Bashir Jehangiri

Infobox Officeholder


|name = Muhammad Bashir Jehangiri
محمد بشير جهانگيری
|caption =
nationality = Pakistani
order = 17th Chief Justice of Pakistan
term_start = January 7,2002
term_end = January 31,2002
predecessor = Irshad Hasan Khan
successor = Sheikh Riaz Ahmad
birth_date =
birth_place = flagicon|Pakistan Pakistan
dead = Alive

Justice Muhammad Bashir Jehangiri (Urdu: محمد بشير جهانگيری ) was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 07 January 2002 to 31 January 2002. Previously, he served as Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court.

He was born on the 1st of February 1937 in Mansehra. He Matriculated from M.L.High School, Lahore in 1953. He stood third in F.A. in the University and B.A. (First Class First) from Abbottabad, in 1958 & 1960 respectively. He did his L.L.B from University Law College Peshawar in 1962 and joined the Bar in February, 1963. After qualifying the West Pakistan P.C.S. (Judicial) Branch Exam., he was appointed as Civil Judge on 7.3.1966. After serving at various stations as Civil Judge and Senior Civil Judge, he was promoted as Additional District and Session Judge on 6.7.1974. He also served as Judicial Commissioner, Northern Areas in Gilgit from 26.6.1979. He reported to the Provincial Government on 23.12.1982 and took-over charge as Special Judge, Customs, Taxation and Anti-Smuggling (Central) NWFP, Peshawar on 12.3.1983 and relinquished this charge on 15th September, 1984. He took-over charge as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (Justice Division), Islamabad, on 12.9.1984. He attended an advance course in Public Administration and Development at the National Institute of Public Administration, Lahore, in 1977 and also Shariah Course in Shariah Academy International Islamic University Islamabad, from 2.12.1983 to 26.2.1984. He has also attended the United Nations Institute for Asia and Far East Course on “Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders” at Fuchu, Japan in 1986. He also participated as a Legal Member of the Pakistan Delegation in the UN sponsored Geneva Accords on Afghanistan held on 14th April, 1988. The Judge was elevated to the Peshawar High Court on 1st October, 1988. He also attended the World Law Conference, held in Argentina in 1993. His Lordship was elevated as Adhoc Judge on 22.2.1995 and then as Judge of Supreme Court on 30.3.1996. The Hon’ble Judge was also represented Pakistan at the Chief Justices’ Conference and Law Asia Annual Meeting held in Manila, Philippines in August, 1997.

Mr. Justice Muhammad Bashir Jehangiri was appointed as Acting Wafaqi Mohtasib on 10 February, 2000. In this capacity he chaired the meeting of the Asian Ombudsman Association held from 17th to 20th July 2000 in Manila, Philippines. The Hon’ble Wafaqi Mohtasib recently represented Asian Region as President of Asian Ombudsman Association and attended the 7th International Conference of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) held in Durban, South Africa from 27th October to 3rd November, 2000.

Mr. Justice Mohammad Bashir Jehangiri retired as the Chief Justice of Pakistan in January, 2002.

References

[http://www.dawn.com/2002/01/08/top9.htm Dawn, January 8, 2002]

ee also

* Chief Justices of Pakistan