Abu Saleh Muhammad Akram (1888,

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- April 1968,

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) was the first Chief Justice of

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and a former justice of the Federal Court of Pakistan (now the

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Bengal Boundary Commission

Akram was one of the two members from Pakistan at the Bengal Boundary Commission for the Radcliff Award in June 1947.

Pakistan

East Pakistan

Akram was appointed the first Chief Justice of the

after it was created in 1947.

Federal Court of Pakistan

In 1951, Akram became a judge of the Federal Court of Pakistan. In 1954 he was in line to succeed the retiring Chief Justice, Abdul Rashid but stood aside under pressure from Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad, and Justice

Muhammad Munir Muhammad Munir (1895–1979) was the second Chief Justice of Pakistan serving from 1954 to 1960. Background Munir obtained his degree of master's in English Literature from Government College University Lahore, he joined Law College to earn his L. ...

was appointed instead. In 1952, he led an inquiry against Khan Najaf Khan, a police official in connection with the assassination of Pakistan's first Prime Minister,

Liaquat Ali Khan Liaquat Ali Khan ( ur, ; 1 October 1895 – 16 October 1951), also referred to in Pakistan as ''Quaid-e-Millat'' () or ''Shaheed-e-Millat'' ( ur, lit=Martyr of the Nation, label=none, ), was a Pakistani statesman, lawyer, political theoris ...

Council of Islamic Ideology

Akram became the first chairman of the

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, serving from 1 August 1962 to 5 February 1964.

Death

Akram died in Lahore in April 1968.

References

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