Former CJ Lahore High Court Iftikhar Hussain passed away

Lahore: Former Chief Justice Lahore High Court Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhary passed away in London. He was the brother of the former Governor Punjab Altaf Hussain Ch and a uncle of renowned analyst Fawad Hussain Ch.

Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has expressed grief & sorrow over the sad demise of Iftikhar Hussain Ch.

Justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry was born in 1946 in a renowned family having long history of public service in 1946, in Jhelum, Punjab. He was educated in Jhelum and Lahore. He studied Law in the Punjab University Law College, Lahore and passed LL.B. Degree examination in first Division in 1970. He worked with his elder brother Chaudhry Altaf Hussain, an eminent and leading lawyer of the region, who became Governor of the Punjab twice. His Lordship started practice in Lahore High Court, Lahore in 1979. He shifted to Rawalpindi in 1981 when Rawalpindi Bench of Lahore High Court was established there. He remained Federal Government’s Counsel, Standing Counsel and Deputy Attorney-General for Pakistan prior to his elevation as Additional Judge of Lahore High Court on 7th August 1994. He was appointed as permanent Judge of the Court on 05-06-1995.

Having vast and varied practical experience of legal practice in major areas of law, his Lordship can ably deal with Constitutional, Criminal, Civil and Commercial cases which are brought to High Court and has rendered a large number of quality judgments in all branches of law.

He was appointed as 36th Chief Justice of Lahore High Court on 7th September, 2002. His lordship is widely traveled, is computer-literate and his special areas of interest are travel, history, culture and information technology.