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SirMian Abdul Rashidسر میاں عبد الرشيد
Jinnah oath ceremony.jpg
Rashid (left) swearing-in Muhammad Ali Jinnah as Governor-General
1st Chief Justice of Pakistan
In office
27 June 1949 – 29 June 1954
Appointed byMuhammad Ali Jinnah
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMuhammad Munir
Personal details
Born
Abdul Rashid

(1889-06-29)29 June 1889
Lahore, Punjab, British India
(now Pakistan)
Died6 November 1981(1981-11-06) (aged 92)
Islamabad, Pakistan
Alma materFC College University
(BA)
Cambridge University
(Law Tripos), and (LLM)
Inns of Court School of Law (Bar Exam)
HonoursKnight Bachelor
Star of India

Sir Mian Abdul Rashid, KCSI (Urdu: سر میاں عبد الرشيد‎; 29 June 1889 – 6 November 1981) was the first Chief Justice of Pakistan, legal philosopher, one of the founding fathers of Pakistan, and a jurist.

Education[edit]

He was born on 29 June 1889 to an Arain family.[1] He received his early education at Central Model School in Lahore,[citation needed] and got his B.A. from Forman Christian College, also in Lahore, and a Tripos and Masters from Christ's College, Cambridge.[2] In 1913, he was called to the Bar from the Middle Temple, London.[3]

Law career[edit]

He started practising law at Lahore in 1913. He was then appointed as Assistant Legal Remembrancer. In summer of 1923, he was appointed as acting judge of Lahore High Court on recommendation of Sir Shadilal, who was then Chief Justice of the said court.[4] From 1927 to 1931 he officiated as Government of Punjab's Advocate. He was appointed as Judge Lahore High Court in 1933. In 1946, he was made Chief Justice of Judicature at Lahore, and was knighted in that year's Birthday Honours list.[5]

First Chief Justice of Pakistan[edit]

On 15 August 1947, when Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was sworn in as the first Governor-General of Pakistan, Rashid, as the most senior Muslim judge in British India, administered the oath of office to him.

Honour and recognition[edit]

In 2005, the Government of Pakistan honoured him by naming a main road (7th Avenue) after him in the federal capital, Islamabad. The former Seventh Avenue down to Khayaban-i-Suhrawardy and the Kashmir Highway has been renamed Justice Sir Mian Abdul Rashid Avenue.[6]

See also[edit]

  • List of Pakistanis
  • Chief Justice of Pakistan
  • Arain

References[edit]

  1. ^ "پاکستان کی خدمت کرنے والے 'روشن خیال' اینگلو انڈینز جنھیں بھلا دیا گیا" – via www.bbc.com.
  2. ^ "35th death anniversary of first CJP Abdul Rashid today – Pakistan – Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Road in capital being named after Justice Sir Abdul Rashid". DAWN.COM. 2 September 2005. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. ^ Gauba 1944: In the summer of 1923, Mian Abdul Rashid, then one of the Assistant Legal Remembrancers was appointed on the recommendation of Sir Shadilal to be an acting Judge of the Court.
  5. ^ "The London Gazette, 13 June 1946". london-gazette.co.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2018. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. ^ "Road in capital being named after Justice Sir Abdul Rashid". dawn.com. 2 September 2005. Retrieved 29 March 2018. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

Bibliography[edit]

  • Khalid Latif Gauba (1944), The Rt. Hon'ble Sir Shadi Lal: Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Lahore, 1920-1934; a Bibliographical Sketch, Law Book Depot, p. 126

External links[edit]

  • Biography on the Judiciary Section of the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation's Encyclopedia of Pakistan
  • List of former Judges of the Pakistani Supreme Court
Legal offices
New office Chief Justice of Pakistan
1949–1954		Succeeded by
Muhammad Munir