Hassanally A Rahman ( sd, حسن علي رحمان ur, حسن علی رحمان) was born in

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, Sindh (1909 to 1986), to a prominent and respectable family of legal professionals, government officers, and people actively involved in the education sector. His father was the late and influential Karachi citizen, Barrister Abdurrahman. He received his barrister-at-law from Middle Temple, England in 1934. He was one of the founding architects along with his younger brother

Tufail Ali Abdul Rehman Justice Tufail Ali Abdul Rahman was born in Karachi, Sindh in 1921 and belonged to a highly respectable family that produced a lot of legal professionals, government officers and people actively involved in the education sector. Family backgroun ...

of the Sindh Muslim Government Law College in Karachi. He also served as the first principal of the college. Known as a social and community leader, Mr. Hassnally A. Rahman was the vice chancellor of

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, Jamshoro, where he served twice in the same capacity. He was the treasurer of the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, Secretary General of All Pakistan Educational Society, and President/Board Member

Sindh Muslim Law College The Sindh Muslim Government Law College (Urdu: سنده مسلم گورنمنٹس لا کالج) or S. M. Law College (Urdu: ایس ایم لاء کالج) is one of the oldest law schools of Pakistan, situated in Karachi, Sindh. The college has ...

( S.M. Law College). In 1952, he led the Pakistani delegation to

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and in 1953, represented the country at the Commonwealth University Conference. Hassanally A. Rahman was the older brother of Justice

one of the top most lawyers practicing criminal law in Pakistan, who also served as Attorney General of Pakistan and the Chief Justice of Sindh and

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High Courts. Justice Tufail Ali Abdul Rehman was also the presiding judge who sat on the Hamoodur Rahman commission post 1971 civil war between then West Pakistan (present-day Pakistan) and

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(present-day

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). The two brothers were the only founding members of the Sindh Muslim Law College. Hassanally Rahman’s father Barrister Abdul Rahman was a famous barrister-at-law of the Subcontinent and was affiliated with the prestigious Queens Council. In addition, the late Hassanally A. Rahman was involved in numerous other projects – from being active in the Pakistan Movement to serving as one of the founding members of Karachi University. Mr. Hassanally Rahman was succeeded by five daughters, all of whom in their own right have earned respect both in Sindh, Pakistan, and the world-at-large.

Career

Hassanally became a barrister and was also politically active in the British Raj. He along with other fellow barristers worked with

Muhammed Ali Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah (, ; born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the ...

, the founder of Pakistan.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rahman, Hassanally A. 1909 births 1986 deaths 20th-century Pakistani lawyers People from Karachi Sindh Muslim Law College alumni