The Law Minister of Pakistan heads the
Ministry of Law and Justice. They serves in the cabinet of the Prime Minister.
List of ministers
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Jogendra Nath Mandal (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 ( bn, হোসেন শহীদ সোহ্রাওয়ার্দী; ur, ; 8 September 18925 December 1963) was a Bengali barrister and politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 ...
(1954–1955)
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I. I. Chundrigar (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 obtained his degree of master's in English Literature from Government College University Lahore, he joined Law College to earn his ...
(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 (1971–1973)
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Malik Meraj Khalid
Malik Meraj Khalid ( ur, ; 1 February 1916 – 13 June 2003), was a Pakistani advocate, left wing politician and Marxist philosopher who served as Caretaker prime minister of Pakistan from November 1996 until February 1997. He was noted as be ...
(1973–1975)
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Abdul Hafeez Pirzada (1975–1977)
*Malik Mohammad Akhtar (1976–1977)
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Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada (1977–1985)
*Iqbal Ahmad Khan (1985–1986)
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Wasim Sajjad
Wasim Sajjad ( ur, ; born 30 March 1941) is a Pakistani conservative politician and lawyer who served as the acting president of Pakistan for two non-consecutive terms and as the Chairman of the Senate between 1988 and 1999.
Born in Jalan ...
(1987–1988)
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Aitzaz Ahsan
Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan ( ur, ; born 27 September 1945) is a Pakistani politician and lawyer. He served two times as the Leader of the House in the Senate of Pakistan from 1994 to 1997 and again from 2012 to 2015. He also served as the Leader o ...
(1989)
*Iftikhar Gilani (1989–1990)
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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)
*Chaudhry Shahid Akram Bhinder (2007–2008)
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Babar Awan (2008–2011)
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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)
*Ahmer Bilal Soofi (2013)
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Pervaiz Rashid
Pervaiz Rashid ( ur, ) is a Pakistani politician, and the former Federal Minister of Information, Broadcasting, and National Heritage and Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights in the Third Sharif ministry. A member of Pakistan Muslim ...
(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)
*Mahmood Basheer Virk (2018)
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Syed Zafar Ali Shah
Syed Zafar Ali Shah ( ur, ) is a Pakistani politician who has served as member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 1985 and 1998. A member of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf, Shah previously served as the Deputy Speaker of the National Asse ...
(2018)
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Farogh Naseem (2018–2022)
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Fawad Chaudhry
Fawad Ahmed Hussain Chaudhry (born 7 April 1970) is a Pakistani politician and a senior member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, who was Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, in office since 14 April 2021 to 10 April 2022.
Previously ...
(2022)
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Azam Nazeer Tarar (April 2022–October 2022)
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Ayaz Sadiq (October -30 Nov 22)
*Azam Nazeer Tarar (30 Nov,22- present)
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See also
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Constitution of Pakistan
The Constitution of Pakistan ( ur, ), also known as the 1973 Constitution, is the supreme law of Pakistan. Drafted by the government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, with additional assistance from the country's opposition parties, it was approved ...
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Judiciary of Pakistan
The judiciary of Pakistan ( ur, پاکستان کی عدلیہ) is a hierarchical system with two classes of courts: the superior (or higher) judiciary and the subordinate (or lower) judiciary. The superior judiciary is composed of the Supreme ...
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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 establis ...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs (or simply the Foreign Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Pakistan. The minister is responsible for overseeing the federal government's foreign policy and International rel ...
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Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)
The Ministry of Interior ( ur, , abbreviated as MoI) is a Cabinet-level ministry of the Government of Pakistan, tasked and primarily responsible for implementing the internal policies, state security, administration of internal affairs involv ...
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Ministry of Law and Justice (Pakistan)
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Pakistan Bar Council
The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) ( ur, ) was established by the Parliament in 1973 under the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act.
It is the highest elected body of lawyers in Pakistan. It has twenty two members elected from across the coun ...
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Politics of Pakistan
The Politics of Pakistan () 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 autonomy and residuary powers. Executive ...
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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.[Prime Minister of Pakistan
The prime minister of Pakistan ( ur, , 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, despite the president of Pakis ...]
References
External links
Ministry of Law, Justice & Human Rights
Law Ministers of Pakistan
Ministry of Law and Justice (Pakistan)
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