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Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan – Judge of Supreme Court

“a few lawmakers switching loyalties to change a government at any time is a joke” says  Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan, on Presidential reference for Article 63-A

Birth: 5th, August, 1960

Birth Place: Murree, Punjab

Education: LLB and LLM

LLB – from Punjab University

LLM – Cornell University New York, USA.

Former Practice Area:  civil, banking, property, commercial and constitutional matters

Before becoming part of the pakistan’s most significant and independent Organ, he was an associate as a partner in the oldest law firm in Pakistan: Cornelius, Lane & Mufti (CLM). Mr. Ahsan’s Journey in bench started in late 2009, after the Lawyer’s movement where he secured position in Lahore High Court then in November, 2015 he became 44th Chief Justice of Lahore High Court and took oath  as Lordship in August 2016 from former chief Justice of Supreme Court Anwar Zaheer Jamali. He has been serving as Supreme Court Jude for around 7 year. He had also served as   Inspection Judge for District Kasur, Gujranwala and Lahore

 

 

 

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