Chaudhry Ejaz Yousaf (born 7 January 1952) is a Pakistani retired judge and lawyer who served as the 10th

chief justice of the Federal Shariat Court The Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan heads the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan. The Chief Justice of the Shariat Court is the second-highest judicial office in the country, after the Chief Justice of Pakistan. The Acting ...

from 9 May 2003 to 8 May 2006.

Biography

Yousaf was born in

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 ...

, Pakistan. He did his early schooling Municipal High School Depalpur, Government High School,

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and

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. He obtained his

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from Punjab Board of School Education (PBSC) and intermediate from the Government Islamia Science College, Karachi. He graduated from the

University of Balochistan The University of Balochistan (UB) (Urdu: جامعہ بلوچستان; Balochi: بلوچستان ء یونیورسٹی ), also known as Balochistan University, is a public university located in the downtown area of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. ...

and obtained

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and master's in

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from the same university in 1974. He became advocate of the

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and the

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on 31 May 1976. He became advocate of the

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on 12 August 1978 and 15 June 1991. Yousaf was appointed as honorary lecturer in the University Law College

from 1983 to 1992. From 1985 to 1992 he was appointed as a legal advisor to the Quetta Development Authority, and Balochistan Water and Sanitation Authority from 1986 to 1992 and

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legal advisor from 2 January 1985 to 1992. He was later appointed as advocate of panel for the

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from 1984 to 1992, the

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and Regional Development Finance Corporation from 1985 to 1992. He has been an advocate for

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from 1985 to 1992. Yousaf was appointed as special law officer by the Ministry of Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs in 1992. He has been a special prosecutor for the Ministry of Narcotics Control and the

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for

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in 1990. Chief justice the

Balochistan High Court The Balochistan High Court ( ur, ) is the highest judicial institution of Balochistan, Pakistan. The court is formally known as the High Court of Balochistan. It is situated in the provincial capital, Quetta. Mir Ali Dost Bugti was the first ...

offered him district and session judge post but he declined to work on that post, however he worked as an advocate general for Balochistan on 27 August 1992 until he was granted the status of minister on 13 November 1996. He was the first additional advocate general to be appointed for Balochistan. His father Chaudhry Muhammad Yousaf was also the first assistant advocate general for the same province. Yousaf has been a chairperson of the

until he was elevated as the

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judge on 19 February 1997. On 14 January 2003 he was appointed as acting chief justice of the Federal Shariat Court and was eventually elevated as chief justice of the same court on 9 May 2003 until he retired from his

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on 8 May 2006.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yousaf, Chaudhry Ejaz 1952 births Living people Chief justices of the Federal Shariat Court University of Balochistan alumni People from Quetta