Haziqul Khairi ( ur, حازق‌ الخيری ; born November 5, 1931) is a Pakistani

jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyses and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal qualification in law and often a legal practitioner. In the Uni ...

and

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who served as Chief Justice of the

Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan 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 gove ...

, Judge of the

Sindh High Court The High Court of Sindh ( ur, ) is the highest judicial institution of the Pakistani province of Sindh. Established in 1906, the Court situated in the provincial capital at Karachi. Apart from being the highest Court of Appeal for Sindh in ...

, Ombudsman of Sindh and Principal of

Sindh Muslim Law College The Sindh Muslim Government Law College (Urdu: سنده مسلم گورنمنٹس لا کالج) or S. M. Law College (Urdu: ایس ایم لاء کالج) is one of the oldest law schools of Pakistan, situated in Karachi, Sindh. The college has ...

. He is the grandson of eminent British India social reformer, Allama Rashid ul Khairi. Khairi also served as Member of the

Council of Islamic Ideology Council of Islamic Ideology (CII; ( ur, ) is a constitutional body of Pakistan, responsible for giving legal advice on Islamic issues to the government and the Parliament. This body was founded in 1962 under the government of Ayub Khan. Func ...

where as Chairman Legal Committee he drafted the

Women's Protection Bill The Women's Protection Bill (Urdu: تحفظِ نسواں بل) which was passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan on 15 November 2006 is an attempt to amend the heavily criticised 1979 Hudood Ordinance laws which govern the punishment for rape ...

. Founder of the private law firm ''H. Khairi Law Associates'', Khairi before his appointment as a Judge of the Sindh High Court was practising as

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of 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 ...

Personal life and education

Khairi was born in

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on November 5, 1931, into a literary family to Raziq-ul-Khairi and Begum Amina Nazli. Khairi's grandfather was Allama Rashid-ul-Khairi, a social reformer of

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

and a reputed writer of

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. Khairi is the father-in-law of senior civil servant Rizwan Ahmed. Khairi initially got education in

but later on studied in

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

after Khairi's family migrated after independence of Pakistan. He graduated in arts in 1954 and 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 ...

degree from

in 1956. Khairi also holds a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

Other contributions

Khairi has written several plays and short stories over the years. His autobiography, ''Jaagtey Lamhey'', composed by the young energetic IT Professional Mr
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was published in 2012. Khairi is the chairman of the Thinker's Forum at Hamdard Shura Karachi and serves on the Board of Governors of

Habib University Habib University (HU) ( ur, ) is a private liberal arts university located in Karachi, Pakistan. Funded by the House of Habib, the Habib University Foundation was established in 2010, and was chartered in 2012 as an independent university. B ...

. He has previously served on the board of governors, board of trustees, council of trustees and selection board of the International Islamic University.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khairi, Haziq-ul Muhajir people Pakistani judges Living people University of Karachi alumni Chief justices of the Federal Shariat Court 1931 births Sindh Muslim Law College faculty

Personal life and education

Other contributions

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