Farooq Naek
| Farooq Naek فاروق نائیک |
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| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 11 April 2012 – 16 March 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Yousaf Raza Gillani Raja Pervez Ashraf |
| Preceded by | Moula Bakhsh Chandio |
| Succeeded by | Ahmer Bilal Soofi (Acting) |
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In office 31 March 2008 – 10 March 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Preceded by | Wasi Zafar |
| Succeeded by | Babar Awan |
| Chairman of the Senate | |
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In office 12 March 2009 – 12 March 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Muhammad Mian Soomro |
| Succeeded by | Nayyar Hussain Bukhari |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 3, 1950 Sialkot, Pakistan |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Alma mater | University of Karachi |
Farooq Hamid Naek (Urdu: فاروق حمید نائیک ; b. 3 January 1950 also spelled Farooq H. Naik), is a Pakistani politician and practicing lawyer, serving as the minister of law as well as heading the ministry of justice in the government formerly led by Prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani.
After successfully contesting in the 2008 general elections, Naek won the bid for the law ministry, but ascended to Chairman of the Senate in 2009. Due to cabinet reshuffle by Gillani in 2012, he was again appointed as law minister of the country. He is a high-ranking member of the central committee of the Pakistan Peoples Party, and has been a personal lawyer and legal counselor in the legal cases leveled up against Benazir Bhutto and her spouse Asif Ali Zardari since 1996.
Naek was brought up in Karachi, Sindh Province of Pakistan. After graduating from high school, he was accepted at the Sindh Muslim Law College, where he earned an LLB in law. Later, he went on to attend the post-graduate school of the University of Karachi where he earned an MA in Economics. His political career began in 1971, when he served as Assistant Director at the Directorate of Labour and Social Welfare of the provisional Government of Sindh. He then was a Civil Judge and First Class Magistrate from 1971 to 1975. He was elected General Secretary of Karachi Bar Association during mid-1985-90. He also served as Deputy Attorney General of Pakistan from 1994 to 1996 in the second Benazir Bhutto government.
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