The Sindh Muslim Government Law College ( Urdu: سنده مسلم گورنمنٹس لا کالج) or S. M. Law College ( Urdu: ایس ایم لاء کالج) is one of the oldest law schools of Pakistan, situated in Karachi,

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

. The college has produced numerous notables including Chief Justices of Pakistan, Chief Justices of Federal Shariat Court,

Chief Ministers of Sindh Chief Minister of Sindh (, ur, —), is the elected head of government of Sindh. Syed Murad Ali Shah is a PPP politician and the current Chief Minister of Sindh. The Chief Minister is the head of the provincial government alongside the Chief ...

, Federal Ministers, and many judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and Sindh High Court.

The college was established by its first Principal

Hassanally A. Rahman Hassanally A Rahman ( sd, حسن علي رحمان ur, حسن علی رحمان) was born in Karachi, Sindh (1909 to 1986), to a prominent and respectable family of legal professionals, government officers, and people actively involved in the ed ...

, a leading Advocate of

on the June 28, 1947 and was affiliated to the University of Sindh. It started functioning at

Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam Sindh Madressatul Islam University ( ur, ; sd, سنڌ مدرسۃ الاسلام), also known as SMI University, is a university in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Founded in 1885, it is one of the oldest educational institutions in South Asia. Hi ...

. After the closure of Shahani Law College, the college shifted to its present building in 1948 and is affiliated with the University of Karachi.

Library

The college has one of the oldest law library in Pakistan. The library is an important resource centre, primarily intended to provide undergraduate and postgraduate students with the books, law journals and reading materials they need for their studies, as well as having a valuable and ever increasing collection of legal works. The library contains over 50,000 volumes, the core of which is a comprehensive range of legal materials for practitioners, law students and faculty members.

Former faculty

* Justice Syed Ali Aslam Jafri (principal from 2019 to 2021) * Justice Haziqul Khairi (principal from 1981 to 1988) * Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (former President and Prime Minister of Pakistan)

Alumni

Indian Jurists

* Ram Jethmalani (Doyen of criminal law)

Chief Justices of Pakistan

Syed Sajjad Ali Shah Syed Sajjad Ali Shah ( ur, سید سجاد علی شاہ; 17 February 1933 – 7 March 2017) was a Pakistani judge who served as the 13th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 4 June 1994 to 2 December 1997. He had been appointed as Chief Justice ...

* Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui * Gulzar Ahmed

Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court

* Haziq-ul-Khairi * Mir Hazar Khan Khoso *

Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan (born 23 August 1949) a Pakistani jurist belongs to Garhi Yasin in Shikarpur District of Sindh, Pakistan. He is the son-in-law of Justice Mushtak Ali Kazi, who was a Judge of High Court of Sindh and Balochistan. Justice A ...

Supreme Court of Pakistan judges

* Tufail Ali Abdul Rehman * Wajihuddin Ahmed *

Faisal Arab Faisal Arab ( ur, ) is a Pakistani jurist who serves as Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since 13 December 2015. He was formerly the Chief Justice of Sindh High Court from 17 February 2015 until his appointment to the Supreme Court. w ...

Sindh High Court judges

Majida Rizvi Justice (R) Majida Rizvi ( ur, ماجدہ رضوی) is the first woman judge of a High Court in Pakistan. She practiced in the High Courts and Supreme Court and taught Law in Hamdard School of Law. As a writer she specialized in legal issues per ...

Syed Ghous Ali Shah Syed Ghous Ali Shah (Urdu: سید غوث علی شاہ; born 1 January 1934) is a Pakistani politician and jurist. He was Chief Minister of Sindh, Pakistan from 1985–1988 and later the Chief Executive in 1999. He has also remained the Def ...

* Zafar Hussain Mirza *

Omar Sial Omar Sial (born 21 October 1969) has been Justice of the Sindh High Court The High Court of Sindh ( ur, ) is the highest judicial institution of the Pakistani province of Sindh. Established in 1906, the Court situated in the provincial cap ...

Other notable persons

* Makhdoom Ali Khan – Senior Advocate Supreme Court, former Attorney General of Pakistan and chairman Pakistan Bar Council * Syed Qaim Ali Shah –

Chief Minister of Sindh Chief Minister of Sindh (, ur, —), is the elected head of government of Sindh. Syed Murad Ali Shah is a PPP politician and the current Chief Minister of Sindh. The Chief Minister is the head of the provincial government alongside the Chief S ...

* Rana Muhammad Akram Khan, former Chairman Punjab Bar Council. * Ghous Ali Shah – former

, former

Defence Minister of Pakistan The Minister of Defence (Urdu: 'وزیرِ دفاع') heads the Ministry of Defence. The minister serves in the cabinet of the Prime Minister and is required to be a member of Parliament. In the history of the country, the defence portfolio has ...

, former Federal Education Minister * Shahida Jamil – former Federal Minister for Women Development, former Minister for Law, Human Rights, Social Welfare and Environment * Naimatullah Khan – former Mayor of Karachi *

Nisha Rao Nisha Rao is a Pakistani transgender lawyer, advocate and activist. In 2020, she became the first transgender law graduate in Pakistan. Personal life Rao was born in a middle-class family from Lahore, in the Punjab region, and had seven sibl ...

- lawyer and transgender activist *

Farooq H. Naik Farooq Hamid Naek ( ur, ; b. 1 July 1947 also spelled Farooq H. Naik), is a Pakistani politician and lawyer, who served as the Chairman Senate, Minister of Law as well as headed the Ministry of Justice in the government led by Prime Ministe ...

– Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, former Federal Minister for Law and Human Rights * Farman Fatehpuri – eminent scholar of Urdu language and literature *

Khalid Ali Z. Qazi Qazi Khalid Ali is a Pakistani educationist, lawyer and politician. He is the first vice-chancellor of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law. He has been the Additional Advocate General and also was appointed as Education Minister in 19 ...

– former Education Minister of Sindh, former Additional Advocate General of Sindh. Currently the Vice Chancellor of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law. *

Rasul Bux Palejo Rasul Bux Palejo (also spelled Rasool Bux Palijo) (, ur, ; 21 February 1930 – 7 June 2018) was a Pakistani leftist, Marxist leader from Sindh, scholar and writer. He was a human-rights lawyer and the leader and founder of Awami Tahre ...

– senior politician

References

External links

Official website
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