The Law Minister of Pakistan heads the
Ministry of Law and Justice. They serve in the cabinet of the Prime Minister.
List of ministers
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Jogendra Nath Mandal
Jogendranath Mandal ( Bengali: যোগেন্দ্রনাথ মন্ডল; 29 January 1904 – 5 October 1968) emerged as a prominent figure among the architects of the nascent state of Pakistan. He served as the inaugural Minister of ...
(1947–1951)
*Pirzada Abdus Sattar Abdur Rahman (1951–1953)
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A.K. Brohi (1953–1954)
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Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (8 September 18925 December 1963) was an East Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 to 1957 and before that as the Prime Minister of Bengal from 1946 to ...
(1954–1955)
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I. I. Chundrigar
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar (15 September 1897 – 26 September 1960) was a Pakistani politician who served as the sixth prime minister of Pakistan, appointed in this capacity on 17 October 1957. He resigned due to a Motion of no confidence, vote ...
(1955–1957)
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Muhammad Ibrahim (1958–1962)
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Muhammad Munir
Muhammad Munir (; 1895–1979) was the second Chief Justice of Pakistan serving from 1954 to 1960.
Background
Munir was born into a Kakkyzai Pashtun family and obtained his degree of master's in English Literature from Government College Univer ...
(1962–1963)
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Khurshid Ahmad (1963–1965)
*Syed Muhammed Zafar (1965–1969)
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Alvin Robert Cornelius (1969–1971)
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Mahmud Ali Kasuri (1971–1972)
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Abdul Hafeez Pirzada (1972–1974)
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Malik Meraj Khalid (1974–1976)
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Malik Muhammad Akhtar (1976–197
*S.M Masood (1977)
*A.K Brohi (1977-1979)
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Sharifuddin Pirzada, Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada (1979–1984)
*Iqbal Ahmad Khan (1985–1986)
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Wasim Sajjad
Wasim Sajjad Jan (; born 30 March 1941) is a Pakistani Conservatism in Pakistan, conservative politician and lawyer who served as the acting president of Pakistan for two non-consecutive terms and as the Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, C ...
(1987–1988)
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Aitzaz Ahsan (1988)
*Iftikhar Gilani (1988–1990)
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Syed Fakhr Imam (1990–1991)
*Chaudhry Abdul Gafoor (1991–1993)
*Abdul Shakoor-ul Salam (1993–1994)
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Iqbar Haider (1994–1995)
*N.D. Khan (1995–1997)
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Khalid Anwer (1997–1999)
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Aziz A. Munshi (2000–2001)
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Shahida Jamil (2001–2002)
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Mohammad Raza Hayat Harraj (2003–2004)
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Khalid Ranjha (2004–2005)
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Wasi Zafar (2006–2007)
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Zahid Hamid (2007)
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Chaudhry Shahid Akram Bhinder (2007–2008)
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Babar Awan (2008–2011) gf
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Mola Baksh Chandio (Senator) (2011–2012)
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Farooq Naek (2012–2013)
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Zahid Hamid (2013)
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Ahmer Bilal Soofi (2013)
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Pervaiz Rashid (2013–2016)
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Zahid Hamid (2016–2017)
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Usman Ibrahim (2017)
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Zafarullah Khan (2017–2018)
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Chaudhry Mehmood Bashir Virk (2018)
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Syed Ali Zafar (2018)
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Farogh Naseem (2018–2022)
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Fawad Chaudhry (2022)
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Azam Nazeer Tarar (April 2022–October 2022)
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Ayaz Sadiq
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq (born 17 October 1954) is a Pakistani politician serving as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, the lower house of the federal parliament, since March 2024. He is one of the senior members of the PMLN on the ...
(October 2022 - 30 November 2022)
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Azam Nazeer Tarar (30 November 2022 - 10 August 2023)
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Ahmed Irfan Aslam (17 August 2023 - 4 March 2024)
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Azam Nazeer Tarar (11 March 2024 - present)
See also
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Constitution of Pakistan
The Constitution of Pakistan ( ; ISO 15919, ISO: '' Āīn-ē-Pākistān''), also known as the 1973 Constitution, is the supreme law of Pakistan. The document guides Pakistan's law, political culture, and system. It sets out the state's outlin ...
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Judiciary of Pakistan
The judiciary of Pakistan is the national system of courts that maintains the law and order in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan uses a '' common law system'', which was introduced during the colonial era, influenced by local medieval ...
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Justice minister
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
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Law of Pakistan
The law of Pakistan is the law and legal system existing in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistani law is based upon the legal system of British India; thus ultimately on the common law of England and Wales.
History
Following the establi ...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)
The Minister for Foreign Affairs (or simply the Foreign Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Pakistan. The minister oversees the federal government's foreign policy ...
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Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)
The Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control (, abbreviated as MoI) is a Cabinet of Pakistan, Cabinet-level ministry of the Pakistan Government, Government of Pakistan, tasked and primarily responsible for implementing the internal policies, ...
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Ministry of Law and Justice (Pakistan)
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Pakistan Bar Council
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Politics of Pakistan
The Politics of Pakistan ( ; ISO: ''Siyāsiyāt-e-Pākistāna'') takes place within the framework established by the constitution. The country is a federal parliamentary republic in which provincial governments enjoy a high degree of ...
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President of Pakistan
The president of Pakistan () is the head of state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The president is the nominal head of the executive and the supreme commander of the Pakistan Armed Forces.
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Prime Minister of Pakistan
The prime minister of Pakistan (, Roman Urdu, romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam , ) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen Cabinet of Pakistan, cabinet, desp ...
References
External links
Ministry of Law, Justice & Human Rights
Law ministers of Pakistan
Ministry of Law and Justice (Pakistan)
Long stubs with short prose
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