S. A. Rahman (4 June 1903 to 11 February 1979) was the fifth Chief Justice of Pakistan, serving briefly from 1 March to 3 June 1968. Born in Wazirabad, Punjab, he studied at Islamia College Lahore and the University of Punjab before earning a BA at Oxford and a doctorate in law at Cairo University. He entered the Indian Civil Service in 1926, was appointed a judge of the Lahore High Court in 1946, served on the Bengal Boundary Commission in 1947, and was Vice-Chancellor of Punjab University from 1950 to 1952. He later served as Pakistan's Chief Election Commissioner from 1964 to 1967 and wrote on the law of apostasy in Islam.
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Sheikh Abdur Rehman was the 5th Chief Justice of Pakistan. He did his MA and Law from University of Punjab, BA Hons from Oxford and Ph.D. in law from Cairo.
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