Aamer Farooq (born 26 April 1969) is a Pakistani jurist who is currently serving as an Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court since 11 November 2022 and also been Justice of the

Islamabad High Court The Islamabad High Court is the senior court of the Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, with appellate jurisdiction over the following district courts: * Islamabad District Court (East) * Islamabad District Court (West) Justice Aamer Far ...

from 31 December 2014 to 10 November 2022.

Early life and education

Aamer received his Senior Cambridge diploma from St. Anthony's High School in

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in 1986 and his higher senior cambridge diploma from

Aitchison College Aitchison College ( ur, ایچیسن کالج) is an independent, semi-private boys school for boarding and day students from grade 1–13 in Lahore, Pakistan. It has a tradition of providing an education that uses academics, sports, and co-cur ...

in 1988. In 1993, he graduated from Lincoln's Inn Law School in

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with an LLB degree from

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in the

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Judicial career

Farooq started his practice in

and also has an office in

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. He focuses on

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, and

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. He served as adjunct faculty at

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from 2009 until his promotion in

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. Aamer took his oath on January 1, 2015, and on December 23, 2015, he was confirmed as a judge of the

Appointment as CJ IHC

On 1 November 2022, the

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(JCP) suggested that Justice Aamer be named Chief Justice of the

. President Alvi approved Justice Aamer Farooq’s appointment as the IHC chief justice after the recommendations of parliamentary committee for judges appointment. The committee had on November 4 approved the Judicial Commission of Pakistan’s recommendations for the promotion of Justice Athar Minallah to the SC and Justice Farooq as the IHC chief justice, respectively. Justice Farooq is widely seen, in his judgments to be denying relief to Imran Khan and his Party PTI, the most discussed cases in this regard are numerous cases of IK/PTI vs Election Commission, Azam Swati case, Toshakhana Reference case, Contempt of Election Commission case, PTI rally and Long March vs ICT to name the few where Justice Farooq denied all kind relief to Imran Khan and his party PTI.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Farooq, Aamer 1969 births Living people Judges of the Islamabad High Court Pakistani judges