Abdul Hameed Dogar
Abdul Hameed Dogar | |
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| 21st Chief Justice of Pakistan | |
| Assumed office 3 November 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 March 1944 Khairpur |
| Nationality |  Pakistani |
Abdul Hameed Dogar (born 22 March 1944) is the Chief Justice of Pakistan, a position to which he took oath to General Pervez Musharaff, in the immediate aftermath of the general's 3 November 2007 declaration of a state of emergency, de facto Martial Law suspending the constitution.
Immediately following the oath by General Musharraf, the de jure (Legal) Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry of Pakistan was removed from the Supreme Court and arrested by the troops belonging to the 111 brigade of Pakistan Army sent by General Musharraf.
Dogar took his new oath on 3 November 2007. He is one of the four Supreme Court Judges (out of a total of nineteen ) who have decided to do so. Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar took a fresh oath on 15 November 2007, this time on the constitution after it was restored following the end of the PCO and the emergency. Chief Justice Dogar therefore currently stands as the de jure Chief Justice of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Birth
Justice Dogar was born in the village of Gaarhi Mori, in Khairpur district, Sindh province. He joined the judicial service on 10 April 1995 with an appointment to the Sindh High Court, and was elevated to the Supreme Court on 28 April 2000.
There has been several instances where certain people have marked and/or referred to Abdul Hameed Dogar as the Illegal or Defacto Chief Justice of Pakistan.
Justice Dogar was elevated to the position of Chief Justice of Pakistan on 3 November 2007 and he was offered to take an oath on the Provincial Constitution Order (PCO) which replaced the Constitution like his predecessor Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry who took a similar oath on the PCO in 1999 and was elevated to the Chief Justice position.
As with Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Dogar later took a fresh oath according to article 178 on the Constitution on 15 November 2007, thus making him the legal and dejure Chief Justice of Pakistan.
Famous cases
- Altaf Hussain & Major Kaleem Case
A division bench of the Sindh High Court, comprising Mr. Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui and Mr. Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, vindicated Altaf Hussain, founder of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), and 18 others in the Major Kaleem Case, on 6 February 1998. Those acquitted included former Secretary General Dr. Imran Farooq, former central leader Saleem Shahzad, former Sindh Minister Dr. Safdar Baqri, Sector incharges Ashfaq Chief, Haji Jalal, and Jawed Kazmi.
| Preceded by Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry |
Chief Justice of Pakistan | Succeeded by incumbent |