Mushtak Ali Kazi

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The Honourable
Justice Mushtak Ali Kazi
جسٹس مشتاق علی قاضی
High Court of Sindh
In office
18 September 1973 – 20 December 1979
Nominated byFazal Ilahi Chaudhry
Personal details
Born(1917-12-21)21 December 1917
Karachi District of Sindh, Pakistan
Died5-2-2002 (aged 84)
NationalityPakistan Pakistani

Justice Mushtak Ali Kazi (21 December 1917 – 5 February 2002), was a

High Court of Sindh and Balochistan
.

Birth and family

Kazi was born in

Superintendent of Police, a position normally reserved for the British.[citation needed] His elder brother, Mumtaz A Kazi, had a distinguished career in the civil service and served as Member of the Sindh Public Service Commission.[citation needed
]

He married Razia Effendi, grand daughter of Khan Bahadur Hassanally Effendi - founder of the Sindh Madressah and one of the pioneers of the Pakistan movement.[

High Court of Sindh, while his son-in-law Justice Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan is the current Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan.[citation needed
]

Career

After his initial postings as senior civil judge, Mushtak Ali Kazi remained District and Sessions judge in several districts of

Ghous Bakhsh Bizenjo and Azizullah Sheikh.[citation needed
]

Although averse by nature to politics he was forced to sit on the bench until the case was withdrawn by the government and the tribunal disbanded in 1978. After his retirement from the High Court he served as Chairman of the Sindh Services Tribunal and Chairman of the Sindh Public Service Commission.[citation needed]

Post retirement activity

After his retirement, Kazi devoted himself to writing books, and his works are catalogued in several distinguished libraries.[2] He initially wrote his memoirs entitled Journey through Judiciary.[3] It was obvious from his memoirs that he was deeply inspired by his uncle Imdad Ali Imam Ali Kazi and aunt Elsa Kazi. His second book was a biography focusing on the life and thoughts of his uncle.[4]

For his third book he edited and compiled some selected writings and speeches of his uncle.[5]

Justice Mushtak Ali Kazi Park

A park in the name of Justice Mushtak Ali Kazi was made by the Judicial Officers Co-operative Housing Society Ltd, Hyderabad. The former Chief Justice and President of the society,

High Court of Sindh
were present on this auspicious occasion.

Death

Kazi died on 5 February 2002, due to cardiac arrest, leaving behind his widow, Razia, and three daughters (Farida, Fauzia and Farzeen), and several grandchildren including Humayun, Samir, Syma, Hasan, Agha Haris, Hira Agha Shah, Nadia Shah, Sanaa Agha Shah and Agha Fahad.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ List of retired or elevated Judges of the High Court of Sindh Archived 9 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Books written by Justice Mushtak Ali Kazi
  3. ^ Journey Through Judiciary
  4. ^ Allama I I Kazi, his life and thoughts
  5. ^ Selected Writings and Speeches of Allama I. I. Kazi
  6. ^ News Report in the Daily Dawn of 6 February 2002
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