Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan

High Court of Sindh
High Court of Sindh
	In office; 14 May 1995 – 09 Oct 2009
Nominated by	Farooq Leghari
Personal details
Born	23 August 1949 (age 74); Shikarpur District of Sindh, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Alma mater	University of Sindh; University of London;

Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan (born 23 August 1949) a

Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan

from 2009 to 2014.

Early life and family

Justice Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan was born on (1949-08-23) 23 August 1949 (age 74) in

Sindh Province, Pakistan. He belongs to the Royal Pathan Barakzai Family, from Afghanistan and is also related to Ahmad Shah Durrani of Persia. He is the son of Agha Mohammad Anwer Khan, an agriculturist and was educated at D.C. High School in Garhi Yasin. Subsequently, he graduated from the C&S Government College, Shikarpur and also graduated in Law from the University of Sindh

in 1971.

He is married to Mrs Farzeen Agha, and has four children namely, Agha Haris and Agha Fahad, Hira Agha Shah and Sanaah Agha Shah. Three of their children are married, and the fourth one is young and is pursuing his studies.

Legal career

Justice Agha was enrolled as a member of the Sindh Bar Council in 1972. He joined Sindh Judicial Services as a civil judge and first class magistrate in 1973 through competitive examination of the

High Court of Sindh in 1995 and confirmed as a judge of the same court in 1996. However, he reverted to the Sindh Judiciary after a decision in the Al-Jehad Trust case and was posted as district and sessions judge in various districts of Sindh from 1997 to 2007. He was again elevated as additional judge of the Sindh High Court on 14 December 2007. After a few months, he was appointed secretary to the Government of Pakistan, Law and Justice Division in 2008. He was again confirmed as a permanent judge of the Sindh High Court during December 2008, retaining his original seniority from 1995. He was elevated as Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan on 5 June 2009.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court

Justice Agha Rafiq took the oath as the 12th Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court on 5 June 2009; President of Pakistan

Yousuf Raza Gillani and Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry

were also present.

Appointment as Chairman Sindh Public Service Commission

Justice Agha was appointed as Chairman of the Sindh Public Service Commission in June 2014 for a period of five years, however he resigned just six months after he took office due to undue interference of the Government of Sindh. He took strict measures to uphold merit and to eradicate corruption within the institution during his tenure .

Honors

As Justice Agha attended the 2nd Arab Countries Chief Justice Conference in 2011. He had invited the chief justices of Oman, Sudan, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Qatar. All of them visited Pakistan on his invitation in March, April, and May 2012. In February 2013, Kamal B.A. Dhan, Chief Justice of Libya, visited Pakistan and strengthened the judicial ties between Libya and Pakistan. In June 2013, Justice Sidi Yahefdhou, Chief Justice of Mauritania also visited Pakistan.

Justice Dr Agha Rafiq was awarded with the Honoris Causa Doctorate of Law Degree by the University if Sindh on 26 January 2014 at Karachi. He is the first ever judge in Pakistan to receive the degree.

References

^ Khurshid, Jamal (4 August 2009). "FSC CJ continues to hold office". The News International. Retrieved 17 September 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Agha Rafiq made CJ of Federal Shariat Court". The News International. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Butt, Tariq (7 June 2009). "Agha Rafiq takes a step closer to SC". The News International. Retrieved 17 September 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

Legal offices
Preceded by Haziq-ul-Khairi	Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court 2005–2007	Succeeded by {{{after}}}

[news3-1] Khurshid, Jamal (4 August 2009). "FSC CJ continues to hold office". The News International. Retrieved 17 September 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

[news1-2] "Agha Rafiq made CJ of Federal Shariat Court". The News International. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

[news2-3] Butt, Tariq (7 June 2009). "Agha Rafiq takes a step closer to SC". The News International. Retrieved 17 September 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

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