Fazal Ellahi Khan (1 January 1933) is a Pakistani lawyer and a retired judge who served as the 9th

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 12 January 2000 to 11 January 2003 and the

Supreme Court of Pakistan The Supreme Court of Pakistan ( ur, ; ''Adālat-e-Uzma Pākistān'') is the apex court in the judicial hierarchy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Established in accordance to thePart VIIof the Constitution of Pakistan, it has ultimate a ...

judge on 3 April 1993.

Biography

Khan was born in

Mardan Mardān (Pashto and ; Urdu ; Pashto: ) is a city in the Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Mardan is the second-largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (after Peshawar). It is a fast-growing ...

, Pakistan. He graduated from

Edwardes College Peshawar Edwardes College Peshawar is a semi-government degree The college's undergraduate and graduate degree programs lead to the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), 4 year BS Programme in English and Computer Science, Master of Bus ...

and the

University of Peshawar The University of Peshawar ( ps, د پېښور پوهنتون; hnd, پشور یونیورسٹی; ur, ; abbreviated UoP; known more popularly as Peshawar University) is a Public university, public research university located in Peshawar, Khy ...

in 1954. He obtained his

Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...

from Khyber Law College, University of Peshawar in 1956. Khan started his

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in 1957 and was subsequently selected as advocate of the

West Pakistan High Court The High Court of West Pakistan was the high court for the province of West Pakistan during the days of one unit from 1956 to 1971 until the separation of East Pakistan. History On 30 September 1955 the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan passed the ...

on 24 June 1959 and advocate of the

on 28 April 1976. He was later appointed as additional judge of the

Peshawar High Court The Peshawar High Court ( ur, ) is the highest judicial institution of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. It is located in the provincial capital Peshawar. The Parliament passed a bill extending the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court (SC) and the Peshawar High ...

on 8 April 1982 and permanent Judge of the same Court on 8 April 1984. He also served as acting governor of

governor of the North-West Frontier Province The Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan. Although the governor is the head of the province on paper, it is largely a ce ...

from 10 March to 16 March 1993. He became Supreme Court of Pakistan judge on 3 April 1993. After serving as Supreme Court judge, he became a member of the

Federal Public Service Commission The Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) ( ur, ) is a federal agency of Government of Pakistan that is responsible for recruiting civil servants and bureaucrats for Government of Pakistan. History The Public Service Commission was set ...

from May 1998 to January 2000. Before his retirement on 11 January 2003, he served as chief justice of the

Federal Shariat Court The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) is a constitutional court of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, which has the power to examine and determine whether the laws of the country comply with Sharia law. The court was established in 1980 during the gov ...

on 12 January 2000.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Fazal Ellahi Living people 1933 births Chief justices of the Federal Shariat Court Judges of the Peshawar High Court Justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan 20th-century Pakistani lawyers Governors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Edwardes College alumni University of Peshawar alumni