The Balochistan High Court ( ur, ) is the highest judicial institution of

Balochistan Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. The court is formally known as the High Court of Balochistan. It is situated in the provincial capital,

Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth List of cities in Pakistan by population, most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in Geography of Pakistan, south-west of the country close to the ...

Mir Ali Dost Bugti Mir Ali Dost Bugti (Urdu: مير علي دوست بگتی) (18 October 1920 – 8 July 1984), was the first Pakistani judge of Baloch ancestry of Balochistan High Court. He was born in Dera Bugti. He studied until 5th grade in Dera Bugt ...

was the first judge of the Balochistan High Court. Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan is the current Chief Justice, having taken charge on 9 August 2021.

Bar Council

The Balochistan Bar Council is a statutory & deliberative assembly of lawyers in Balochistan for safeguarding the rights, interests, and privileges of practicing lawyers within Balochistan province, Pakistan. The Council also regulates the conduct of lawyers and helps in the administration of justice. It has been constituted by Section 3(ii) of the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973 of the constitution of Pakistan. All lower court and High Court lawyers within Balochistan are licensed with this council. The Balochistan Bar Council consists of a Vice Chairman, & Chairman Executive Committee, both elected by Members of the Balochistan Bar Council each year and these Members are elected by the advocates from four (04) Groups of different constituencies across Balochistan Province. Members serve a term of five years, beginning on January 1, with elections held each November to fill seats of those whose terms will expire in the following January. The Advocate General of Balochistan acts as ex-officio Chairman of the Balochistan Bar Council.

Justices of the Balochistan High Court

The Balochistan High Court is headed by a Chief Justice. The bench consists of Justices and additional judges. The retirement age of the Chief Justice and the Justices is 62 years. The Additional Judges are initially appointed for one year. After that, their services could either be extended or they could be confirmed or they are retired.

Current composition

The High Court of Balochistan is currently made up of the following

Justices A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility an ...

(in order of seniority). In January 2018, the

President of Pakistan The president of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=s̤adr-i Pākiṣṭān), officially the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is the ceremonial head of state of Pakistan and the commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Armed Forces.Provisional Constitutional Order The Provisional Constitutional Order, popularly known as PCO, is an emergency and extra-constitutional order that suspends either wholly or partially the Constitution of Pakistan — the supreme law of land. The PCO fulfills and acts as the temp ...

, being the chief justice * Zakaullah Lodhi: Took oath under PCO to become the chief justice *Abdul Qadeer Chaudhri Took oath under PCO (on requests of fellow lawmakers and jurists) *Mir Hazar Khan Khoso Took oath under PCO *Justice(R) M.A Rasheed also did not take oath under PCO

PCO 26 January 2000

Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ( ur, ; born 12 December 1948) is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 20th Chief Justice of Pakistan over three non-consecutive terms from 29 June 2005 to 11 December 2013. Chaudhry began practice as an advocate ...

Took oath under PCO, was chief justice * Javed Iqbal Took oath under PCO * Raja Fayaz Ahmed Took oath under PCO *

Amanullah Khan Yasinzai Amanullah Khan Yasinzai ( ur, ; born 7 August 1954) was the 21st Governor of Balochistan. He is a former Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court (BHC). Early life and education Yasinzai was born on 7 August 1954 in Quetta. He received his ...

Took oath under PCO *

Fazal ur Rehman Fazal Ur Rehman ( Urdu: جسٹس فضل رحمان ); born 13 April 1943, is a Pakistani judge. Academia He matriculated from Islamia High School, Quetta in 1963. Passed B.Com, from Government College of Commerce and Economics, Karachi in 19 ...

Took oath under PCO

PCO 3 November 2007

*Amanullah Khan Yasinzai took oath under PCO, was chief justice *Ahmed Khan Lashari took oath under PCO *Akhtar Zaman Malghani took oath under PCO *Nadir Khan Durani took oath under PCO *Mehta Kelash Nath took oath under PCO

List of retired judges

*Khuda Bakhsh Marri 21-10-1970 25-03-1981 *Abdul Hayee Qureshi 07-02-1972 23-07-1978 *M.A Rasheed 08-10-1977 18-09-1978 *Zakaullah Lodhi 01-12-1976 19-10-1984 *Mir Hazar Khan Khoso 20-06-1977 29-09-1991 *Abdul Qadeer Chaudhary 20-06-1977 13-12-1989 *Muhammad Jaffar Naim 14-05-1981 23-02-1985 *Muftikhar-ud-Din 22-05-1982 09-03-1990 *Ajmal Mian 17-03-1980 29-03-1987 *Munawar Ahmed Mirza 31-03-1985 16-11-1996 *Nazir Ahmed Bhatti 03-04-1985 07-09-1987 *Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal 26-03-1986 22-04-1999 *Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary 06-04-1990 04-02-2000 *Muhammad Nawaz Marri 07-03-1996 07-01-2000 *Javed Iqbal 07-03-1996 28-04-2000 *Raja Fayyaz Ahmed 27-01-1997 14-09-2005 *Amanullah Khan 27-01-1997 5-08-2009 *Fazal-ur-Rahman 21.06.1999 12-04-2005 *Ahmed Khan Lashari 06-09-2000 5-08-2009 *Tariq Mehmood 06-09-2000 16-04-2002 *Akhtar Zaman 05-09-2002 5-08-2009 *Nadir Khan 05-09-2002 5-08-2009 *Kelash Nath 26-11-2004 5-08-2009

References

External links

Official website
{{Judiciary of Pakistan, state=expanded High Courts of Pakistan