PakAlert: Chief Justices of Pakistan (1949-Current)

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Chief Justices of Pakistan (1949-Current)

The Chief Justice of Pakistan heads the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Here is a list of the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (known as the Federal Court until 1960).

Temporal Order	Name of Chief Justice	From	To
1	Justice Sir Abdul Rashid Abdur Rashid (Chief Justice, Federal Court)	07 June 1949	29 June 1954
2	Justice Muhammad Munir (Chief Justice, Federal Court)	29 June1954	02 May 1960
3	Justice Muhammad Shahabuddin	03 May 1960	12 May 1960
4	Justice A. R. Cornelius	13 May 1960	29 February 1968
5	Justice S. A. Rahman	01 March 1968	03 June 1968
6	Justice Fazal Akbar	04 June 1968	17 November 1968
7	Justice Hamoodur Rahman	18 November 1968	31 October 1975
8	Justice Muhammad Yaqub Ali	01 November 1975	22 September 1977
9	Justice S. Anwarul Haq	23 September 1977	25 March 1981
10	Justice Mohammad Haleem	23 March 1981	31 December 1989
11	Justice Muhammad Afzal Zullah	01 January 1990	18 April 1993
12	Justice Dr. Nasim Hasan Shah	17 April 1993	14 April 1994
13	Justice Sajjad Ali Shah	05 June 1994	02 December 1997
14	Justice Ajmal Mian	23 December 1997	30 June 1999
15	Justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui	01 July 1999	26 January 2000
16	Justice Irshad Hasan Khan	26 January 2000	06 January 2002
17	Justice Bashir Jehangiri	07 January 2002	31 January 2002
18	Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmad	01 February 2002	31 December 2003
19	Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui	31 December 2003	29 June 2005
20	Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry	30 June 2005	3 November 2007.
*	Justice Javaid Iqbal [Acting Chief Justice]	09 March 2007	23 March 2007
**	Justice Rana Bhagwandas [Acting Chief Justice]	24 March 2007	20 July 2007
21	Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar	3 November 2007	Current

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/