Manzoor Ahmad Malik was a retired Pakistani judge. He became the

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judge in 2009 and was elevated to the

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in 2015. Malik had reported to hear and rule around 50,000 cases during his career and retired in 2021. He was known for cases related to criminal jurisprudence. Prior to retiring, he passed a judgement to stop the execution of inmates who were mentally ill. He also set up a free

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society. Malik was from

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