Honourable Chief Justice Muhammad Haleem, LL.D. (HC), HI, (1 January 1925 – 11 August 2006) served as the Chief Justice of Pakistan from the period 1981 to 1989, the longest service of its kind in the history of the country. He was endorsed by successive regimes and has been celebrated as one of the foremost judicial authorities of South Asia. Born in Lucknow

Lucknow

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, he was the son of Barrister Muhammad Nasim, the first Advocate General

Advocate General

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 of Pakistan. He died in August 2006 in Karachi

Karachi

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Chief Justice of Pakistan

He was the chief justice of Pakistan from 25 March 1981 to 31 December 1989

Education

B.Sc, LL.B, Lucknow University, LL.D (Honoris Causa) – Karachi University (1990).

Positions held

Pleader, Assistant Advocate General, Judge

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, High Court

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 of Sindh

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Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

, Judge, Supreme Court of Pakistan

Supreme Court of Pakistan

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, Chief Justice of Pakistan, Chairman, Pakistan Law Commission, Chairman, Indus Water Commission, Chairman, Supreme Judicial Council, Acted as President of Pakistan

President of Pakistan

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 on several Occasions during 1981-1984.

Publications

Work Papers on:

1. The Proper Role of the International Court of Justice in the Law of the World Eleventh Conference of the World Peace through Law, Cairo, Egypt, September 1983;
2. The Challenge of Social Justice: The Third International Conference of Appellate Judges, New Delhi, India, 5-8 March 1984;
3. Intellectual Property Issues in Pakistan: International Property Colloquium of Judges in Asia and the Pacific, held under the auspices of the World Intellectual Property Organization at Sydney (Australia), 8-12 October 1984;
4. The Advisory Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice: Twelfth Conference of The World Peace Through Law Center, West Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, 21-26 July 1985;
5. The Development of Deep Sea Resources: Twelfth Conference of the World Peace Through Law Center, West Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, 21-26 July 1985;
6. Management of Supreme Court: Lawasia Conference of the Chief Justices on Management of Courts, Penang, Malaysia, 19-22 August 1985;
7. Public Interest Litigation – Is it an Unruly Horse? Ninth Lawasia Conference, New Delhi, India, 7-12 October 1985
8. Law, Justice and Society: Fifth Pakistan Jurists Conference, Karachi, 28-30 March 1986
9. The Judiciary and the Intellectual Property System: Regional Forum of Judges organized jointly by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in Association with the Law Association for Asia and the Western Pacific (LAWASIA) and with the assistance of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Islamabad, 5 to 9 October 1986;
10. Court as the Guardian of the Constitution: Fourth International Conference of Appellate Judges, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 20-24 April 1987;
11. Protecting and Expanding the Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice: Thirteenth Biennial World Conference, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 6-11 September 1987;
12. Transnational Terrorism: Thirteenth Biennial World Conference, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 6-11 September 1987;
13. Address Delivered at the Second Conference of the Chief Justices of the LAWASIA region - South East Asian and the Western Pacific Countries, Islamabad, 18-22 October 1987;
14. The Domestic Application of International Human Rights Norms: Judicial Colloquium held under the auspices of the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, at Bangalore, India, 24-26 February 1988; and
15. Permanent Sovereignty and International Responsibility: International Symposium on Legal Aspects of New International Economic Order, held at Islamabad, Pakistan, on 14 March 1989.

See also

• Chief Justices of Pakistan
  Chief Justices of Pakistan
  The Chief Justice of Pakistan heads the Supreme Court of Pakistan. These are the names of the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan .-List:-See also:* Supreme Court of Pakistan* Pakistan Bar Council...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• List of Pakistanis

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