Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb (born 1970) is a Pakistani barrister and judge who is currently one of those serving as a justice before the

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. He has recently been appointed a Judge of the apex court. Miangul Hasan Aurangzeb is the son of

Miangul Aurangzeb Miangul Aurangzeb (Urdu/Pashto: میاں گل اورنگزیب‎ 28 May 1928 – 3 August 2014) was the last Wali Ahad (Crown Prince) of the former Swat State, the son of the last Wali of Swat, Miangul Jahan Zeb, and the son-in-law of the ...

and his wife Nasim. Nasim was the daughter of Pakistani Field Marshall

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Aurangzeb is the paternal grandson of the former

Wāli of Swat The Wāli of Swat () was the official title of the leader (wāli) of the Miangul dynasty that ruled over the state of Swat between 1857 and 1969. History The state of Swat was founded by Saidu Baba, religious leader also known as Akhund of Swa ...

Miangul Jahan Zeb Miangul Jahan Zeb HPk, HQA, CIE () (5 June 1908 – 14 September 1987), also known as Miangul Abdul-Haq Jahan Zeb, was the Wāli of Swat from 1949 to 1969, a princely state that is now part of Pakistan. He succeeded his father, Wadud of Swa ...

, and the maternal grandson of Mohammad Ayub Khan, a former

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. His father,

, was the

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Province. His primary school was the

Sangota ### Sangota A village in the Swat District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is located at 34°47'0"N 72°25'0"E with an altitude of 1120 meters (3677 feet). Sangota is part of the beautiful Swat Valley, known for its lush landscapes and vi ...

in his family's traditional residence Swat. He started attending

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in 1980 a successor to Burn Hall College and School founded by British missionaries but acquired and converted to a military school in 1977. Aurangzeb obtained his Cambridge/O levels from Burn Hall in 1988. He moved to Islamabad for additional education at

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in Islamabad and completed A level. In 1991 he was awarded a scholarship from the British

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and moved to Britain. Aurangzeb studied for his Baccalaureate at the

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. Subsequently, he moved to London where he studied corporate and commercial law at the School of Oriental and Asian Studies of the

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. On graduation in 1994 he was accepted into

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one of the world's most prestigious professional bodies of judges and lawyers. He moved back to Pakistan in 1996 and became an Advocate at Swat District Court. As the ruler his grandfather Miangul Jehan Zeb who served as

Wāli ''Wāli'', ''Wā'lī'' or ''vali'' (from ''Wālī'') is an administrative title that was used in the Muslim world (including the Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates and the Ottoman Empire) to designate governors of administrative divis ...

Jahan Zeb of Swat Miangul Jahan Zeb HPk, HQA, CIE () (5 June 1908 – 14 September 1987), also known as Miangul Abdul-Haq Jahan Zeb, was the Wāli of Swat from 1949 to 1969, a princely state that is now part of Pakistan. He succeeded his father, Wadud of Swat ...

had operated a court which had full jurisdiction and authority. This was previous to incorporation of Swat into Pakistan under civil administration in 1969. After abdication Miangul Zehan Zeb and Miangul Aurangzeb continued acting as informal civil mediators. In 1997 Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb was admitted as a barrister before the

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and Islamabad High Court. He worked in the law firm of Hafeez Pirzada Law Associates founded by Abdul Hafeez Pirzada in which he was made a partner. In 2008 he was admitted to practice before the

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. He is a governor of the Overseas Pakistani Foundation and a member of the

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. Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb was made an Additional Judge of the Islamabad High Court in December 2015. In February 2025 the Judicial Commission of Pakistan appointed Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb a Supreme Court Justice of Pakistan.Associated Press of Pakistan:National:February 10:The JCP nominates seven judges for appointment in Supreme Court of Pakistan
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Publications

Judgements

External links

Islamabad High Court: Honorable Mr. Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb

References

People from Swat District Swat royal family Living people Pakistani lawyers 1970 births Judges of the Islamabad High Court Nawabs of Pakistan {{Pakistan-law-bio-stub