Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar -
- Mian Saqib Nisar
25th Chief Justice of Pakistan
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 December 2016
Nominated by Nawaz Sharif
Appointed by Mamnoon Hussain
Preceded by Anwar Zaheer Jamali
Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 February 2010
Nominated by Yousaf Raza Gillani
Appointed by Asif Zardari
Justice of the Lahore High Court
In office of Chief Justice
22 May 1998 – 17 February 2010
Law Secretary of Pakistan
In office
29 March 1997 – 12 October 1999
Advocate-on-Record of the Supreme Court
In office
22 May 1994 – 21 May 1998
Secretary General of Lahore High Court Bar Association
In office
1991–1992
Personal details
Born Mian Saqib Nisar
18 January 1954 (age 64)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Citizenship Pakistani
Nationality Pakistan
Alma mater Government College University
Punjab University
Occupation Chief Justice
Profession Advocate
Salary 11,00,000 PKR in addition to free unlimited electricity, water and other perks worth more than two hundred thousand PKR per month
- Early life and education of Chief Justice of Pakistan
Saqib Nisar's father was Mian Nisar, an advocate belonged to a Arain family of Lahore Pakistan. He was educated at the Cathedral High School in Lahore where he matriculated and enrolled at Government College University (GCU) where he graduated with a B.A. degree in 1977. He later went to attend the Punjab University where he secured LLB in civil law in 1980.
While being an undergraduate student at the GCU Lahore, he was selected to be a member of the international delegation representing Pakistan in International Youth Conference held in Tripoli in Libya in 1973.
- Supreme Court of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar
On 13 February 2010, Chief Justice was nomination to be elevated as the justice of the Supreme Court was initially rejected by the then-President Asif Ali Zardari in spite of recommendation made by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. President Zardari instead elevated Justice of Pakistan K.M. Sharif that ultimately supersedes senior-most Justice Nisar for the promotion, appointing the latter as acting Chief Justice of Lahore High Court.
Upon hearing these developments, Chief Justice Chaudhry suspended the appointment order and marked such actions as "unconstitutional", using his constitutional powers granted by the Judicial Commission.
On 19 February 2010, Justice Nisar, alongside with A.S. Khosa, were sworn as justices of the Supreme Court in a simple ceremony.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar
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