Sheikh Anwarul Haq (1917-1995) was a Pakistani jurist who served as the ninth Chief Justice of Pakistan from 1977 to 1981. He is remembered chiefly for presiding over the Supreme Court bench that upheld the death sentence of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and for later resigning rather than sign the Provisional Constitutional Order imposed under General Zia-ul-Haq's martial law.
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He signed the death warrant for former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in a controversial murder case.
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Sheikh Anwarul Haq (Punjabi and Urdu: شیخ انوار الحق; 11 May 1917 - 3 March 1995), was a Pakistani jurist and an academic who served as the 9th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 23 September 1977 until resigning on 25 March 1981.
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In 1944, he was appointed as Sub Divisional Magistrate at the Dalhousie, India and heard various cases involving the civil lawsuits.
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was a Pakistani jurist and an academic who served as th
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Court in 1970 before his reappointment as a Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 1971. He 1972, he earned public and international n
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P569 (date of birth): 1917
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P569 (date of birth): 1917-05-11
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P570 (date of death): 1995
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P570 (date of death): 1995-03-03
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P19 (place of birth): Jalandhar
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P20 (place of death): Lahore
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