Justice Irshad Hasan Khan (born 7 January 1937) (Urdu: ارشاد حسن خان ) was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan

Supreme Court of Pakistan

The Supreme Court is the apex court in Pakistan's judicial hierarchy, the final arbiter of legal and constitutional disputes. The Supreme Court has a permanent seat in Islamabad. It has number of Branch Registries where cases are heard. It has a number of de jure powers which are outlined in the...

 from 26 January 2000 to 6 January 2002.

He is a law graduate from the University of Punjab. Khan enrolled as a pleader in 1959, and as an advocate, High Court of West Pakistan in 1961. He worked on the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 1966, and signed the rolls of Senior Advocate to the Supreme Court in 1979. He was a visiting professor at Himayat-e-Islam Law College from 1975 to 1979. He served as Deputy Attorney General

Attorney General

In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...

 for Pakistan from 1979 to 1981. After his retirement from the Supreme Court on 6 January 2002, he was appointed Chief Election Commissioner.

External links

• Profile at Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan
  Ministry of Justice (Pakistan)
  The Ministry of Justice , also known as Justice Ministry is a Government of Pakistan's federal and executive Ministry responsible and tasked with the enforcement of law and administration of justice. The Government department is led by the Minister for Justice who is a political and executive figure...