Minister for Law and Justice (Pakistan)
| Minister for Law and Justice of Pakistan | |
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since 11 March 2024 | |
| Ministry of Law and Justice | |
| Member of | Cabinet of Pakistan |
| Reports to | Prime Minister |
| Seat | Islamabad |
| Appointer | President of Pakistan on advice of Prime Minister |
| Formation | 1947 |
| First holder | Jogendra Nath Mandal |
| Website | Ministry of Law and Justice |
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 Pakistan portal |
The Law Minister of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Law and Justice. They serves in the cabinet of the Prime Minister.
List of ministers
[edit]- Jogendra Nath Mandal (1947–1951)
- Pirzada Abdus Sattar Abdur Rahman[1][2] (1951–1953)
- A.K. Brohi[3] (1953–1954)
- Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy[4] (1954–1955)
- I. I. Chundrigar (1955–1957)
- Muhammad Ibrahim (1958–1962)
- Muhammad Munir[5] (1962–1963)
- Khurshid Ahmad[6][7] (1963–1965)
- Syed Muhammed Zafar[8][9] (1965–1969)
- Alvin Robert Cornelius[10] (1969–1971)
- Mahmud Ali Kasuri (1971–1972)
- Abdul Hafeez Pirzada[11] (1972–1974)
- Malik Meraj Khalid (1974–1976)
- Malik Muhammad Akhtar (1976–1977)[1]
- S.M Masood (1977)
- A.K Brohi (1977-1979)
- Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada[12][13] (1979–1984)
- Iqbal Ahmad Khan[14] (1985–1986)
- Wasim Sajjad[15] (1987–1988)
- Aitzaz Ahsan[16] (1988)
- Iftikhar Gilani[17] (1988–1990)
- Syed Fakhr Imam[18] (1990–1991)
- Chaudhry Abdul Gafoor[19] (1991–1993)
- Abdul Shakoor-ul Salam[20] (1993–1994)
- Iqbar Haider[21] (1994–1995)
- N.D. Khan[22] (1995–1997)
- Khalid Anwer (1997–1999)
- Aziz A. Munshi[23] (2000–2001)
- Shahida Jamil[24] (2001–2002) [1st female]
- Mohammad Raza Hayat Harraj[25] (2003–2004)
- Khalid Ranjha[26][27] (2004–2005)
- Wasi Zafar[28] (2006–2007)
- Zahid Hamid[29] (2007)
- Chaudhry Shahid Akram Bhinder[30][31] (2007–2008)
- Babar Awan (2008–2011) gf
- Mola Baksh Chandio (Senator) (2011–2012)
- Farooq Naek (2012–2013)
- Zahid Hamid[32] (2013)
- Ahmer Bilal Soofi (2013)
- Pervaiz Rashid[33] (2013–2016)
- Zahid Hamid (2016–2017)
- Usman Ibrahim (2017)
- Zafarullah Khan (2017–2018)
- Mahmood Basheer Virk[34] (2018)
- Syed Zafar Ali Shah[35] (2018)
- Farogh Naseem (2018–2022)
- Fawad Chaudhry (2022)[36]
- Azam Nazeer Tarar (April 2022–October 2022)[37]
- Ayaz Sadiq (October 2022 - 30 November 2022)[38]
- Azam Nazeer Tarar (30 November 2022 - 10 August 2023)
- Ahmed Irfan Aslam (17 August 2023 - 4 March 2024)
- Azam Nazeer Tarar (11 March 2024 - present)
See also
[edit]- Constitution of Pakistan
- Judiciary of Pakistan
- Justice minister
- Law of Pakistan
- Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)
- Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)
- Ministry of Law and Justice (Pakistan)
- Pakistan Bar Council
- Politics of Pakistan
- President of Pakistan
- Prime Minister of Pakistan
References
[edit]- ^ The Constituent Assembly (Legislature) of Pakistan Debate: Official Report. Manager of Publications. 1953.
- ^ Assembly, Pakistan Constituent (1951). Debates: Official Report. Manager, Government of Pakistan Press.
- ^ Huq, M. Mahfuzul (1966). Electoral Problems in Pakistan. Asiatic Society of Pakistan.
- ^ "Remembering Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy". The New Nation. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ Assembly, Pakistan National (1962). Parliamentary Debates. Official Report.
- ^ Assembly, Pakistan National (1963). Parliamentary Debates. Official Report.
- ^ Assembly, Pakistan National (1965). Debates: official report. Manager of Publications.
- ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1966:Sept.-Dec." HathiTrust. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan. 1965.
- ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1969Mar-June,Aug,Oct–Dec". HathiTrust. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ Burki, Shahid Javed (1 November 1988). Pakistan Under Bhutto, 1971–1977. Springer. ISBN 9781349195299.
- ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Sep–Dec 1979". HathiTrust. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1980Jan,Mar–June". HathiTrust. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1985:July-Dec." HathiTrust. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Nov–Dec 1987". HathiTrust. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1989 no.1-6". HathiTrust. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1989:Nov.-Dec." HathiTrust. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
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- ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1995 no.5-8". HathiTrust. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 2000Jan-Mar 2000". HathiTrust. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan. -Apr. 2001". HathiTrust. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ Group, Taylor & Francis (2004). The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan – Zimbabwe. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781857432558.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Eur (2002). The Far East and Australasia 2003. Psychology Press. ISBN 9781857431339.
- ^ Hussein, Maisoon; Mustafa, Zubeida (2005). For Life, Peace and Justice. Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER).
- ^ Lauterpacht, Elihu; Greenwood, Christopher; Lee, Karen (3 June 2010). International Law Reports. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521114219.
- ^ "Zahid Hamid made law minister". Dawn. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ Group, Taylor & Francis (July 2005). Europa World Year. Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 9781857433050.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Correspondent, Wajid Ali Wajid (26 August 2007). "Law minister replaced as part of legal team shuffle". Gulf News. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Musharraf trial: Zahid Hamid reassigned from law ministry | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Ministry of Law and Justice". molaw.gov.pk. 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Mahmood Bashir Virk sworn in as federal minister". Pakistan Today. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ Web Desk (20 June 2018). "To proactively undertake socio-economic progress, development projects in FATA: Ali Zafar – Pakistan Observer". Pakistan Observer. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ Asad, Malik (9 April 2022). "IHC stays appointment of law officers made by minister hours after assuming charge". Dawn. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "SCBA, PBC felicitate Azam Nazir Tarar on becoming law minister". The News. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "Sardar Ayaz Sadiq appointed law minister". The Express Tribune. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
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