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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 ...

. He was internationally known for his acclaimed publications on philosophy of law and

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in international and national journals. He was the son of the poet-philosopher

Muhammad Iqbal Sir Muhammad Iqbal ( ur, ; 9 November 187721 April 1938), was a South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philoso ...

, who inspired the

Pakistan Movement The Pakistan Movement ( ur, , translit=Teḥrīk-e-Pākistān) was a political movement in the first half of the 20th century that aimed for the creation of Pakistan from the Muslim-majority areas of British India. It was connected to the pe ...

. Javed authored various books on Pakistan's nationalism

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and political ideology. Apart from philosophy, Javed had a prolific career in the Judiciary of Pakistan and was a former Chief Justice of the

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before being elevated to the

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Early life

Javed Iqbal was born in

Sialkot Sialkot ( ur, ) is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the capital of Sialkot District and the 13th most populous city in Pakistan. The boundaries of Sialkot are joined with Jammu (the winter capital of Indian administered Jammu and Ka ...

on 5 October 1924 to

Allama Muhammad Iqbal Sir Muhammad Iqbal ( ur, ; 9 November 187721 April 1938), was a South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philoso ...

and his second wife, Sardar Begum. His mother died when he was 11, and his father died in 1938 when he was 14. Javed Iqbal received the following educational degrees and distinctions: BA (Honors) degree in 1944 from the

Government College, Lahore The Government College University, Lahore (colloquially known as GCU), is a public research university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Opened as Government College, Lahore, in 1864, it became a university in 2002. Overview In 1864, Gov ...

; MA degree in English, and MA degree in Philosophy (Gold Medallist) in 1948;

Doctor of Philosophy A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common Academic degree, degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields ...

degree in Philosophy in 1954 from the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

, UK; and

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, in 1956. He has received honorary doctorates degrees from

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, United States, and Seljuk University in

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

Career

Javed began as an advocate in

, and later became a judge in 1971 and then Chief Justice of the court. He was also a judge in the

, and an Elected member in the

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(Upper House of Parliament). He has published papers on Islamic political thought, political ideology in Pakistan and the philosophy of his father, Muhammad Iqbal, which were published in national and international journals. During the years 1960–62 and in 1977, he was the delegate of Pakistan to the

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. He had argued in favour of reforms in the ''

Hudud ''Hudud'' (Arabic: ''Ḥudūd'', also transliterated ''hadud'', ''hudood''; plural of ''hadd'', ) is an Arabic word meaning "borders, boundaries, limits". In the religion of Islam it refers to punishments that under Islamic law ( sharīʿah) ar ...

'' laws of Pakistan from

General Zia Ul-Haq General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq HI, GCSJ, ร.ม.ภ, (Urdu: ; 12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani four-star general and politician who became the sixth President of Pakistan following a coup and declaration of martial law in ...

ruling period. Javed Iqbal ran against

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar (or Zulfiqar) Ali Bhutto ( ur, , sd, ذوالفقار علي ڀٽو; 5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979), also known as Quaid-e-Awam ("the People's Leader"), was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fourth ...

on a

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ticket in the

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, but eventually decided to leave politics. At one time, he even declined Bhutto's offer for him to join

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. He was married to

Nasira Iqbal Justice Nasira Javid Iqbal ( ur, ) is a Pakistani jurist and law professor who served as a justice of the Lahore High Court from 1994 to 2002. Education and career Nasira Iqbal has a degree in intellectual property law from Punjab Unive ...

, a retired Lahore High Court Judge.

Awards and recognition

Hilal-i-Imtiaz The ''Hilaal-e-Imtiaz'' (; ), also spelled and transliterated as Hilāl-e-Imtiyāz, is the second-highest (in the hierarchy of "Hilal") civilian award and honour given to both civilians and military officers of the Pakistan Armed Forces by the ...

(Crescent of Distinction) by 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.Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre ( ur, , abbreviated as SKMCH&RC/SKMCH) is a cancer centre with locations in Lahore and Peshawar, Pakistan. It is the first project of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust, a charitabl ...

in Lahore. Among the survivors are his widow

and two sons -

Walid Iqbal Walid Iqbal is a Pakistani politician, lawyer, law professor serving as a member of Senate of Pakistan from Punjab, Pakistan and the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Human Rights. He is the grandson of poet and politician Allama Muhamma ...

and Munib Iqbal. Javed Iqbal's funeral at

Hazrat Ishaan Sayyid ul Sadaat Khwaja Sayyid Mir Khawand Mahmud ibn Sharif Naqshbandi al-Hasani wal-Husseini, known as Hazrat Ishaan Shah Saheb (1563 — 5 November 1642) was a Sufi Saint from Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Ancestry Hazrat Ishaan was a Sayyid, sig ...

graveyard at Baghbanpura,

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

, Pakistan was attended by many Pakistani dignitaries including Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan,

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Anwar Zaheer Jamali Anwar Zaheer Jamali ( ur, born 31 December 1951) is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 24th Chief Justice of Pakistan. He remained in the Supreme Court from 3 August 2009 to 30 December 2016. He has also served as the Acting Chief Election ...

, former

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and former Supreme Court judge

Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday Honourable Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday ( Punjabi, ) is a Pakistani jurist who served as judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He remained permanent judge of Supreme Court from 2002 to 2010. He was born in Lahore on 13 January 1945. ...

Allama Iqbal on his son

Javed's father, Allama Iqbal, named his book, ''

Javid Nama The ''Javid Nama'' ( fa, ), or ''Book of Eternity'', is a Persian book of poetry written by Muhammad Iqbal and published in 1932. It is considered to be one of the masterpieces of Iqbal. It is inspired by Dante Alighieri's ''Divine Comedy'', a ...

'', after his son. He also wrote many poems to Javed Iqbal, indirectly addressing the Muslim youth in

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. Javed Iqbal later translated two of Allama Iqbal's books into Urdu – ''Javid Nama'' and ''Reconstruction of religious thought in Islam''. Here is an excerpt from the translation of ''

Bal-i-Jibril ''Bal-e-Jibril'' ( ur, بال جبریل; or ''Gabriel's Wing''; published in Urdu, 1935) was a philosophical poetry book of Allama Iqbal (Muhammad Iqbal), the great poet-philosopher of the Indian subcontinent. Introduction Iqbal's first book ...

'' ''(Gabriel's Wing)'' TO JAVED
''(On Receiving His First Letter From London)'' Create a place for thyself in the world of love;
Create a new age, new days, and new nights. If God grant thee an eye for nature's beauty,
Converse with the silence of flowers; respond to their love. Do not be beholden to the West's artisans,
Seek thy sustenance in what thy land affords. My ''ghazal'' is the essence of my life-blood,
Create thy elixir of life out 'of this essence. My way of life is poverty, not the pursuit of wealth;
Barter not thy Selfhood; win a name in adversit

Works

Javed's publications include the following: *Ideology of Pakistan ''(1959)'' *Stray Reflections: A Note-Book of Iqbal (1961) *Legacy of Quaid-e-Azam ''(1968, published in English and Urdu)''http://nation.com.pk/national/04-Oct-2015/tributes-pour-in-as-dr-javid-iqbal-laid-to-rest, Tributes at his death and books authored by Javed Iqbal, Retrieved 30 April 2016 *Mai Lala Faam ''(1968, collection of papers on Iqbal, in Urdu)'' * Zinda Rood ''(1984, biography of Iqbal in three volumes, in Urdu)'' *Afkare-Iqbal ''(1994, interpretation of Iqbal's thought)'' *Pakistan and the Islamic Liberal Movement (1994). *Jahan-I Javed : darame, Afsane, Maqale *Islam and Pakistan's Identity *The Concept of State in Islam : A Reassessment *''Apna Greban Chaak''(autobiography) (2002) *Khutbat e Iqbal Books on Dr Javid Iqbal * Life After Iqbal (2016, Fastprint Publishing, UK by Sabeena Khan)

References

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