Muhammad Farrukh Irfan Khan ( ur, ; born 23 June 1958) is a Pakistani

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who has been Justice of the

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from 20 February 2010 until his resignation on 9 April 2019

Education

Khan studied at

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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. ...

Panama Papers scandal

Khan's name appeared in

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in relation to having two offshore companies registered in

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. Anrol Limited was registered on 14 April 2000 and Tramalin Limited was registered on 24 July 2003. Khan and his daughter Maria Farrukh Irfan Khan both served as a director in both companies. He was the only judge from

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whose name appeared in Panama Papers.

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(SJC) issued him a show cause notice in February 2017 but never continued with the proceedings until 3 January 2019 that is when it started the hearings. In March 2019, former Chief Justice of Pakistan

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expressed his desire to submit an affidavit in his favour but it was not allowed as Chaudhry did not want to appear for cross-examination. When Khan was supposed to appear in front of SJC on 9 April 2019, he sent his resignation as Justice of the Lahore High Court to President of Pakistan

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citing the reason that he was being pressurized not to dispense his judicial duties in an independent manner. In his letter to the president, he accused

Mian Saqib Nisar Mian Saqib Nisar ( ur, ; born 18 January 1954) is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 25th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 31 December 2016 till 17 January 2019. He has previously served as the Law Secretary. He also served as a visiting prof ...

and

Asif Saeed Khosa Asif Saeed Khan Khosa ( ur, ; born 21 December 1954) is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 26th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 18 January 2019 to 20 December 2019. He joined the Supreme Court as a judge on 18 February 2010 and prior to that ...

of running the biased proceedings and foregoing the due process. His original retirement date was supposed to be 22 June 2020.

References

1958 births Living people Judges of the Lahore High Court Pakistani judges Place of birth missing (living people) {{Pakistan-law-bio-stub