Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim

Honourable Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim TI is a Pakistani jurist, constitutional expert, Senior Advocate Supreme Court, former Federal Law Minister, former Attorney General of Pakistan, former Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and former Governor of Sindh province. He was born in February 1928 in Dhrol (now in Gujarat), India.

In March 1981, serving as an ad hoc Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, he refused to take a fresh oath, under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) promulgated by General Zia-ul-Haq along with Justice Dorab Patel and Chief Justice Sheikh Anwarul Haq. The PCO not only negated the independence of the judiciary but also prolonged martial law by nullifying the effect of a judgement giving General Zia's regime limited recognition.

Ebrahim served as the Governor of Sindh from 19 April 1989 to 6 August 1990. He was preceded by Justice (retd) Qadeeruddin Ahmed and succeeded by Mahmood A. Haroon.

Ebrahim established the Citizen Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) in 1989. The CPLC works in the mega city of Karachi and has immensely helped the common man in getting the First Information Report (FIR) registered if it is refused by police for some any reason.

In 1996, Ebrahim served as law minister in the caretaker cabinet of President Farooq Leghari, following the dismissal of the government of Prime Minister Benazir...
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