Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry

Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry () (born 12 December 1948 in Quetta) is the current Chief Justice of Pakistan. He was appointed as Chief Justice by Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on May 7, 2005. He was suspended by President General Musharraf on March 9, 2007, when he refused to oblige Musharraf by refusing to resign. After having been elected as President for second term by the Parliament, Musharraf in November 2007 pre-empted an impending court decision against his re-election and suspended the constitution and declared a state of emergency.

Early life

Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was born on in Quetta, Balochistan Province, Pakistan. Basically, Iftikhar Chaudhry's family belongs to a village of Faisalabad. Chaudhry belongs to Rajput lineage who migrated from India in 1947.

Career in Law

Chaudhry has a Bachelors in Arts and Bachelors in Law from Jamshoro-Sindh. He joined the bar in 1974. Later, he was enrolled as Advocate of the High Court in 1976 and as an Advocate of the Supreme Court in 1985. In 1989 he was appointed as Advocate General, Balochistan. On...
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