Chief Justice of Pakistan

The Chief Justice of Pakistan heads the Supreme Court of Pakistan. These are the names of the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (known as the Federal Court until 1960).

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 NumberName Period of office Length of term (years, days) Bar Appointed by 1Sir Mian Abdul Rashid    Lahore High Court Government of India Act 19352Muhammad Munir     Lahore High Court Malik Ghulam Muhammad 3 Muhammad Shahabuddin     Madras High Court Ayub Khan4A.R. Cornelius     Lahore High Court5S.A. Rahman     Lahore High Court 6 Fazal Akbar    East Pakistan High Court 7 Hamoodur Rahman     Calcutta High Court 8 Yaqub Ali    Lahore High Court Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry 9 S. Anwarul Haq    Lahore High Court 10 Mohammad Haleem    Sindh High Court Zia-ul-Haq 11 Afzal Zullah    Lahore High Court Ghulam Ishaq Khan 12 Nasim Hasan Shah    Lahore High Court  Saad Saud Jan     Lahore High Court Farooq Leghari 13 Sajjad Ali Shah    Sindh High Court 14 Ajmal Mian    Sindh High Court Wasim Sajjad 15 Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui    Sindh High Court Rafiq Tarar 16 Irshad Hasan Khan    Lahore High Court 17 Bashir Jehangiri    Peshawar High Court Pervez Musharraf 18 Sheikh Riaz Ahmad    Lahore High Court 19 Nazim Hussain Siddiqui    Sindh High Court 20 Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry (1st)    Balochistan High Court  Javaid Iqbal     Balochistan High Court  Rana Bhagwandas    Sindh High Court 20 Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry (2nd)    Balochistan High Court 21 A. H. Dogar     Sindh High Court 20 Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry (3rd)    Balochistan High Court Asif Ali Zardari 20 Tassaduq Hussain Jillani    Lahore High Court Mamnoon Hussain 22 Nasir-ul-Mulk    Peshawar High Court 23 Jawwad S. Khawaja    Lahore High Court 24 Anwar Zaheer Jamali    Sindh High Court 25 Mian Saqib Nisar    Lahore High Court 26 Asif Saeed Khan Khosa    Lahore High Court Arif Alvi 27 Gulzar Ahmed    Sindh High Court

 A Acting
 ± Recess appointment, later rejected by the Supreme Judicial Council. All decisions voided due to illegality of appointment.
 † Died in office

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