Mian Saqib Nisar
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Honourable Mian Saqib Nisar |
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| 25th Chief Justice of Pakistan | |
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Assumed office 31 December 2016 |
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| Nominated by | Nawaz Sharif |
| Appointed by | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Preceded by | Anwar Zaheer Jamali |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan | |
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Assumed office 18 February 2010 |
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| Nominated by | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Appointed by | Asif Zardari |
| Justice of the Lahore High Court | |
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In office 22 May 1998 – 17 February 2010 |
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| Advocate-on-Record of the Supreme Court | |
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In office 1994 – 21 May 1998 |
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| Law Secretary of Pakistan | |
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In office 29 March 1997 – 1999 |
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| Secretary General of Lahore High Court Bar Association | |
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In office 1991–1992 |
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| Advocate of the Lahore High Court | |
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In office 1982–1994 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Mian Saqib Nisar January 18, 1954 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Citizenship | Pakistani |
| Nationality |
 Pakistan
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| Alma mater |
Government College University Punjab University |
Justice Mian Saqib Nisar (Urdu: میاں ثاقب نثار, b.18 January 1954), is a Pakistani jurist who is currently tenuring as the 25th Chief Justice of Pakistan, appointed in this capacity since 31 December 2016. In addition, Justice Nisar also remains a visiting professor of law at the Punjab University where he provides instructions on constitutional law.
Ascended as the Justice of the Supreme Court on 18 February 2010, he was elevated as chief justice when Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali reached his constitutionally set retiring age. In legal circles, Justice Nisar has been described of taking a textualist-conservative philosophical approach in his jurisprudence of cases of importance.
Saqib Nisar was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, on 18 January 1954, to a law-practising family. His father, Mian Nisar, was an advocate at the Lahore High Court who passed away on 9/10 September 2011.
He was educated at the Cathedral High School in Lahore where he matriculated and enrolled at the famed Government College University (GCU) where he graduated with a B.A. degree in 1977. He later went to attend the Punjab University where he secured LLB in civil law in 1980.
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