Minister for Law and Justice (Pakistan)

Minister for Law and Justice of Pakistan
State emblem of Pakistan
Incumbent Azam Nazeer Tarar since 11 March 2024
Ministry of Law and Justice
Member of	Cabinet of Pakistan
Reports to	Prime Minister
Seat	Islamabad
Appointer	President of Pakistan on advice of Prime Minister
Formation	1947
First holder	Jogendra Nath Mandal
Website	Ministry of Law and Justice

The Law Minister of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Law and Justice. They serves in the cabinet of the Prime Minister.

List of ministers

• Jogendra Nath Mandal (1947–1951)
• Pirzada Abdus Sattar Abdur Rahman^[1][2] (1951–1953)
• A.K. Brohi^[3] (1953–1954)
• Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy^[4] (1954–1955)
• I. I. Chundrigar (1955–1957)
• Muhammad Ibrahim (1958–1962)
• Muhammad Munir^[5] (1962–1963)
• Khurshid Ahmad^[6][7] (1963–1965)
• Syed Muhammed Zafar^[8][9] (1965–1969)
• Alvin Robert Cornelius^[10] (1969–1971)
• Mahmud Ali Kasuri (1971–1972)
• Abdul Hafeez Pirzada^[11] (1972–1974)
• Malik Meraj Khalid (1974–1976)
• Malik Muhammad Akhtar (1976–1977)[1]
• S.M Masood (1977)
• A.K Brohi (1977-1979)
• Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada^[12][13] (1979–1984)
• Iqbal Ahmad Khan^[14] (1985–1986)
• Wasim Sajjad^[15] (1987–1988)
• Aitzaz Ahsan^[16] (1988)
• Iftikhar Gilani^[17] (1988–1990)
• Syed Fakhr Imam^[18] (1990–1991)
• Chaudhry Abdul Gafoor^[19] (1991–1993)
• Abdul Shakoor-ul Salam^[20] (1993–1994)
• Iqbar Haider^[21] (1994–1995)
• N.D. Khan^[22] (1995–1997)
• Khalid Anwer (1997–1999)
• Aziz A. Munshi^[23] (2000–2001)
• Shahida Jamil^[24] (2001–2002) [1st female]
• Mohammad Raza Hayat Harraj^[25] (2003–2004)
• Khalid Ranjha^[26][27] (2004–2005)
• Wasi Zafar^[28] (2006–2007)
• Zahid Hamid^[29] (2007)
• Chaudhry Shahid Akram Bhinder^[30][31] (2007–2008)
• Babar Awan (2008–2011) gf
• Mola Baksh Chandio (Senator) (2011–2012)
• Farooq Naek (2012–2013)
• Zahid Hamid^[32] (2013)
• Ahmer Bilal Soofi (2013)
• Pervaiz Rashid^[33] (2013–2016)
• Zahid Hamid (2016–2017)
• Usman Ibrahim (2017)
• Zafarullah Khan (2017–2018)
• Mahmood Basheer Virk^[34] (2018)
• Syed Zafar Ali Shah^[35] (2018)
• Farogh Naseem (2018–2022)
• Fawad Chaudhry (2022)^[36]
• Azam Nazeer Tarar (April 2022–October 2022)^[37]
• Ayaz Sadiq (October 2022 - 30 November 2022)^[38]
• Azam Nazeer Tarar (30 November 2022 - 10 August 2023)
• Ahmed Irfan Aslam (17 August 2023 - present)

See also

• Constitution of Pakistan
• Judiciary of Pakistan
• Justice minister
• Law of Pakistan
• Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)
• Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)
• Ministry of Law and Justice (Pakistan)
• Pakistan Bar Council
• Politics of Pakistan
• President of Pakistan
• Prime Minister of Pakistan

References

1. The Constituent Assembly (Legislature) of Pakistan Debate: Official Report. Manager of Publications. 1953.
2. Assembly, Pakistan Constituent (1951). Debates: Official Report. Manager, Government of Pakistan Press.
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26. Eur (2002). The Far East and Australasia 2003. Psychology Press. ISBN 9781857431339.
27. Hussein, Maisoon; Mustafa, Zubeida (2005). For Life, Peace and Justice. Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER).
28. Lauterpacht, Elihu; Greenwood, Christopher; Lee, Karen (3 June 2010). International Law Reports. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521114219.
29. "Zahid Hamid made law minister". Dawn. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
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31. Correspondent, Wajid Ali Wajid (26 August 2007). "Law minister replaced as part of legal team shuffle". Gulf News. Retrieved 21 June 2018. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
32. "Musharraf trial: Zahid Hamid reassigned from law ministry | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
33. "Ministry of Law and Justice". molaw.gov.pk. 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
34. "Mahmood Bashir Virk sworn in as federal minister". Pakistan Today. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
35. Web Desk (20 June 2018). "To proactively undertake socio-economic progress, development projects in FATA: Ali Zafar – Pakistan Observer". Pakistan Observer. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
36. Asad, Malik (9 April 2022). "IHC stays appointment of law officers made by minister hours after assuming charge". Dawn. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
37. "SCBA, PBC felicitate Azam Nazir Tarar on becoming law minister". The News. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
38. "Sardar Ayaz Sadiq appointed law minister". The Express Tribune. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.

External links

• Ministry of Law, Justice & Human Rights