Nasim Hasan Shah served as the twelfth Chief Justice of Pakistan from 1993 to 1994, after becoming the youngest ad hoc judge ever appointed to the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 1977. He presided over the Supreme Court bench that upheld the death sentence against former Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, a decision he later said in life was wrong. He held one of the longest judicial tenures in the history of the Indian subcontinent, retiring at age sixty five, and he also served as president of the Pakistan Cricket Board from 1992 to 1994.
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What did Nasim Hasan Shah later say about the Bhutto verdict?
He later said in two interviews that the verdict was wrong and a lesser punishment was fitting.
Nasim Hasan Shah was a member of the Supreme Court bench that upheld the death sentence given to former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. According to a Dawn obituary, after his retirement he declared in two media interviews that it was a wrong decision, as it was a fit case for lesser punishment.
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Nasim Hasan Shah (Urdu: نسیم حسن شاہ) (15 April 1929 - 3 February 2015) was a Pakistani jurist and served as Chief Justice of Pakistan.
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He is best known for his role in the verdict against Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, which resulted in the death penalty.
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Nasim Hasan Shah (Urdu: نسیم حسن شاہ) (15 April 1929 - 3 February 2015) was a Pakistani jurist and served as Chief Justice of Pakistan.
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was a Pakistani jurist and served as Chief Justice of P
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girth, he overcame his handicap to become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 17 April 1993 to 14 April 1994. After a brilliant
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Wikidata Q6967084, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1929
Wikidata Q6967084, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1929-04-15
Wikidata Q6967084, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 2015
Wikidata Q6967084, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 2015-02-03
Wikidata Q6967084, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Lahore
Wikidata Q6967084, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Lahore
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