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Sheikh Anwarul Haq was born on 11 May, 1917 in Jullundur, Punjab, British India, is a Chief Justice of Pakistan. Discover Sheikh Anwarul Haq's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

Popular As Sheikh Anwarul Haq
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Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 11 May 1917
Birthday 11 May
Birthplace Jullundur, Punjab, British India
Date of death 1995
Died Place Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Nationality India

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1917

Sheikh Anwarul Haq (Punjabi and ‎; 11 May 1917 – 3 March 1995), was a Pakistani jurist and an academic who served as the 9th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 23 September 1977 until resigning on 25 March 1981.

He signed the death warrant for former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in a controversial murder case.

Sheikh Anwarul Haq was born in Jullunder, Punjab, British India on 11 May 1917, to a Punjabi family.

1932

S. Anwarul Haq earned early education from Jullunder and Wazirabad, passing his matriculation from Jullunder in 1932.

He stood first in matriculation that earned him a scholarship to attend the DAV College in 1932.

1936

In 1936, he earned BA in Economics and Political science and went on to attend the D.A.V. College, Lahore of Punjab University, where he earned an MA in Economics in 1938.

He ranked first in MA in Economics examination at the Punjab University, setting a new record in that subject.

He also did his LLB from there.

During his time at the Punjab University, Haq participated in a large number of declamation contests and prize debates and was often judged as the best speaker.

From 1936 to 1938, he was an activist of All-India Muslim League and was a student advocate of the assertion of the separate identity of Indian Muslims.

1937

He attended the All-India Muslim League meeting in Calcutta in December 1937 as a student delegate.

1939

In 1939, he was selected and joined the Indian Civil Service and went to United Kingdom to be educated in Oxford.

1940

Upon returning in 1940, he was appointed Assistant Commissioner at Ferozepur and later appointed as Undersecretary of Punjab and the North-West Frontier from 1942 until 1944.

1944

Educated as an economist at the DAV College and the Punjab University in Lahore, he served as a civil servant of the Indian Civil Service as an appointee to lead the municipal governance in the British India in 1944.

In 1944, he was appointed as Sub Divisional Magistrate at the Dalhousie, India and heard various cases involving the civil lawsuits.

1946

During the same time, he was sent to Gurdaspur and was appointed as Deputy Commissioner and later elevated as Session Judge as well as Assistant Commissioner in 1946.

For a short brief of time, he served as the deputy commissioner of Hissar (in East Punjab) in 1946, before joining the Cabinet Mission to be served as its Secretary to the Partition Steering Committee for the Punjab in 1947.

After the establishment of Pakistan as a result of partition of British India by the British Empire, he opted for Pakistan and appointed as deputy commissioner of Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.

During this time, he worked towards managing the Indian emigrants settling in Pakistan.

1947

He continued serving in the civil service after the independence of Pakistan as a result of partition of British India in 1947 and subsequently elevated as a judge in the Sindh High Court in 1957.

1948

From 1948 to 1952, he served in the bureaucracy as deputy commissioner of Montgomery and Sialkot.

1952

In 1952, he joined the Ministry of Defence (MoD) as its deputy secretary until 1954 when he left for the United Kingdom to attend the Imperial Defence College in London.

1956

In 1956, he earned the degree and secured his graduation from the Imperial Defence College and subsequently returned to Pakistan.

He was appointed as joint secretary in MoD but later moved to Ministry of Law and Justice (MoLJ) to pursue career as federal judge.

1957

In 1957, he was elevated as district-session judge in Sindh High Court but later moved to Lahore High Court in Punjab in 1958.

1959

In 1959, he was appointed as a judge in the West Pakistan High Court and moved on to the Supreme Court as a senior justice in 1962.

1962

In 1962, he was nominated to serve on the Supreme Court and later appointed as Chief Justice of Lahore High Court in 1970 before his reappointment as a Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 1971.

1965

In 1965, he was appointed as the deputy leader of the Pakistan Delegation to the Third Commonwealth and Empire Law Conference held at Sydney, Australia in 1965.

1967

In 1967, he was appointed as a member of the Law Reform Commission led by Chief Justice Alvin Robert Cornelius that conducted the various case studies on land reforms in Pakistan.

1969

In 1969, he was selected to lead a Legal Expert Delegation to Somalia to provide expertise in overviewing the constitutional crises in Somalia.

1970

In 1970, he was elevated as Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court by President Yahya Khan who issued the decree, the LFO No. 1970 that dissolved the status of West Pakistan.

1972

He 1972, he earned public and international notability when he co-chaired the War Enquiry Commission with Chief Justice Hamoodur Rahman to investigate the economic and military collapse of Pakistan in a war against India in 1971 that led to the separation of East Pakistan as Bangladesh.

He was known for his judicial conservative philosophical leanings and is noted in country's political history for providing legality for the martial law upheld by chief of army staff General Zia-ul-Haq to restore law and order, in light of doctrine of necessity, as part of his conservative leanings.

He also heard the case of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and constituted a 7-member (7 supreme court judges) bench to decide on the appeal of the capital sentence by the Lahore High Court for authorizing the death sentence of the ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan.

After the death sentence of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, who was convicted of murdering through proxy the father of one of his political opponents, Haq took up the case against General Zia-ul-Haq's breaking his promise of holding elections.

General Zia-ul-Haq introduced the PCO to legitimise his rule to by-pass the issues presented with this case and asked all the judges to sign an agreement accepting the PCO.

Haq notably refused to take an oath under the imposed PCO, resigning on conscientious grounds.

He also mobilised other like minded judges in the Supreme Court and High Courts to reject the proposed PCO by not signing the PCO.

He was removed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan due to his refusal to sign the PCO.

1979

Bhutto was executed on April 4, 1979.