Nasir-ul-Mulk

Nasir Ul Mulk ناصر الملک
Justice Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office April 5, 2005
Chief Justice Peshawar High Court
In office July 31, 2004 – April 4, 2005
Justice Peshawar High Court
In office June 6, 1994 – July 30, 2004
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Born	August 17, 1950 Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani

Justice 'Nasir- ul-Mulk (Urdu: ناصر الملک) is a justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan and a former Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court.

Early life

Nasir ul Mulk was born on August 17, 1950 in Swat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (former N.W.F.P).

Edcuation and Training

Nasir ul Mulk did LL.B from University of Peshawar in 1972. In 1976, he did Barrister-at-Law from Inner Temple, London.

Professional career

Nasir ul Mulk practiced as a legal practitioner at Peshawar. He was also a part-time Lecturer at Khyber Law College, Peshawar University. He has also delivered lectures as guest speaker at N.W.F.P. Provincial Services Academy to Probationer Officers of the Provincial Services.

Nasir ul Mulk has been elected as Secretary General of Peshawar High Court Bar Association in 1981. He was elected twice as President of Peshawar High Court Bar Association in 1990 and 1993.

Justice Nasir ul Mulk was appointed as Advocate General of N.W.F.P. from 1993 to 1994.

He was elevated as Judge of Peshawar High Court June 6, 1994. He was appointed as Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court on July 31, 2004. Nasir ul Mulk was elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on April 5, 2005.

Controversies

Important Cases

On 2 November 2007 Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan submitted an application to the Supreme Court asking that the Government be restrained from imposing martial law in Pakistan.^[1] To this application a seven panel Supreme Court bench issued a stay order on 3 November 2007 against the imposition of an emergency. The bench was headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. The other members of the bench were Justice Rana Bhagwandas, Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Nasirul Mulk, Justice Raja Fayyaz, and Justice Ghulam Rabbani. This stay order was ignored by the Chief of Army Staff and the emergency was imposed across the country.

References

1. ^ "Pakistan Supreme Court to rule on Musharraf presidential bid within days". 2007-11-02. http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/11/pakistan-supreme-court-to-rule-on.php. 

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Date of birth	August 17, 1950
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