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Irshad Hasan Khan ارشاد حسن خان
16th Chief Justice of Pakistan
In office January 26, 2000 – January 6, 2002
Preceded by	Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui
Succeeded by	Bashir Jehangiri
Nationality	Pakistani

Justice Irshad Hasan Khan (Urdu: ارشاد حسن خان ) was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 26 January 2000 to 06 January 2002. Law graduate from University Law College. Enrolled as Pleader in 1959, Advocate, High Court West Pakistan 1961, Supreme Court of Pakistan in1966, signed the Rolls of Senior Advocate, Supreme Court in1979. Visiting Professor at Himayat-e-Islam Law College from 1975 to 1979. Served as Deputy Attorney General for Pakistan from 1979 to 1981. After his retirement from the supreme court on January 6, 2002, he was appointed Chief Election Commissioner, a position he held till his retirement January 15, 2004

•After gaining distinction in legal profession and as Deputy Attorney General for Pakistan, was elevated as judge, Lahore High Court in 1981;

•Served as Secretary, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs 1984 to 1988;

•Appointed as Ad hoc Judge, Supreme Court in October 1994;

•Served as Acting Chief Justice, Lahore High Court, from June 1995 to April 1996;

•Appointed permanent Judge, Supreme Court in April 1996 and Chief Justice of Pakistan on 26 January 2000;

•And in that capacity, is also the ex-officio Chairman, Supreme Judicial Council. Chief Justices’ Committee, Pakistan Law Commission (Federal statutory institution responsible for systematic reform/ modernization of legal system and administration of justice), Federal Judicial Academy (an institution for training of judicial officers/court staff), Al-Mizan Foundation (body for the welfare of the retired Judges of the Supreme Courts, retired/serving Judges of subordinate courts and court staff) and Judicial Policy Body (responsible for strengthening of institutional capacity for judicial and legal reforms.

•Patron, Commonwealth Judicial Educational Institute, Hlifax, NovaScotia, Canada;

•Was on the Panel of Arbitrators, International Centre for Settlement on Investment Disputes, Washington D.C., U.S.A;

•Was Member of the World Peace Through Law Conference U.S.A; •Was Member of the Committee appointed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Independence of Judiciary and Separation of the Judiciary from Executive;

•Was Member, Sharia’h Academy, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Member, Syndicate, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan and Syndicate, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore; Member, Board of Governors. International Islamic University, Islamabad;

•Participated in the Conference of the Attorneys General for Asia and Pacific to commemorate 100 years of the Office of Attorney General at Colombo (Sri Lanka)

•Participated in the seminar on the Role of Government in the Industrial Relations at Sydney (Australia);

•Participated in the Conference on Court Delay Reduction at Denver, Colorado, U.S.A;

•Participated in the Seminar on International Commercial Arbitration at Cairo, Egypt;

•Participated in the Islamic Conference in Malaysia; Led Delegation of Judges of Federal Shariat Court to Saudi Arabia to exchange views on matters of relating to administration of justice;

•Inaugurated the International Conference of Asian Ombudsmen held at Islamabad (Pakistan) and delivered keynote address;

•Participated in the World Bank Conference on Legal and Judicial Reforms at Washington D.C; U.S.A and read paper on the Judicial System of Pakistan: Measures for ,Maintaining Independence and Enforcing Accountability;

•Participated in the 8th SAARCLAW & Chief Justices’ Conference at Kathmandu, Nepal and addressed the joint session of the Chief Justices and Lawyers;

•Delivered keynote address at the Second Session of the International Islamic Conference held at Lahore (Pakistan). Theme of the Conference was “Challenges for the Ummah in the New Millennium” in which prominent scholars, eminent laureate and leaders of public opinion from Muslim countries as well as from America, Canada and England were invited to address all political and technological aspects of the issues and problems faced by the Ummah;

•Presided over conference of the representatives of the Pakistan Bar Council, Provincial Bar and major Bar Association of the country to maintain a close liaison with the Bar for evolving strategy for clearance of backlog and expeditious dispensation of justice at all levels of judicial hierarchy;

•Launched several initiative designed to refurbish the judiciary’s image and increase public confidence in the system of justice;

•Chairman, Judicial Policy Body for Strengthening of International Capacity for Judicial and Legal Reforms Project;

•Has widely travelled, visited legal/judicial institutions of various countries; and

•Participated in various symposia, workshops, conferences, seminars.

He is termed as one of the notorious Judges of Pakistan's history.

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Preceded by Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui

Chief Justices of Pakistan

Succeeded by Bashir Jehangiri

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