Muhammad Yaqub Ali
Muhammad Yaqub Ali محمد یعقوب علی | |
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| 8th Chief Justice of Pakistan | |
| In office 1 November 1975 – 22 September 1977 | |
| Appointed by | Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry |
| Preceded by | Hamoodur Rahman |
| Succeeded by | Sheikh Anwarul Haq |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 1912 Islamia College (Lahore) University of the Punjab |
Mohammed Yaqub Ali (
Early life and education
Muhammad Yaqub Ali was born at
Career
In 1948, he started practicing at
Justice Mohammed Yaqub assumed the office of Chief Justice of Pakistan on 1 November 1975.
Justice Yaqub Ali had held a previous martial law by a usurping general violating the constitution of Pakistan as martial law undermines the concept of the rule of law which is the basis for the country's constitution. The usurping General Zia realized his illegal actions would be overturned in a court of law headed by a Judge who believed in democracy so he proposed amendments to force the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Muhammad Yaqub Ali to retire.[2][4]
After retirement Justice Yaqub Ali became a social worker in the field of education to make sure he continued to serve his country.
See also
- Chief Justices of Pakistan
- Supreme Court of Pakistan
- List of Pakistanis
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Profile of Muhammad Yaqub Ali". Overseas Pakistanis Foundation website. 2 November 2015. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ a b Judiciary's uneven track Dawn (newspaper), Published 22 February 2009, Retrieved 7 November 2021
- ^ Hasan-Askari Rizvi, Military, State and Society in Pakistan, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2000, pp. 157.
- ^ Shaikh Aziz (15 June 2014). "A leaf from history: Furious Zia gets Bhutto re-arrested (and forces Muhammad Yaqub Ali to retire)". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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