page_title: Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan
section_title: Honors
hierarchical_section_title: Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan / Honors
caption_attribution_description: English: Justice Dr Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan awarded with Honoris Causa Doctor of Law Degree by University of Sindh , (one of the oldest education institutions in a Pakistan) on 26 th January 2014 at Karachi . He has made History as he is the only Judge in Pakistan to receive this degree .
context_page_description: Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan belongs to Garhi Yasin in Shikarpur District of Sindh, Pakistan. He is the son of Agha Mohammad Anwer Khan, and was educated at D.C. High School in Garhi Yasin. Subsequently, he graduated from the C&S Government College, Shikarpur and also graduated in Law from the University of Sindh in 1971. He is also the son-in-law of Justice Mushtak Ali Kazi, who was a Judge of High Court of Sindh and Balochistan. Justice Agha is a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He served as the Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan from 2009-2014.
context_section_description: As Justice Agha attended the 2nd Arab Countries Chief Justice Conference in 2011. He had invited the chief justices of Oman, Sudan, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Qatar. All of them visited Pakistan on his invitation in March, April, and May 2012. In February 2013, Kamal B.A. Dhan, Chief Justice of Libya, visited Pakistan and strengthened the judicial ties between Libya and Pakistan. In June 2013, Justice Sidi Yahefdhou, Chief Justice of Mauritania also visited Pakistan.
  Justice Dr Agha Rafiq was awarded with the Honoris Causa Doctorate of Law Degree by the University if Sindh on 26 January 2014 at Karachi. He is the first judge in Pakistan to receive such a degree.
caption: Justice DrAgha Rafiq Ahmed Khan being awarded with the Doctorate of Law Degree by the University of Sindh Vice Chancellor.
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