Names of the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court 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 (known as the Federal Court until 1960).

 

	Name of Chief Justice	From	To
1	Mr. Justice Sir Abdur Rashid (Chief Justice, Federal Court)	7 June 1949	29 June 1954
2	Mr. Justice Muhammad Munir (Chief Justice, Federal Court)	29 June1954	2 May 1960
3	Mr. Justice Muhammad Shahabuddin	3 May 1960	12 May 1960
4	Mr. Justice A. R. Cornelius	13 May 1960	29 February 1968
5	Mr. Justice Dr. S. A. Rahman	1 March 1968	3 June 1968
6	Mr. Justice Fazal Akbar	4 June 1968	17 November 1968
7	Mr. Justice Hamoodur Rahman	18 November 1968	31 October 1975
8	Mr. Justice Muhammad Yaqub Ali	1 November 1975	22 September 1977
9	Mr. Justice S. Anwarul Haq	23 September 1977	25 March 1981
10	Mr. Justice Mohammad Haleem	23 March 1981	31 December 1989
11	Mr. Justice Muhammad Afzal Zullah	1 January 1990	18 April 1993
12	Mr. Justice Dr. Nasim Hasan Shah	17 April 1993	14 April 1994
*	Mr. Justice Saad Saud Jan (Acting)	15 April 1994	4 June 1994
13	Mr. Justice Sajjad Ali Shah	5 June 1994	2 December 1997
14	Mr. Justice Ajmal Mian	23 December 1997	30 June 1999
15	Mr. Justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui	1 July 1999	26 January 2000
16	Mr. Justice Irshad Hasan Khan	26 January 2000	6 January 2002
17	Mr. Justice Bashir Jehangiri	7 January 2002	31 January 2002
18	Mr. Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmad	1 February 2002	31 December 2003
19	Mr. Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui	31 December 2003	29 June 2005
20	Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry	30 June 2005	9 March 2007 (suspended)
*	Mr. Justice Javaid Iqbal (Acting)	9 March 2007	24 March 2007
*	Mr. Justice Rana Bhagwandas(Acting)	24 March 2007	20 July 2007
20	Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry	20 July 2007 (restored)	3 November 2007 (terminated)
*	Mr. Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar (de facto)	3 November 2007	21 March 2009
20	Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry	22 March 2009 (restored)	30 March 2013