Abdul Hameed Dogar

Infobox Officeholder


name=Abdul Hameed Dogar
caption=
nationality=flagicon|Pakistan Pakistani
order=21st Chief Justice of Pakistan
term_start=3 November 2007
term_end=
predecessor=Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
successor=incumbent
birth_date=Birth date and age|1944|3|22|df=yFact|date=September 2008
birth_place=KhairpurFact|date=September 2008
dead=Alive
religion=IslamFact|date=September 2008

Abdul Hameed Dogar (born 22 March 1944Fact|date=September 2008) is the Chief Justice of Pakistan, a position he was elevated to when he took oath on the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO), following the controversial Proclamation of Emergency by President General Pervez Musharraf, on 3 November 2007.cite news
title=Justice Dogar new CJ; a number of judges opt out
url=http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/04/top3.htm
publisher=Dawn
date=2007-11-04
accessdate=2008-09-24] Earlier a 7-member bench of the Supreme Court had overturned the PCO.cite news
title=Seven judges reject PCO before being sent home
url=http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/04/top2.htm
publisher=Dawn
date=2007-11-04
accessdate=2008-09-24]

Dogar is one of the four judges who took oath under a PCO when the majority of the Supreme Court judges refused to take oath under the PCO.

Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar took a new oath on 15 December 2007, this time on the constitution.Fact|date=September 2008

Early life

Justice Dogar was born in the village of "Gaarhi Mori", in Khairpur district, Sindh province. He joined the judicial service on 10 April 1995 with an appointment to the Sindh High Court, and was elevated to the Supreme Court on 28 April 2000.Fact|date=September 2008

Justice Dogar was elevated to the position of Chief Justice of Pakistan on 3 November 2007 and he took an oath on the Provincial Constitution Order (PCO) written by General Pervez Musharraf, which replaced the Constitution.Fact|date=September 2008

Posts held in Bar

Secretary District Bar Association Khairpur 1973-1974; Joint Secretary, High Court Bar Association, Sukkur Bench 1984-85; President District Bar Association Khairpur 1987-88, 1989-90; 1991-92, 1993-94 and 1994-95.Fact|date=September 2008

Posts held in other fields

Elected Vice Chairman, District Council, Khairpur 1979-1983 Member Sindh Madresah Board, Karachi 1980-1983 Member, Board of Governors of Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education, Sukkur 1988-1990

Honorary Secretary District Red Crescent Society Khairpur 1980-1985 Member, Syndicate, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur from 1996 to April 2000 Chairman Board of Governors IBA from 7th March to 27th April, 2000

Attended Third Lawyers Courses/Lectures in Shariah (Islamic Law Course) in 1991 in International Islamic University Islamabad, Al-Azhar University (Cairo) Egypt, Macca and Madina University, Saudi Arabia Nominated as Member Board of Governors National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad in March 2003 Nominated as Judge-in-Charge of Supreme Court Employees Cooperative Housing Society, Islamabad in April 2004 Nominated as Acting Chief Election Commissioner from 10th July 2004 to 3rd August 2004, from 30th November 2004 to 6th December 2004 and 15th February 2005 to 16th March 2006. Chairman Supreme Judicial Council, Law and Justice Commission, Federal Judicial Academy, National Judicial Policymaking Committee and the Governing Body, Access to Justice Development Fund.

External links

* [http://www.supremecourt.gov.pk//profile-hj(3).htm Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar] (Supreme Court)
* [http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/03/welcome.htm#LatestNews Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar has been appointed as the Chief Justice, replacing Justice Iftikhar] (Dawn News)
* [http://www.app.com.pk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20129&Itemid=2 Bio-data of newly appointed CJP] (APP)

References

ee Also

*List of Pakistanis
*Chief Justice of Pakistan