Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday
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Honourable Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday خلیل الرحمان رمدے |
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| Ad Hoc Judge Supreme Court of Pakistan | |
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In office 18 February 2010 – retired now |
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| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Justice Supreme Court | |
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In office 15 January 2002 – 13 January 2010 |
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| President |
General Pervez Musharraf Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister |
Zafarullah Khan Jamali Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Shaukat Aziz Muhammad Mian Soomro Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Justice Lahore High Court | |
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In office 12 October 1988 – 15 January 2002 |
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| President |
General Pervez Musharraf Rafiq Tarar |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Governor | Shahid Hamid Zulfiqar Ali Khosa LGeneral Muhammad Safdar LGeneral Khalid Maqbool |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday 1945 British Punjab State, British Indian Empire |
| Nationality |
 Pakistan
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| Political party | Pakistan Muslim League-(N) |
| Spouse(s) | Quratulain Ramday |
| Relations | Muhammad Farooq Ramday (brother) Asad-ur-Rehman Ramday (brother) Usman Mahmood Ramday (brother) |
| Children | Aamena Ramday Aurangzaib Mustafa Ramday |
| Alma mater |
Punjab University (L.L.B and J.D.) Guru Nanak Dev University (D.L) |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Profession | Lawyer and Judge |
| Religion | Islam |
| Notable Awards | Krishan Kishore Grover Goodwill Gold Medal |
Honourable Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday (Urdu: خلیل الرحمان رمدے) was an ad hoc judge later appointed as a permanent judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He remained permanent judge of Supreme Court from 2002 to 2010. He was born in Lahore on 13 January 1945. His late brother Chaudhary Muhammad Farooq had served as the Attorney General of Pakistan. His younger brother Chaudhary Asad-ur-Rehman, a politician, was elected as a Member of the National Assembly three times on a Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-N) ticket and served as a Federal minister as well.
After receiving his early education in different schools of the Punjab, he matriculated from Central Model School, Lahore, and joined Government College, Lahore from where he migrated to Gordon College, Rawalpindi, on account of his father’s posting in the Federal Ministry of Law.
At Gordon College, Rawalpindi, he was the captain of the college tennis team. He was judged the best English and Urdu debater of the college. He also became the editor of the college magazine, "The Gordonian" and was later elected, un-opposed, as the president of the college Minerva Club.
After graduation, he joined the Punjab University Law College at Lahore, where he became secretary of the Punjab University Law Society, and the editor of the college magazine, "Al-Mizan". He was declared the best English debater of 1968 in the Punjab University after winning the "Krishan Kishore Grover Goodwill Gold Medal Declamation Contest". He graduated in 1968 with a top honours for best all round activities in academics, sports and debates.
Khalil ur Rehman Ramday himself was appointed Advocate General of Punjab in 1987 when PML-N leader Mian Nawaz Sharif was Chief Minister of the province. Before that he was servign as Depurty Advocate General of province since 1984. He was among a large number of judges who were appointed in different high courts just before 1988 elections in anticipation of PPP's victory. The move was seen to be aimed at denying PPP government right to nominate judges in the courts.
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