Muhammad Akram Sheikh () is a Pakistani attorney in the

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. He remained member Pakistan Bar Council and President Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. His two son are Advocate and member of Lahore High Court Bar Association. He also enjoyed the office of Ambassador -at-Large of

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dully appointed by

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. He was closely associated with Barrister Ijaz Husain Batalvi and his elder son Raheel Kamran Sheikh member Pakistan Bar Council also joined Ijaz Husain Batalvi Chamber where Akhtar Aly Kureshy Advocate was there to welcome him and now he has been elevated to the Judge of Lahore High Court, Lahore. He was appointed Public Prosecutor in General

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High Treason case, a noval case in the history of

to uphold the supremacy of Constitution in which General

was sentenced to death, a new milestone.

Early life and career

Muhammad Akram Sheikh was born near Burewala, Vehari District in

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. He received his education from Forman Christian College, Lahore. Then he finished his postgraduate studies at the

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in 1972. *He started his career from the District Bar Association,

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in 1973. *He also became a lawyer of the Lahore High Court. * He then served as

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Executive Committee (CEC) of Pakistan Bar Council (1993-1994). *He also had served as President of Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan some years ago.

Major court cases

Akram Sheikh has contested many major court cases including: * In a much-publicized case in the recent past, Akram Sheikh represented a Pakistani-American Mansoor Ijaz who had alleged that the then Pakistani ambassador in the US Hussain Haqqani had written a memo to US authorities asking for American help against the intervention in politics by the Pakistani military. This memo had allegedly been written by Haqqani on the advice of then Pakistani President

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. *Akram Sheikh has represented

and his family in many criminal and constitutional cases against them since the early 1990s. * In 1988–89, Akram Sheikh successfully defended

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government's right to open up its own bank Bank of Punjab. At that time, there was a confrontation between

's Punjab government and the

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Notable news media appearances

* Akram Sheikh has been vocal on national and international forums for

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, independence of judiciary and

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. For example, he participated in the 'Lawyers March for Law in

' on 14 November 2007 (news coverage of this march by US TV channel C-Span Network is shown on their website).Akram Sheikh speaks at Lawyers March for Law in Pakistan
c-span.org website, Published 14 November 2007, Retrieved 29 September 2017

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sheikh, Akram Living people People from Burewala University of the Punjab alumni Forman Christian College alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Presidents of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan Chairmen of the Pakistan Bar Council Lawyers from Lahore

Early life and career

Major court cases

Notable news media appearances

See Also

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