Hamid Khan (lawyer)

Hamid Khan (Urdu: حامد خان‎ b. 16 April 1945) is a Pakistani writer, politician, supreme court lawyer who is currently serving as the Senior Vice-President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He remained member Pakistan Bar Council and head of Peofessional group of Lawyers. He is senior Partner oldest Law Firm of Pakistan Cornelius, Lane & Mufti (CLM)[1] He is remained President of Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan.

Advocate

Hamid Khan
Urdu: حامد خان ایڈووکیٹ‎
Central Senior Vice-President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Appointed byImran Khan Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
PresidentAsad Umar
Preceded byPosition established
President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan
In office
2001–2003
Preceded byAbdul Haleem Pirzada
Succeeded byTariq Mehmood
Chief Election Commissioner of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf
Assumed office
2012
Candidate for the National Assembly of Pakistan for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf NA-125 Lahore
Personal details
Born (1946-04-16) April 16, 1946
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Spouse(s)Gulnaz Khan
ChildrenSikandar, Fiza, Dilawar
ResidenceIslamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory
Alma materUniversity of Punjab, University of Illinois
OccupationLawyer, Advisor & politician
Supreme Court of Pakistan where office Pakistan Bar Council is situated

Educational

Hamid Khan wrote several books that are recommended reading for Pakistani students of law. Hamid Khan studied law at the University of Punjab and University of Illinois and has been practising for over thirty years.[2]

Personal life

Hamid Khan is married to Gulnaz Khan and has three sons and one daughter. One of his sons, Sikandar, is also a lawyer. Hamid Khan has three granddaughters (Rubeena, Malaak and Sheza) from his daughter (Fizza Khan). His daughter-in-law, Shirin Sadeghi, is an Al-Jazeera English contributor. She is married to his second son, Dilawar.

Professional background

Khan a prominent lawyer has served as the chairman executive committee (CEC) & Vice-Chairman of Pakistan Bar Council, former vice-Chairman of Punjab Bar Council, former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. In earlier positions he served as the President of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (1992–93).[3] He is an Advocate of the Supreme Court and High Courts of Pakistan and is one of the founding partners of Cornelius, Lane and Mufti, a law firm based at Lahore.

Lawyer of Chief Justice

Khan was the lawyer of the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, when General Pervez Musharraf put forward a reference against the Chief Justice and Chaudhary decided to defend his case in the court. Hamid Khan contributed considerably to the Lawyers' Movement of Pakistan which led to the restoration of Chaudhry as Chief Justice of Pakistan. Khan regularly lectures on various legal subjects at Punjab University, the Civil Services Academy, the National Institute of Public Administration and the Pakistan Administrative Staff College.

Books authored

He has authored five books on legal subjects, three of which-Islamic Law of Inheritance, Principles of Administrative Law and Administrative Tribunals for civil Servants in Pakistan-are prescribed as Textbooks at law schools. He is an Ebert and DAAD Fellow, as well as a member of The Hague Academy of International Law. His book "Constitutional and Political History of Pakistan" is taught at the LLB level, and is a comprehensive reference on the making of Pakistan. His work is also taught at the LLM level.[4]

Selected bibliography
  • Constitutional and Political History of Pakistan (Hardcover – 31 August 2001)
  • Islamic law of inheritance: A comparative study with emphasis on contemporary problems (Unknown Binding – 1980)
  • Constitutional and Political History of Pakistan (Paperback – 21 April 2005)
  • The last defender of constitutional reason? Pakistan’s embattled Supreme Court, in: Constitutionalism in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity. Oxford University Press, Oxford / New York, 2011 (Rainer Grote / Tilmann Röder, eds.).

1.Administrative law 2. Comparative Constitutional Law Edited by Rana Muhammad Ishaq

References
  1. http://www.clm.com.pk/#:~:text=Introduction%20to%20Cornelius%2C%20Lane%20%26%20Mufti.%20Cornelius%2C%20Lane,from%20the%20firm%27s%20offices%20in%20Lahore%20and%20Islamabad.
  2. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Hamid+Khan+Lawyers+protest+to+continue+till+recovery+of+the...-a0223080760
  3. Bio from Law Asia.org
  4. Curriculum of LL.M from the Higher Education Commission of Islamabad Archived 18 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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