Ajmal
Mian
Chief
Justice Ajmal Mian was born in Delhi, and completed his Bachelors
in Political Science and Economics from the University of Karachi
in 1953. He was called to the Bar in London in 1957, and served
as advocate of the High Court of West Pakistan and then of the
Supreme Court in 1962. He worked as a counsel for the Karachi
Port Trust, Auqaf department and the Evacuee Trust Board. In 1980,
he was appointed a judge of the Sindh High Court. He held the
post of Acting Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court from
1985 to 1987 and in 1988 became the Chief Justice of the Sindh
High Court. In 1989, he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court
of Pakistan. As a Permanent Chief Justice of Pakistan from 1997
to his retirement in 1999, he served as Chairman of the Supreme
Judicial Council, Pakistan Law Commission and also the Federal
Judicial Academy. The former Chief Justice was also the Honorary
Chancellor of Hamdard University in Karachi. He is presently engaged
in legal work and arbitration.
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