Faqir Muhammad Khokhar
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Faqir Muhammad Khokhar (born April 16, 1945) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
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Supreme Court on January 10, 2002.
Justice Khokhar took oath on PCO 2007. On July 31, 2009 Supreme Court held that PCO was illegal and decided to refer the cases of all judges of higher judiciary who took oath on PCO to Supreme Judicial Council. On August 5, 2009 Justice Khokhar resigned from the Supreme Court of Pakistan. His normal tenure would have ended on April 15, 2010 when he would have turned 65.
On July 31, 2009 a 14 panel court of Supreme Court held that PCO was illegal and decided to refer the cases of all justices of higher judiciary to Supreme Judicial Council for further action. Justice Khokhar resigned before his cases was heard before Supreme Judicial Council.
Supreme Court of Pakistan
The Supreme Court is the apex court in Pakistan's judicial hierarchy, the final arbiter of legal and constitutional disputes. The Supreme Court has a permanent seat in Islamabad. It has number of Branch Registries where cases are heard. It has a number of de jure powers which are outlined in the...
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Judicial career
He started off as a lawyer after doing his B.A./L.L.B. He was elevated to the High Court on December 10, 1996, and then to theSupreme Court on January 10, 2002.
Justice Khokhar took oath on PCO 2007. On July 31, 2009 Supreme Court held that PCO was illegal and decided to refer the cases of all judges of higher judiciary who took oath on PCO to Supreme Judicial Council. On August 5, 2009 Justice Khokhar resigned from the Supreme Court of Pakistan. His normal tenure would have ended on April 15, 2010 when he would have turned 65.
PCO Oath 2007
He was one of the four Supreme Court judges from a total of 17, who took oath under the provisional constitution on November 3, 2007, despite a ruling by a 7 member bench regarding the suspension of constitution illegal. The other judges who took chose to take oath on PCO on November 3, 2007 were Abdul Hameed Dogar, Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi and M. Javed Buttar.On July 31, 2009 a 14 panel court of Supreme Court held that PCO was illegal and decided to refer the cases of all justices of higher judiciary to Supreme Judicial Council for further action. Justice Khokhar resigned before his cases was heard before Supreme Judicial Council.