Syed Sami Ahmad
Syed Sami Ahmad, after graduating in Economics and Political Science, obtained the degree of Law from the University of Karachi in 1953. He comes from the well-known family of judges and lawyers. His uncles, Sir Ali Imam and Hassan Imam were eminent jurists-jurists of All-India fame; another uncle Syed Amin Ahmed was the first Muslim ICS Officer from Bihar; his father the late Syed Muhammad Sabih, one of the leading lawyers of Bihar, was a Public Prosecutor and Government Advocate just before the partition of India.
He was enrolled as an Advocate of the Chief Court of Sindh on January 19, 1955; of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on June 30, 1964. He was elected General Secretary, Karachi Bar Association, 1962-63; President Karachi Bar Association, 1967-68; Chairman, Executive Committee, Sindh Bar Council, 1979-84; President, Sindh High Court Bar Association, Karachi, 1984-85, 1994- 97 (three consecutive terms). He appeared as the sole representative of the Karachi Bar Association before the Law Reform Commission, headed by the late Justice Hamood-ur-Rehman, 1968; founded the Justice Kayani Memorial Law Society, 1969. He represented Pakistan in the International Conference of Jurists, held under the auspices of the United States Educational Foundation (Pakistan) at Karachi, December 9-12, 1987. He was appointed fellow to Session 269, Salzburg Seminar, Austria, July 3-22, 1988.
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