Muhammad Farrukh Irfan Khan (; born 23 June 1958) is a

Pakistani Pakistanis (, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. As much as ...

jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyzes and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal education in law (a law degree) and often a Lawyer, legal prac ...

who has been Justice of the

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from 20 February 2010 until his resignation on 9 April 2019.

Education

Khan studied at

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Panama Papers scandal

Khan's name appeared in

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in relation to having two offshore companies registered in

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. Anrol Limited was registered on 14 April 2000 and Tramalin Limited was registered on 24 July 2003. Khan and his daughter Maria Farrukh Irfan Khan both served as a director in both companies. He was the only judge from

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

whose name appeared in Panama Papers.

Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan The Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan is a judicial body of the superior judiciary of Pakistan, empowered under thArticle 209of the constitution of Pakistan, to hear cases of misconduct against judges. Constitutional composition The compositi ...

(SJC) issued him a show cause notice in February 2017 but never continued with the proceedings until 3 January 2019 that is when it started the hearings. In March 2019, former Chief Justice of Pakistan

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expressed his desire to submit an affidavit in his favour but it was not allowed as Chaudhry did not want to appear for cross-examination. When Khan was supposed to appear in front of SJC on 9 April 2019, he sent his resignation as Justice of the Lahore High Court to President of Pakistan

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citing the reason that he was being pressurized not to dispense his judicial duties in an independent manner. In his letter to the president, he accused Mian Saqib Nisar and Asif Saeed Khosa of running biased proceedings and forgoing due process. His original retirement date was supposed to be 22 June 2020.

References

1958 births Living people Judges of the Lahore High Court Place of birth missing (living people) {{Pakistan-law-bio-stub