Najam ul Hasan ( ur, , born 15 March 1952), is a Pakistani

jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyses and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal qualification in law and often a legal practitioner. In the Uni ...

who served as the 16th

Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court The Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan heads the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan. The Chief Justice of the Shariat Court is the second-highest judicial office in the country, after the Chief Justice of Pakistan. The Acting ...

, in office from 15 May 2017 till 10 May 2019.http://www.federalshariatcourt.gov.pk/en/chief-justice/

Early life and education

Najam ul Hasan's father was a prominent lawyer but unfortunately he died young when Hasan was only 16 years old. He passed his matriculation from Govt. Pilot High School, Lahore, and Intermediate Examinations from

Forman Christian College Forman Christian College is an private liberal arts university in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was founded in 1864 and is administered by the Presbyterian Church. The university follows an American-style curriculum. Founded in 1864 by American ...

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. He completed his L.L.B from

University of Punjab The University of the Punjab (Urdu, pnb, ), also referred to as Punjab University, is a public, research, coeducational higher education institution located in Lahore, Pakistan. Punjab University is the oldest public university in Pakistan. ...

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