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Abdul Hameed Dogar
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Abdul Hameed Dogar
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| Assumed office 3 November 2007[1] |
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| Preceded by | Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry[1] |
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| Born | 22 March 1944 [citation needed] Khairpur[citation needed] |
| Nationality |  Pakistani |
| Religion | Islam[citation needed] |
Abdul Hameed Dogar is the Chief Justice of Pakistan, a position he was elevated to when he took oath on the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO), following the controversial Proclamation of Emergency by President General Pervez Musharraf, on 3 November 2007.[1] Earlier a 7-member bench of the Supreme Court had overturned the PCO.[2]
Dogar is one of the four judges who took oath under a PCO when the majority of the Supreme Court judges refused to take oath under the PCO.[1]
Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar took a new oath on 15 December 2007, this time on the constitution.[citation needed]
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[edit] Early life
Justice Dogar was born in the village of Gaarhi Mori, in Khairpur district, Sindh province. He joined the judicial service on 10 April 1995 with an appointment to the Sindh High Court, and was elevated to the Supreme Court on 28 April 2000.[citation needed]
Justice Dogar was elevated to the position of Chief Justice of Pakistan on 3 November 2007 and he took an oath on the Provincial Constitution Order (PCO) written by General Pervez Musharraf, which replaced the Constitution.[citation needed]
[edit] Posts held in Bar
Secretary District Bar Association Khairpur 1973-1974; Joint Secretary, High Court Bar Association, Sukkur Bench 1984-85; President District Bar Association Khairpur 1987-88, 1989-90; 1991-92, 1993-94 and 1994-95.[citation needed]
[edit] Posts held in other fields
Elected Vice Chairman, District Council, Khairpur 1979-1983
Member Sindh Madresah Board, Karachi 1980-1983
Member, Board of Governors of Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education, Sukkur 1988-1990
Honorary Secretary District Red Crescent Society Khairpur 1980-1985
Member, Syndicate, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur from 1996 to April 2000
Chairman Board of Governors IBA from 7th March to 27th April, 2000
Attended Third Lawyers Courses/Lectures in Shariah (Islamic Law Course) in 1991 in International Islamic University Islamabad, Al-Azhar University (Cairo) Egypt, Macca and Madina University, Saudi Arabia
Nominated as Member Board of Governors National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad in March 2003
Nominated as Judge-in-Charge of Supreme Court Employees Cooperative Housing Society, Islamabad in April 2004
Nominated as Acting Chief Election Commissioner from 10th July 2004 to 3rd August 2004, from 30th November 2004 to 6th December 2004 and 15th February 2005 to 16th March 2006.
Chairman Supreme Judicial Council, Law and Justice Commission, Federal Judicial Academy, National Judicial Policymaking Committee and the Governing Body, Access to Justice Development Fund.[citation needed]
[edit] Controversies
[edit] Bank loan
Dogar secured a loan of Rs 8.93 million from the National Bank of Pakistan. This was not a loan on government papers it declared as bribery[3]
[edit] Reassessment of daughter's FSC results
The Daily News that Farah Hameed Dogar's FSc exam papers were reassessed in violation of previous Supreme Court rulings[4]. While the results of 201 candidates were revised only for Farah were the examination papers re-marked and the numbers increased. In the other 200 cases, only errors in adding the total marks were corrected.[5]
[edit] External links
- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar (Supreme Court)
- Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar has been appointed as the Chief Justice, replacing Justice Iftikhar (Dawn News)
- Bio-data of newly appointed CJP (APP)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Justice Dogar new CJ; a number of judges opt out", Dawn (2007-11-04). Retrieved on 24 September 2008.
- ^ "Seven judges reject PCO before being sent home", Dawn (2007-11-04). Retrieved on 24 September 2008.
- ^ Khaleeq Kiani. NBP deviates from ‘Saibaan’ policy 2008-02-12
- ^ Ansar Abbasi. CJ's daughter has a head start over thousands 2008-11-25
- ^ FBISE clarifies, The News rebuts 2008-11-26
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