Faqir Muhammad Khokhar

Faqir Muhammad Khokhar

Infobox Officeholder
name = Faqir Muhammad Khokhar
nationality = flagicon|Pakistan Pakistani
order = Judge, Supreme Court of Pakistan
term_start = January 10, 2002
term_end = Present
birth_date = Birth date and age|1945|04|16|df=y
dead = Alive

Faqir Muhammad Khokhar (born April 16, 1945) is a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He recently gained controversy in the aftermath of the Martial Law imposed by General Pervez Musharraf. He was one of the few Supreme Court judges, who took oath under the provisional constitution, despite a ruling by a 7 member bench regarding the suspension of constitution illegal.

Judicial career

He started off as a lawyer after doing his B.A./L.L.B. He was elevated to the High Court on December 10, 1996, and then to theSupreme Court on January 10, 2002.


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