predecessor successor death_date religion birth_place death_place office birth_date term_start appointer article_title term_end name
javaid iqbal -lrb- acting -rrb- iftikhar muhammad chaudhry 23 february 2015 hinduism naseerabad , british raj -lrb- now pakistan -rrb- karachi , pakistan chief justice of pakistan acting 20 december 1942 24 march 2007 pervez musharraf rana bhagwandas
 20 july 2007 rana bhagwandas رانا بھگوان داس
rana bhagwandas

rana bhagwandas -lrb- 20 december 1942 -- 23 february 2015 -rrb- , was a senior judge and former acting chief justice of the supreme court of pakistan -lrb- cjp -rrb- .
he enjoyed extremely high reputation as a judge .
he remained the acting cjp during the 2007 judicial crisis in pakistan , and also briefly became the acting chief justice of pakistan when the incumbent iftikhar muhammad chaudhry went on foreign tours in 2005 and 2006 , and thus became the first hindu and the second non-muslim to serve as chief of the highest court in pakistan .
rana bhagwandas also worked as the chairman of federal public service commission of pakistan .
he headed the interview panel for the selection of the federal civil servants in 2009 .
