Mian Saqib Nisar
| Mian Saqib Nisar میاں ثاقب نثار |
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| Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan | |
| Assumed office 10 September 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Anwar Zaheer Jamali |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan | |
| Assumed office 18 February 2010 |
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| Justice of the Lahore High Court | |
| In office 22 May 1998 – 17 February 2010 |
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| Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan | |
| In office 1994 – 21 May 1998 |
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| Federal Law Secretary | |
| In office 29 March 1997 – Date unknown |
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| Secretary General of Lahore High Court Bar Association | |
| In office 1991–1992 |
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| Advocate of the Lahore High Court | |
| In office 1982–1994 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 January 1954 Lahore, Pakistan |
| Nationality |  Pakistani |
| Alma mater | Cathedral High School, Lahore Government College University (Lahore) University of Punjab (LLB)[1] |
Mian Saqib Nisar (Urdu: میاں ثاقب نثار, born 18 January 1954) is the Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since 10 September 2015.[2]
He has been Justice of the Supreme Court since 18 February 2010 and has served as judge of Lahore High Court prior to that. Before becoming a judge, he was an advocate of Supreme Court Bar Association and Lahore High Court Bar Association. He was elected Secretary General of Lahore High Court Bar Association in 1991.[1]
On 29 March 1997, he was also appointed as Federal Law Secretary. As an advocate, he practiced in areas of civil, commercial, tax and constitutional laws.[1]
According to the seniority list, he will be the 25th Chief Justice of Pakistan after Anwar Zaheer Jamali retires on 30 December 2016 and will remain on this post until 17 January 2019, his retirement date.
Notable cases
He was a member of the Supreme Court bench which heard the case against 21st Constitutional Amendment, the amendment which authorized the establishment of military courts to hear terrorism cases after the incident which killed 141 people including 132 children in a school in Peshawar on 16 December 2014.[3]
He also heard the case where Pakistan Railways's land worth Rs10 billion was allotted to Royal Palm Golf Club by Musharraf government which federal government of Nawaz Sharif wanted back in 2014.[4]
