Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday
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Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday is an ad-hoc judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
. He remained permannet judge of Supreme Court from 2002 to 2010. He was born in Lahore on January 13, 1945 in the famous Ramday Arain
family of (late) Justice Mr. Muhammad Siddique as the fifth child and the third son. His late brother Chaudhary Muhammad Farooq had served as the Attorney General of Pakistan. His younger brother Chaudhary Asad-ur-Rehman, a politician, was elected as a Member of the National Assembly three times on a PML-N ticket and served as a Federal minister as well.
, and joined Government College
, Lahore from where he migrated to Gordon College
, Rawalpindi
, on account of his father’s posting in the Federal Ministry of Law.
At Gordon College, Rawalpindi, he was the captain of the college tennis team. He was judged the best English and Urdu debater of the college. He also became the editor of the college magazine, "The Gordonian" and was later elected, un-opposed, as the president of the college Minerva Club.
After graduation, he joined the Punjab University Law College at Lahore, where he became secretary of the Punjab University Law Society, and the editor of the college magazine, "Al-Mizan". He was declared the best English debater of 1968 in the Punjab University
after winning the "Krishan Kishore Grover Goodwill Gold Medal Declamation Contest". He graduated in 1968 with a top honors for best all round activities in academics, sports and debates.
Khalil ur Rehman Ramday himself was appointed Advocate General of Punjab in 1987 when PML-N leader Mian Nawaz Sharif was Chief Minister of the province. Before that he was servign as Depurty Advocate General of province since 1984. He was among a large number of judges who were appointed in different high courts just before 1988 elections in anticipation of PPP's victory. The move was seen to be aimed at denying PPP government right to nominate judges in the courts.
Aamena is married to Mr. Muhammad Aurangzeb, son of Justice Ramday's elder brother Mr. Muhammad Farooq, a former Attorney General of Pakistan. Aamena and Zeb have twin children, Ismaeel and Jahan Ara, born on January 5, 1997. The twins are currently studying in the United World College of Singapore where Zeb is presently working as the Regional Head of Royal Bank of Scotland.
Mustafa is married to Aasma, the daughter of Ch. Ahmed Saeed, who is the chairman of Service Group of Pakistan, and a former chairman of Pakistan International Airlines. Mustafa and Aasma have a son named Asfandyar, born on January 15, 2005. Mustafa is a successful lawyer in Pakistan, and Managing Partner of Ramday Law Associates.
The family of Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday has been associated with Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) for many years. His elder brother Ch. Asad-ur-Rehman has been contesting elections for National Assembly on PML/IJI/PML-N ticket since 1988 and also served as a federal minister. Ch. Asad-ur-Rehman contested the 2008 elections on a PML-N ticket and stood a close third in a three way PPP, PML-Q PML-N contest. His late brother Farooq also aserved as Advocate General of Punjab under PML-N government. His nephew Muhammad Raza Farooq (late) served as Advocate General Punjab again under a PML-N government. Muhammad Raza Farooq died at a young age from a fatal heart attack in his Marriott hotel room in Islamabad, on Friday, May 14, 2010. Brigadier Anwar-ul-Haq Ramday was also Justice Ramday's nephew, who laid down his life in the terrorist attack on G.H.Q. Rawalpindi in 2009. Muhammad Raza Farooq also has a wife named Ayesha Raza who teaches at Lahore School of Economics, and a 10 year old son named Ibrahim Raza who is currently studying at Aitchison.
Justice Ramday's younger brother, Usman Mahmood, has spent his successful career working in the Middle-East, and is currently CFO of Zahid Group, and CEO of Ajil Finance. Mr Mahmood, a UK Chartered Accountant, is married to Rubina, and has three children, Maliha, Saquib and Khadija. Justice Ramday has had a very influential impact on Maliha and Saquib's lives, and encouraged them at a young age to attend boarding schools in the UK. Following in the family footsteps, Maliha is a UK qualified solicitor, and currently works in Belgium. After attending the famous Harrow School in London, Saquib moved out to the USA to study at Wharton Business School, and is currently an Investment Banker in London. Saquib Ramday is married to Laura Shema Shemirani, daughter of Mr Mohammad Shemirani, a successful businessman from Tehran. Khadija is currently studying at Roedean School in Brighton
In April 1976, he was appointed Assistant Advocate General of the Punjab, was promoted to Additional Advocate General in 1984, and was finally appointed as the Advocate General
in March, 1987.
and was promoted to the judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
in January, 2002. He became famous for presiding over the bench in the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
versus the Government of Pakistan
in 2007.
On November 3, 2007, Chief of the Army declared emergency
and issued a Provisional Constitutional Order
(PCO). A seven panel Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
declared emergency as illegal and passed order that no judge of any superior court shall take oath on PCO. Justice Ramday refused to take oath on PCO as per ruling of Supreme Court. He was declared to be not holding office of the Justice any more. During the unrest that followed the imposition of emergency, he was placed under house arrest, along with many other judges of the Supreme and High Courts who had refused to take oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order.
Justice Ramday was restored to the bench of Supreme Court on March 17, 2009 as a result of historic movement that lasted for two years.
, Islamabad, the Administrative Staff College of Pakistan, the Naval War College
and the Air Force War College of Pakistan
He has also been on the board of governors
of the Lahore University of Management Sciences
(LUMS) and the Lahore School of Economics
and is now the chairperson of Shalamar Medical and Dental College (SMDC -LUMS). In addition, he has been a member of the syndicate of the Islamia University
, Bahawalpur
, and the Agriculture University, Faisalabad
. Presently, he is a member of the board of governors of the Air University and the University of Modern Languages and Disciplines, Islamabad
, and is a member of the syndicate of Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.
In recognition of his services in the field of education especially the legal branch of education and the administration of justice, in May 2005, he was honored with an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the Guru Nanak Dev University
, Amritsar
, which is rated amongst the top ten universities of India
.
He has the honour of addressing the Gurukul Kangri University at Haridwar
in India, where he had been invited to talk about inter-faith harmony. On the same topic, he addressed the Rotary International South Asia Goodwill Summit, 2007 held at Delhi
in February, 2007.
Chief Justice
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Honourable Justice
Justice
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Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday is an ad-hoc judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
Supreme Court of Pakistan
The Supreme Court is the apex court in Pakistan's judicial hierarchy, the final arbiter of legal and constitutional disputes. The Supreme Court has a permanent seat in Islamabad. It has number of Branch Registries where cases are heard. It has a number of de jure powers which are outlined in the...
. He remained permannet judge of Supreme Court from 2002 to 2010. He was born in Lahore on January 13, 1945 in the famous Ramday Arain
Arain
The Arain , are a Muslim agricultural caste settled mainly in the Punjab, with significant numbers also in Sindh. They are chiefly associated with farming, traditionally being landlords or zamindars.- Origin :...
family of (late) Justice Mr. Muhammad Siddique as the fifth child and the third son. His late brother Chaudhary Muhammad Farooq had served as the Attorney General of Pakistan. His younger brother Chaudhary Asad-ur-Rehman, a politician, was elected as a Member of the National Assembly three times on a PML-N ticket and served as a Federal minister as well.
Education
After receiving his early education in different schools of the Punjab, he matriculated from Central Model School, LahoreLahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
, and joined Government College
Government College
Government College refers to various colleges.* Government College University, Lahore, is probably the most frequent college referred to by this name. It may also refer to:* Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, India* Darjeeling Government College...
, Lahore from where he migrated to Gordon College
Gordon College
Gordon College may refer to:* Gordon College , a public college in Barnesville, Georgia* Gordon College , a Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts* Gordon College , a Christian college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan...
, Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...
, on account of his father’s posting in the Federal Ministry of Law.
At Gordon College, Rawalpindi, he was the captain of the college tennis team. He was judged the best English and Urdu debater of the college. He also became the editor of the college magazine, "The Gordonian" and was later elected, un-opposed, as the president of the college Minerva Club.
After graduation, he joined the Punjab University Law College at Lahore, where he became secretary of the Punjab University Law Society, and the editor of the college magazine, "Al-Mizan". He was declared the best English debater of 1968 in the Punjab University
University of the Punjab
University of the Punjab , colloquially known as Punjab University, is located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The University of the Punjab is the oldest and biggest University of Pakistan. The University of the Punjab was formally established with the convening of the first meeting of its...
after winning the "Krishan Kishore Grover Goodwill Gold Medal Declamation Contest". He graduated in 1968 with a top honors for best all round activities in academics, sports and debates.
Khalil ur Rehman Ramday himself was appointed Advocate General of Punjab in 1987 when PML-N leader Mian Nawaz Sharif was Chief Minister of the province. Before that he was servign as Depurty Advocate General of province since 1984. He was among a large number of judges who were appointed in different high courts just before 1988 elections in anticipation of PPP's victory. The move was seen to be aimed at denying PPP government right to nominate judges in the courts.
Personal life
Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday was married to the daughter of former chief justice of Pakistan Justice Yaqoob Ali Khan, Quratulain Ramday (late). Mrs. Ramday was the chairperson of the Asia Chapter of Asia Pacific Cultural Center for UNESCO (ACCU) and the Punjab chapter of All Pakistan Women Association (APWA). She was also a Member of the Board of Governors of Queen Mary College Lahore. Mrs. Ramday died on Saturday, January 9, 2010, and was survived by her son, Mustafa and daughter, Aamena.Aamena is married to Mr. Muhammad Aurangzeb, son of Justice Ramday's elder brother Mr. Muhammad Farooq, a former Attorney General of Pakistan. Aamena and Zeb have twin children, Ismaeel and Jahan Ara, born on January 5, 1997. The twins are currently studying in the United World College of Singapore where Zeb is presently working as the Regional Head of Royal Bank of Scotland.
Mustafa is married to Aasma, the daughter of Ch. Ahmed Saeed, who is the chairman of Service Group of Pakistan, and a former chairman of Pakistan International Airlines. Mustafa and Aasma have a son named Asfandyar, born on January 15, 2005. Mustafa is a successful lawyer in Pakistan, and Managing Partner of Ramday Law Associates.
The family of Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday has been associated with Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) for many years. His elder brother Ch. Asad-ur-Rehman has been contesting elections for National Assembly on PML/IJI/PML-N ticket since 1988 and also served as a federal minister. Ch. Asad-ur-Rehman contested the 2008 elections on a PML-N ticket and stood a close third in a three way PPP, PML-Q PML-N contest. His late brother Farooq also aserved as Advocate General of Punjab under PML-N government. His nephew Muhammad Raza Farooq (late) served as Advocate General Punjab again under a PML-N government. Muhammad Raza Farooq died at a young age from a fatal heart attack in his Marriott hotel room in Islamabad, on Friday, May 14, 2010. Brigadier Anwar-ul-Haq Ramday was also Justice Ramday's nephew, who laid down his life in the terrorist attack on G.H.Q. Rawalpindi in 2009. Muhammad Raza Farooq also has a wife named Ayesha Raza who teaches at Lahore School of Economics, and a 10 year old son named Ibrahim Raza who is currently studying at Aitchison.
Justice Ramday's younger brother, Usman Mahmood, has spent his successful career working in the Middle-East, and is currently CFO of Zahid Group, and CEO of Ajil Finance. Mr Mahmood, a UK Chartered Accountant, is married to Rubina, and has three children, Maliha, Saquib and Khadija. Justice Ramday has had a very influential impact on Maliha and Saquib's lives, and encouraged them at a young age to attend boarding schools in the UK. Following in the family footsteps, Maliha is a UK qualified solicitor, and currently works in Belgium. After attending the famous Harrow School in London, Saquib moved out to the USA to study at Wharton Business School, and is currently an Investment Banker in London. Saquib Ramday is married to Laura Shema Shemirani, daughter of Mr Mohammad Shemirani, a successful businessman from Tehran. Khadija is currently studying at Roedean School in Brighton
Professional career
Justice Ramday joined the legal profession at Lahore and enrolled as an advocate of the subordinate Courts in the year 1969. In 1971, he became an advocate of the High Court and in 1976 as an advocate of the Supreme Court.In April 1976, he was appointed Assistant Advocate General of the Punjab, was promoted to Additional Advocate General in 1984, and was finally appointed as the Advocate General
Advocate General
An Advocate General is a senior law officer of a country or other jurisdiction, usually charged with advising the courts or Government on legal matters.-India:In India, an Advocate General is a legal adviser to a state government...
in March, 1987.
Judicial career
In October 1988, Justice Ramday was elevated to the bench of the Lahore High CourtLahore High Court
The Lahore High Court is based in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established as a high court on March 21, 1919. The Lahore High Court has jurisdiction over Punjab...
and was promoted to the judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
Supreme Court of Pakistan
The Supreme Court is the apex court in Pakistan's judicial hierarchy, the final arbiter of legal and constitutional disputes. The Supreme Court has a permanent seat in Islamabad. It has number of Branch Registries where cases are heard. It has a number of de jure powers which are outlined in the...
in January, 2002. He became famous for presiding over the bench in the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is the current Chief Justice of Pakistan.He became chief justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court in 2005 and soon became not only a central figure in the nation's political struggles but an icon to the country's legal profession and others campaigning for the rule of law...
versus the Government of Pakistan
Government of Pakistan
The Government of Pakistan is a federal parliamentary system, with an indirectly-elected President as the Head of State and Commander in Chief of the Pakistani Armed Forces, and an indirectly-elected Prime Minister as the Head of Government. The President’s appointment and term are...
in 2007.
On November 3, 2007, Chief of the Army declared emergency
2007 Pakistani state of emergency
A state of emergency was declared by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on November 3, 2007, and lasted until December 15, 2007,during which time the constitution of Pakistan was suspended....
and issued a Provisional Constitutional Order
Provisional Constitutional Order
A Provisional Constitutional Order, or PCO, is an extra-constitutional order that suspends either wholly or partially the Constitution of Pakistan...
(PCO). A seven panel Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is the current Chief Justice of Pakistan.He became chief justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court in 2005 and soon became not only a central figure in the nation's political struggles but an icon to the country's legal profession and others campaigning for the rule of law...
declared emergency as illegal and passed order that no judge of any superior court shall take oath on PCO. Justice Ramday refused to take oath on PCO as per ruling of Supreme Court. He was declared to be not holding office of the Justice any more. During the unrest that followed the imposition of emergency, he was placed under house arrest, along with many other judges of the Supreme and High Courts who had refused to take oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order.
Justice Ramday was restored to the bench of Supreme Court on March 17, 2009 as a result of historic movement that lasted for two years.
Services
Justice Ramday has remained a visiting assistant professor at the Punjab University Law College, Lahore and is presently a member of the visiting faculty of the Civil Services Academy of Pakistan and the National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA) at Lahore since 1982. He regularly delivers lectures at the National Defence CollegeNational Defence University, Islamabad
The National Defense University is an institution of higher education funded by the Ministry of Defence of Government of Pakistan, intended to facilitate high-level training, education, and the development of national security strategy...
, Islamabad, the Administrative Staff College of Pakistan, the Naval War College
Naval War College
The Naval War College is an education and research institution of the United States Navy that specializes in developing ideas for naval warfare and passing them along to officers of the Navy. The college is located on the grounds of Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island...
and the Air Force War College of Pakistan
He has also been on the board of governors
Board of governors
Board of governors is a term sometimes applied to the board of directors of a public entity or non-profit organization.Many public institutions, such as public universities, are government-owned corporations. The British Broadcasting Corporation was managed by a board of governors, though this role...
of the Lahore University of Management Sciences
Lahore University of Management Sciences
The Lahore University of Management Sciences, usually referred to by its acronym LUMS, is a university located in Lahore, Pakistan. LUMS was established in 1984 by a group of industrialists and people belonging to Pakistan's leading private and public sector corporations, to provide rigorous...
(LUMS) and the Lahore School of Economics
Lahore School of Economics
The Lahore School of Economics was established in 1993 and chartered by the Government of Punjab in January 1997, through The Lahore School of Economics Act 1997 . It is based in the city of Lahore, Pakistan....
and is now the chairperson of Shalamar Medical and Dental College (SMDC -LUMS). In addition, he has been a member of the syndicate of the Islamia University
Islamia University
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur , colloquially known as Islamia University, is located in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. University has many faculties including Engineering, Pharmacy and Alternative Medicine, Science, Arts, Languages, Social Sciences, Business and Information Technology. The...
, Bahawalpur
Bahawalpur
Bahawalpur , located in the province of Punjab, is the twelfth largest city in Pakistan. The city was once the capital of the former princely state of Bahawalpur. The city was home to various Nawabs and counted as part of the Rajputana states...
, and the Agriculture University, Faisalabad
Faisalabad
Faisalabad , formerly known as Lyallpur, is the third largest metropolis in Pakistan, the second largest in the province of Punjab after Lahore, and a major industrial center in the heart of Pakistan. Before the foundation of the city in 1880, the area was very thinly populated. The population has...
. Presently, he is a member of the board of governors of the Air University and the University of Modern Languages and Disciplines, Islamabad
Islamabad
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...
, and is a member of the syndicate of Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.
In recognition of his services in the field of education especially the legal branch of education and the administration of justice, in May 2005, he was honored with an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the Guru Nanak Dev University
Guru Nanak Dev University
Guru Nanak Dev University was established at Amritsar, India on November 24, 1969 to commemorate Guru Nanak Dev's birth quincentenary celebrations. Guru Nanak Dev University campus is spread over 500 acres near village of Kot Khalsa, nearly 8 km west of the Amritsar City on Amritsar - Lahore...
, Amritsar
Amritsar
Amritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...
, which is rated amongst the top ten universities of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
He has the honour of addressing the Gurukul Kangri University at Haridwar
Haridwar
Haridwar is an important pilgrimage city and municipality in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India...
in India, where he had been invited to talk about inter-faith harmony. On the same topic, he addressed the Rotary International South Asia Goodwill Summit, 2007 held at Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
in February, 2007.