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Mr. Justice Khalil ur Rehman Khan has rich experience in the legal profession, education, social service and the judiciary, acquired over a period of 43 years. Mr. Justice Khalil ur Rehman Khan was born on 26th April, 1936. He did his B.A (Punjab) in 1954; LL.B (Punjab) in 1956 and joined the legal profession in 1956. He has to his credit 24 years' legal practice of Constitutional, Civil and Commercial matters. He joined the Punjab University Law College as Lecturer in 1965 and served as Associate Professor during the years 1980-81. He was elevated to the Bench (Lahore High Court, Lahore) on 18th May, 1981. He was transferred to the Federal Shariat Court as a Judge in August, 1994. Subsequently, he returned to the Lahore High Court and then was appointed as Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court on 15.4.1996 and occupied that office till 17.12.1996, when he was elevated as Judge, Supreme Court of Pakistan. Mr. Justice Khalil ur Rehman Khan was elected as: President, High Court Bar Association, Lahore in 1979; Member, Executive Committee, High Court Bar Association for many years; President, Zamindara College Old Boys Association in 1979-81; Member, Punjab Bar Council and Member, Pakistan Bar Council. He remained/acted as Member, Board of Governors, Federal Judicial Academy, Islamabad, from 1988 to 1993; Member, Syndicate, University of the Punjab; Member, Selection Board, University of the Punjab; Member, Senate University of the Punjab; Member, Election Commission of Pakistan from 1990 to 1993; Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Faculty of Law, University of the Punjab; Member, Executive Committee of the Sharia Academy from 17.11.1993 to 6.11.1995; and Chairman, Religious Board constituted under the Modaraba Companies and Modaraba (Floatation and Control) Ordinance, 1980 w.e.f. 14.9.88 to 13.9.1991 and 12.10.1991 to 11.10.1994. He has served the cause of education in the following capacities: Chairman, Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan; Incharge, Federal Judicial Academy, Islamabad; Chairman, Disciplinary Tribunal of the Pakistan Bar Council; Presiding Officer, Election Tribunal of the Pakistan Bar Council; Vice Chairman, Shariah Academy, International Islamic University, Islamabad; Member, Selection Board, International Islamic University; Member, Committee of Courses for Islamic Law, Allama Iqbal Open University; Member, Working Group for Subordinate Judiciary Pakistan; Member, Board of Studies in Law, University of the Punjab; and Vice Chairman, Al-Falah Foundation, which is working on the Encyclopaedia of Islamic Judgements from the period of Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) till date. Mr. Justice Khalil ur Rehman Khan compiled Commentary on "Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984" (Law of Evidence) adapted from Justice Monir's Principles and Digest of the Law of Evidence. Mr. Justice Khalil ur Rehman Khan represented Pakistan in the Asian African Legal Consultative Committee's Conference held at San Francisco, USA in 1993. He has visited centres of Legal Education and Training of Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea and USA on a tour programme sponsored by the Asia Foundation. As Acting Ombudsman of Pakistan he attended: the Fourth Asian Ombudsman Conference held in Tehran from 9th to 13th May, 1999; International Round Table Conference, held in Dushambe, Tajikistan from 22nd to 23rd June, 1999; 36th Annual Convention of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), held in Chicago, USA from 3rd to 6th September, 1999; 17th Australasian and Pacific Ombudsman Conference held in Hobart, Tasmania from 9th to 13th September, 1999; 12th Commonwealth Law Conference, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 13th to 16th September, 1999; and Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) held in Pretoria, Republic of South Africa from 8th to 10th November, 1999. |
Mr. Justice Khalil ur Rehman Khan was administered oath of the office of Acting Ombudsman of
Pakistan by the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan at President House
(Aiwan-e-Sadr), Islamabad, on 4th April, 1999.