Mian Saqib Nisar Biography
Name: Mian Saqib Nisar
Nationality: Pakistani
Data of Birth : 8 January 1954
Born City: Lahore
Religion: Islam
Profession : Chief Justice , Ex visiting professor of law at the Punjab University
Education: BA , LLB in civil law
Degree: GC Lahore, Punjab University
25th Chief Justice of Pakistan
( Retired on 17 January 2019)
Who is Saqib Nisar?
- Enrolled as an advocate of the Lahore High Court in 1982.
- Elected as Secretary-General of the Lahore High Court in 1991.
- Appointed as Law Secretary at the Ministry of Justice and Law in 1997.
- Elevated to the position of judge at the Lahore High Court in 1998.
- His nomination as a justice of the Supreme Court was rejected by President Asif Ali Zardari in February 2010.
- Appointed as the Chief Justice of Pakistan on December 31, 2016, by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
- Retired from the position of Chief Justice of Pakistan on January 17, 2019.
(Last Updated: 2 May 2021)
