Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui
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The Honourable Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui سعید الزمان صدیقی |
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| 31st Governor of Sindh | |
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In office 11 November 2016 – 11 January 2017 |
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| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Ishratul Ibad |
| Succeeded by | Agha Siraj Durrani (acting) |
| 15th Chief Justice of Pakistan | |
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In office 1 July 1999 – 26 January 2000 |
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| Appointed by | Muhammad Rafiq Tarar |
| Preceded by | Ajmal Mian |
| Succeeded by | Irshad Hasan Khan |
| Chief Justice Sindh High Court | |
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In office 5 November 1990 – 21 May 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Sajjad Ali Shah |
| Succeeded by | Nasir Aslam Zahid |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 December 1938 Lucknow, British India (now India) |
| Died | 11 January 2017 (aged 78) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Alma mater |
University of Dhaka University of Karachi |
Saeed Uz Zaman Siddiqui (1 December 1937 – 11 January 2017) (pronunciation 'sa'eed -uz- zam'an'; alternatively Saiduzzaman Siddiqui) was a Pakistani jurist and legislator of great prominence who formerly served as the Chief Justice of Pakistan at the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui was born in a middle-class, educated Urdu-speaking family and received his school education at Lucknow (in modern Uttar Pradesh) and also was educated at Dhaka, East-Pakistan. Siddiqui passed Matriculation from the Board of Secondary Education from Dhaka, East-Pakistan in 1952. In 1954, Siddiqui obtained intermediate in Engineering sciences from the University of Dacca. Siddiqui worked at the Physics Department, and taught undergraduate physics laboratory courses. Thereafter, Siddiqui moved to Karachi, West-Pakistan and attended Karachi University in 1954. There, at Karachi University, Siddiqui obtained B.A. in Philosophy and L.L.B from the University of Karachi in 1958. In 1960, Siddiqui started legal practice at the Sindh High Court.
Justice Siddiqui was awarded honorary membership of the Judicial fraternity of Australia and Canada after the news of his resignation from the office of the Chief Justice was made public in January 2000, when he refused to take oath under the PCO (Provisional Constitutional Order), which was extra-constitutionally prescribed for the Judges by the military regime of Pervez Musharraf. Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui received a letter of commendation from the Judiciary of the United Kingdom and the United States Supreme Court for his stand in the cause of the Pakistan's Judiciary.
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