Muhammad Haleem (1 January 1925 to 11 August 2006) was the tenth Chief Justice of Pakistan, serving from 1981 to 1989, the longest tenure of any Chief Justice in the country's history. Born in Lucknow, the son of Pakistan's first Advocate General, Barrister Muhammad Wasim, he earned his Bachelor of Laws from Lucknow University in 1946 and later received an honorary doctorate from the University of Karachi. He was among the dissenting minority who voted to acquit former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and as Chief Justice he authored the judgment enabling Pakistan's 1988 general election, a ruling credited with helping restore parliamentary democracy. He died in Karachi of renal failure and was posthumously awarded the Hilal-i-Imtiaz in 1996. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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How did Mohammad Haleem vote in the Supreme Court appeal of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto?
He was one of three dissenting judges who voted to acquit Bhutto.
Haleem sat on the Supreme Court bench that heard the appeal from the Lahore High Court, which had handed down the death penalty to former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. He was one of three judges in the dissenting minority who voted to acquit Bhutto. The majority opinion upheld the conviction, which ultimately led to Bhutto's execution.
What judgment is Chief Justice Mohammad Haleem remembered for?
His judgment in Benazir Bhutto's case made the 1988 general election possible.
As Chief Justice of Pakistan, Haleem wrote the judgment in Benazir Bhutto's court case, which made the holding of the 1988 Pakistani general election possible. In a tribute to him, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry observed that Haleem's judgment had helped Pakistan get back on the rails of parliamentary democracy in 1988.
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Muhammad Haleem (Urdu: محمد حلیم), LL.D. (HC), HI (1 January 1925 - 11 August 2006) was a Pakistani jurist who served as the 10th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 1981 to 1989, the longest serving Chief Justice in the history of the judicial branch in Pakistan.
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Muhammad Haleem, LL.D. (HC), HI was a Pakistani jurist who served as the 10th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 1981 to 1989, the longest serving Chief Justice in the history of the judicial branch in Pakistan. He was even endorsed by successive future regimes in Pakistan.
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Muhammad Haleem (Urdu: محمد حلیم), LL.D.
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was a Pakistani jurist who served as the
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Wikidata Q11265838, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1925
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P569 (date of birth): 1925-01-01
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P570 (date of death): 2006
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P570 (date of death): 2006-08-11
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P19 (place of birth): Lucknow
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P20 (place of death): Karachi
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