Nazim Hussain Siddiqui
| Nazim Hussain Siddiqui ناظم حسین صدیقی |
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| 19th Chief Justice of Pakistan | |
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In office 31 December 2003 – 29 June 2005 |
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| Appointed by | Pervez Musharraf |
| Preceded by | Sheikh Riaz Ahmad |
| Succeeded by | Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry |
| Chief Justice Sindh High Court | |
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In office 22 April 1999 – 3 February 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Kamal Mansur Alam |
| Succeeded by | Syed Deedar Hussain Shah |
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30 June 1940 Hyderabad, British Raj (now Pakistan) |
| Children | Saima Arshad Sadaf Adeel Barrister Saad Siddiqui (married to Dr Sidra Shakil) |
| Alma mater | University of Karachi |
Nazim Hussain Siddiqui (Urdu: ناظم حسین صدیقی) served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, from 31 December 2003 to 29 June 2005.
Justice Siddiqui was born on 30 June 1940. His father was Late Mukarram Hussain Siddiqui. He did his BA, LLB from the University of Hyderabad and LLM from the University of Karachi.
He practised at Hyderabad from 1961 to 1967. During his career, Justice Siddiqui served as civil judge, senior civil judge, additional district and sessions judge, district and sessions judge at Sukkur and Dadu, registrar of the SHC twice, customs judge thrice, special judge anti-corruption, special judge Banking Court, chairman Commercial Court and Drug Court, member Appellate Insurance Tribunal, presiding officer Labour Court, member Supreme Appellate Court/Tribunal, chairman Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, and member Board of Governors of Indus Valley School of Karachi.
Presently, he was also serving as chairman Central Zakat Council of [Pakistan. Member, Board of Governors of the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi; Member, Selection Board of the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui took oath as the new Chief Justice of Pakistan soon after President Pervez Musharraf's Constitutional Amendment which came to be known as the Seventeenth Amendment. Ten judges of the superior courts stood retired, including Supreme Court Chief Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmad, who was replaced by Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui.
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