Hamid Khan (lawyer)
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Advocate Hamid Khan (Urdu: حامد خان ایڈووکیٹ) |
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| Central Senior Vice-President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | |
| Appointed by | Imran Khan Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
| President | Javed Hashmi |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan | |
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In office 2001–2003 |
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| President | General Pervez Musharraf |
| Prime Minister | Zafarullah Khan Jamali |
| Preceded by | Abdul Haleem Pirzada |
| Succeeded by | Tariq Mehmood |
| Chief Election Commissioner of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf | |
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Assumed office 2012 |
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| Candidate for the National Assembly of Pakistan for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf NA-125 Lahore | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 April 1946 Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan |
| Citizenship | Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
| Spouse(s) | Gulnaz khan |
| Children | Sikandar, Fiza, Dilawar |
| Residence | Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory |
| Alma mater | University of Punjab, University of Illinois |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
| Religion | Islam |
Hamid Khan (Urdu: حامد خان b. 16 April 1945) is a Pakistani writer, politician, supreme court lawyer who is currently serving as the Senior Vice-President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
Hamid Khan wrote several books that are recommended reading for Pakistani students of law. Hamid Khan studied law at the University of Punjab and University of Illinois and has been practising for over thirty years.
Hamid Khan is married to Gulnaz Khan and has three sons and one daughter. One of his sons, Sikandar, is also a lawyer. Hamid Khan has two granddaughters from his daughter. His daughter-in-law, Shirin Sadeghi, is an Al-Jazeera English contributor. She is married to his second son, Dilawar. He currently resides in Lahore, in the prestigious AFOS neighbourhood within the city's Cantonment.Now Hamid Khan serves as the vice-president for fellow Pathan Imran Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaaf (Justice Party) Party.In General Election 2013 PTI leader and senior Supreme Court lawyer Hamid Khan will represent the party, which claims it was ‘erroneously’ defeated by PML-N leader and Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafiq in NA-125. The PTI chairman had filed a petition in June in the Supreme Court seeking the verification of thumb impressions in NA-110 Sialkot, NA-122 Lahore, NA-125 Lahore and NA-154 in Lodhran.
Khan a prominent lawyer has served as the chairman & Vice-Chairman of Pakistan Bar Council, former vice-Chairman of Punjab Bar Council, former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. In earlier positions he served as the President of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (1992–93). He is an Advocate of the Supreme Court and High Courts of Pakistan and is one of the founding partners of Cornelius, Lane and Mufti, a law firm based at Lahore.
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