Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan

The Honourable Justice Dr Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan جسٹس ڈاکٹر اغا رفیق احمد خان
12th Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court
In office 5 June 2009 – 4 June 2014
Nominated by	Asif Ali Zardari
Preceded by	Haziq-ul-Khairi
Succeeded by	Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan
22nd Chairman Sindh Public Service Commission
In office 9 June 2014 – 15 January 2015
President	Mamnoon Hussain
Governor	Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan
Preceded by	Irshad Ali Shah
Succeeded by	Muhammad Saleem Bhonur
Chief Scout Commissioner of Pakistan Pakistan Boy Scouts Association
In office 19 October 2011 – 12 June 2014
Nominated by	Asif Ali Zardari
Succeeded by	Raheela Durrani
Justice High Court of Sindh
In office 14 December 2007 – 9 October 2009
Nominated by	Pervez Musharraf
Justice High Court of Sindh
In office 14 May 1995 – October,1996
Nominated by	Farooq Leghari
Personal details
Born	(1949-08-23) 23 August 1949 Shikarpur District of Sindh, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani

Justice Dr Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan (born 23 August 1949) belongs to Garhi Yasin in Shikarpur District of Sindh, Pakistan. He is the son of Agha Mohammad Anwer Khan, and was educated at D.C. High School in Garhi Yasin. Subsequently, he graduated from the C&S Government College, Shikarpur and also graduated in Law from the University of Sindh in 1971. He is also the son-in-law of Justice Mushtak Ali Kazi, who was a Judge of High Court of Sindh and Balochistan. Justice Agha is a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He served as the Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan from 2009-2014.

Early life

Justice Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan was born on (1949-08-23) 23 August 1949 in Shikarpur, Sindh Province, Pakistan. Basically, he belongs to the Royal Pathan Barakzai Family, from Afghanistan and is also related to the great Ahmad Shah Durrani of Persia. He has a wife, Mrs Farzeen Agha, and four children. His two sons are Agha Haris and Agha Fahad .He has two daughters namely Hira Agha Shah and Sanaah Agha Shah .Three of their Children are married, and the fourth one is young and is pursuing his studies.

Legal career

Justice Agha was enrolled as a Member of the Sindh Bar Council in 1972. He joined Sindh Judicial Services as Civil Judge and First Class Magistrate in 1973 through competitive examination of the Sindh Public Service Commission. He was promoted as Senior Civil Judge and Assistant Sessions Judge in 1978, and subsequently as Additional District & Sessions Judge in 1983. In 1985, he was appointed as Secretary, Sindh Legislative Assembly in 1985. During this period, he attended a Shariah training Course in the International Islamic University in Islamabad in 1984. He was appointed as Director Administration and Legal Services of the Pakistan International Airlines in 1989. Reverting to his judicial career, he was promoted as District and Sessions Judge in May, 1990. He also held the position of Additional Secretary (Regulations) in Services and General Administration Department of the Government of Sindh. He assumed the charge of Law Secretary to the Government of Sindh in 1994, and was elevated as Additional Judge of the High Court of Sindh in 1995 and confirmed as a Judge of the same court in 1996. He, however, reverted to the Sindh Judiciary after a decision of famous Al-Jehad Trust case and was posted as District and Sessions Judge in various districts of Sindh from year 1997 to 2007. He was again elevated as Additional Judge of the Sindh High Court on 14 December 2007. After a few months, he was appointed as Secretary to the Government of Pakistan, Law and Justice Division in 2008. He was again confirmed as a permanent Judge of the Sindh High Court during December 2008 retaining his original seniority from 1995. In June 2009, he was elevated as Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan on 5 June 2009.^[1][2][3]

Oath taking as Chief Justice FSC

Justice Agha Rafiq took Oath as the 12th Chief Justice of The Federal Shariat Court on 5 June 2009; President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari gave oath of office at Aiwan-e-Sadr. Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gillani and Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry were also present.

Honors

As Justice Agha attended the 2nd Arab Countries Chief Justice Conference in 2011. He had invited the Chief Justices of Oman, Sudan, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Qatar . All of them visited Pakistan on his invitation in March, April, and May 2012 .Recently, in February 2013, the Chief Justice of Libya, Justice Kamal.B.A.Dhan visited Pakistan and strengthened the judicial ties between Libya and Pakistan.Recently in June 2013, Justice Sidi Yahefdhou, Chief Justice of Mauritania also visited Pakistan. This is a great honour for him to represent his country and he has created History .

Honorary Doctor of Law Degree

Justice DrAgha Rafiq Ahmed Khan being awarded with the Doctorate of Law Degree by the University of Sindh Vice Chancellor.

Justice Dr Agha Rafiq was awarded with the Honoris Causa Doctorate of Law Degree by the University if Sindh on 26 January 2014 at Karachi . He has made history as he is the first Judge ever in Pakistan to receive such a degree

See also

• Justice Mushtak Ali Kazi
• Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court

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