ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday appointed former judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rahman, as the chief justice of the Federal Shariat Court for a period of three years. Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rahman had served as the judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He had been appointed on 24 February 2013; however, he tendered his resignation voluntarily on 24 October 2016. TLTP has learnt that in response to plea of Islamabad based lawyer Akram Chaudhry during November 2016, the Supreme Court had annulled as many as 74 appointments in the Islamabad High Court, observing that the IHC’s then top judge, Hameedur Rehman, and administration panel had disregarded their mandate in making the hirings. However, the legal fraternity is of the opinion that the top court judge is a man of integrity. President Dr Alvi accorded approval of the appointment under Article 175(A) of the Constitution of Pakistan.. Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rehman, who is the former judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, belongs to a family affiliated with the legal fraternity as his father and grandfather were notable jurists of the pre-partition India. TLTP
