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Citizenship
  
Pakistani

Occupation
  
Retired Judge

Name
  
Shafi Rahman


Born
  
February 16, 1929 (
1929-02-16
)
Varanasi, British India

Justice Shafi ur Rahman (born 16 February 1929) was one of the longest serving judges of Supreme Court of Pakistan. He was conferred Nishan-i-Imtiaz for his meritorious services in the field of Human Rights.

Contents

Education

MA Political Science 1950

L.L.B. 1951

Civil Services of Pakistan 1951–1959

Civil Services – Batch of 1951

  • Assistant Commissioner Lahore
  • Assistant Commissioner Rajanpur
  • Deputy Commissioner Bhawalpur

    • Judicial Services of Pakistan 1959–1994

  • Special Civil Judge Lahore
  • Senior Civil Judge Lahore
  • Additional Sessions Judge Lahore
  • Registrar High Court West Pakistan
  • District and Sessions Judge Abbottabad
  • Divisional Judge Peshawar

    • Lahore High Court

  • Judge 1969 to 1979

    • Supreme Court of Pakistan

  • Adhoc Judge 14 June 1979 to 29 July 1981 [1]
  • Judge 31 July 1981 to 15 February 1994 [2]

    • Other positions

  • Chairman, Commission on Eradication of Corruption
  • Chairman, Central Zakat Council Pakistan
  • Acting Wafaqi Mohtasib (Federal Ombudsman) of Pakistan in 1983, 1984 and 1987
  • Member Syndicate, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • Ahmed Kasuri Murder Inquiry Tribunal 1974 [3][4] [5]
  • President Gen. Zia ul Haq Plane Crash Inquiry Commission 1988 [6] Shafi–ur–Rehman Commission

    • Citations

  • The Application of Islamic Criminal Law in Pakistan: Sharia in Practice by Tahir Wasti
  • The Witch Doctor by A. B. S. Jafri
  • 'Honour': Crimes, Paradigms and Violence Against Women by Sara Hossain, Lynn Welchman

    • References

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