naek was actively associated with the PPP for three decades, he never shot into prominence and earned the limelight only when he fought the corruption and criminal cases against Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari during Pervez Musharraf's rule in and out of Pakistan. It was during these extremely difficult years of Mr. Zardari that Naek earned his trust. Before and after becoming the President of Pakistan, Zardari always consulted him on legal matters and other issues.^[3]

He later became a Senator from Karachi, Sindh in 2003 for a period of six years.

[edit] Federal Law minister

It was this trust of Zardari that led him to clinch the Law and Justice ministry when the PPP under Zardari came into power after Pakistani general election, 2008.

[edit] Bio Details

Position: Chairman, Senate of Pakistan

Party Affiliation: PPP-P

Tenure = March 2009 to March 2015

Achievements: Education

• M.A. (Economics) from University of Karachi
• LLB from University of Karachi, First Class (Second Position)

Positions Held

• Assistant Director, Directorate of Labour and Social Welfare, Government of Sindh
• Civil Jude and First Class Magistrate w.e.f. June 1971
• Deputy Attorney General for Pakistan from 1994-1996
• Elected as Member of Senate of Pakistan for 6 years 2003-2009 (March-2003)
• Appointed as Federal Minister for Law, Justice, Parliamentary Affairs, and Human Rights on 31.3.2008
• Re-elected as member of Senate for 6 years (2009-2015).
• Elected as Chairman Senate (Unopposed) on 12th March, 2009

Biography

• Date of Enrolment as an Advocate (31.01.1970)
• Date of Enrolment as an Advocate of Supreme Court (01.09.1976)
• Date of enrolment as an Advocate of High Court (10-09-1976)
• Elected General Secretary Karachi Bar Association 1983
• Elected Member Sindh Bar Council 1984 - 1989
• Elected President Karachi Bar Association 1989
• Re-elected Member Sindh Bar Council 1990 - 1994
• Twice elected Vice Chairman Sindh Bar Council in 1986 and 1993
• Elected Member Pakistan Bar Council 1997 – 2000
• Re-elected Member Pakistan Bar Council 2000 -2005 and 2005 – 2010
• More than 100 reported cases in different Law Journals of Pakistan
• Successfully defended former Prime Minster of Pakistan and Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and her husband President Asif Ali Zardari in numerous fake and fabricated cases filed by the previous governments in Courts in Pakistan, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Spain
• Arrested in 1983, leading demonstration against dictatorial rule of General Zia Ul Haq. Remained in Central Prison, Karachi, for about six months along with 10 other lawyers. Declared Prisoner of Conscience by Amnesty International^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Biography of Law minister Farooq H. Naik
• Profile of Senator Farooq Naek

Political offices
Preceded by Muhammad Mian Soomro	Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan 2009 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent

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