Nasir Aslam Zahid ناصر اسلم زاہد |
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Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court | |
In office 23 May 1992 – 15 April 1994 |
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Preceded by | Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui |
Succeeded by | Abdul Hafeez Memon (Acting) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Mussoorie, British Raj (now India) |
3 February 1934
Alma mater |
Government College University, Lahore Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Inns of Court School of Law |
The Honourable Justice (R) Nasir Aslam Zahid (Urdu: ناصر اسلم زاہد; Barrister-at-Law, is one of the most respected names of Pakistani judiciary. Son of the first Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan Mr. Zahid Hussain, Nasir Aslam Zahid has remained the Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court and then a judge of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan and Supreme Court of Pakistan. He gained more honour and respect when he resigned from the Supreme Court of Pakistan instead of taking oath of the office according to Gen. Pervez Musharraf's Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO).
Nasir Aslam Zahid was born in Mussoorie, near Delhi, British India. His father, Zahid Hussain was a finance officer, and also served chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, and later been Pakistani High Commissioner in India.