The Sindh Muslim Government Law College (

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: سنده مسلم گورنمنٹس لا کالج) or S. M. Law College (

: ایس ایم لاء کالج) is one of the oldest law schools of

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, situated in

Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...

Sindh Sindh ( ; ; , ; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind (caliphal province), Sind or Scinde) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, southeastern region of the country, Sindh is t ...

. The college has produced numerous notables including

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, Chief Justices of Federal Shariat Court,

Chief Ministers of Sindh Chief may refer to: Title or rank Military and law enforcement * Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force * Chief of police, the head of a police department * Chief of the boat ...

, Federal Ministers, and many judges of the

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and

Sindh High Court The High Court of Sindh () ( Sindhi: سنڌ ھائي ڪورٽ) is the highest judicial institution of the Pakistani province of Sindh. Established in 1906, the Court situated in the provincial capital at Karachi. Apart from being the highest ...

. The college was established by its first Principal Hassanally A. Rahman, a leading Advocate of

on the June 28, 1947 and was affiliated to the

University of Sindh The University of Sindh (; ; informally known as Sindh University) is a public research university in Pakistan located in the city of Jamshoro in the Sindh province. It is one of the oldest universities in Pakistan and was certified by ISO in 2 ...

. It started functioning at

Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMI University; ; ) is a university in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Founded in 1885, it is one of the oldest educational institutions in South Asia. History Sindh Madrasa was founded on 1 September 1885 by Ha ...

. After the closure of Shahani Law College, the college shifted to its present building in 1948 and is affiliated with the

University of Karachi The University of Karachi (; informally Karachi University, KU, or UoK) is a public research university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in June 1951 by an act of Parliament and as a successor to the University of Sindh (which is ...

Library

The

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has one of the oldest law library in

. The library is an important resource centre, primarily intended to provide undergraduate and

postgraduate Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor' ...

students with the books, law journals and reading materials they need for their studies, as well as having a valuable and ever increasing collection of legal works. The

library A library is a collection of Book, books, and possibly other Document, materials and Media (communication), media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions. Libraries provide physical (hard copies) or electron ...

contains over 50,000 volumes, the core of which is a comprehensive range of legal materials for practitioners, law students and faculty members.

Former faculty

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(Principal from 2023 and on going) * Barrister Khursheed A. Hashmi (Principal from 2001 till 2021) * Justice Syed Ali Aslam Jafri (Principal from 2019 to 2021) * Justice Haziqul Khairi (Principal from 1981 to 1988) *

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979) was a Pakistani barrister and politician who served as the fourth president of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and later as the ninth Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan from 19 ...

(former

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and

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)

Alumni

Chief Justices of Pakistan

Syed Sajjad Ali Shah Syed Sajjad Ali Shah (; 17 February 1933 – 7 March 2017) was a Pakistani judge who served as the 13th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 4 June 1994 to 2 December 1997. He had been appointed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by Benazir B ...

Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui Saeed Uz Zaman Siddiqui (Urdu: ; 1 December 1939 – 11 January 2017) (pronunciation 'sa'eed -uz- zam'an'; alternatively / officiallySaiduzzaman Siddiqui) was a Pakistani jurist and legislator of great prominence who formerly served as the 15t ...

Gulzar Ahmed Gulzar Ahmed (; born 2 February 1957) is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 27th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 21 December 2019 to 1 February 2022. Early life and education Ahmed's father, Noor Muhammad, was a lawyer in Karachi. Ahmed complete ...

Chief Justice and Senior Judges of the Federal Shariat Court

Haziq-ul-Khairi Haziqul Khairi (; 5 November 1931 – 1 April 2023) was a Pakistani jurist and author who served as Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan, Judge of the Sindh High Court, Ombudsman of Sindh and Principal of Sindh Muslim Law Co ...

S. A. Rabbani S is the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet. S may also refer to: History * an Anglo-Saxon charter's number in Peter Sawyer's, catalogue Language and linguistics * Long s (ſ), a form of the lower-case letter s formerly used where "s ...

Mir Hazar Khan Khoso Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (; ) (30 September 1929 – 26 June 2021) was a Pakistani jurist who was the Prime Minister of Pakistan, caretaker prime minister of Pakistan from 25 March to 5 June 2013. Khoso was a judge who previously served as the Chief ...

Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan (born 23 August 1949) a Pakistani jurist belongs to Garhi Yasin in Shikarpur District of Sindh, Pakistan. He is the son-in-law of Justice Mushtak Ali Kazi, who was a Judge of High Court of Sindh and Balochistan. Justice ...

Supreme Court of Pakistan judges

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 ...

* Wajihuddin Ahmed * Faisal Arab

Sindh High Court judges

* Honorable Mr. Justice S. A. Rabbani * Majida Rizvi * Syed Ghous Ali Shah *

Zafar Hussain Mirza Zafar Hussain Mirza (10 October 1926 – 27 August 2015) was a Pakistani judge and the father of former Home Minister of Sindh Zulfiqar Mirza. He was also the grandfather of Hasnain Mirza. Early life Mirza was born on October 10, 1926, in ...

* Nadeem Azhar Siddiqui *

Omar Sial Omar Sial (born 21 October 1969) has been Justice of the Sindh High Court since 30 November 2016. Early life and education Sial completed his early education at Karachi Grammar School. He obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from S.M. Law C ...

Other notable persons

* Justice S. A. Rabbani (Legendary Jurist of Pakistan, a former Superior Court Judge , Director General Sindh Judicial Academy, Chairman - Pakistan Copyright Board, Addl. Secretary, National Assembly of Pakistan, Judge, Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan, Chairman - Appellate Tribunal for Local Councils, Author, Teacher.. and Much more. ) *

Ram Jethmalani Ram Boolchand Jethmalani (14 September 1923 – 8 September 2019) was an Indian lawyer and politician. He served as India's Union Minister of Law and Justice, as chairman of the Indian Bar Council, and as the president of the Supreme Court B ...

- Eminent Indian Criminal defense Lawyer,

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Leader,

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in the year 1996 and 1999. He was also Union minister of urban affairs and employment in 1998. *

Makhdoom Ali Khan Makhdoom Ali Khan (; born 9 January 1954), is a Pakistani lawyer who is a Senior Advocate Supreme Court. Khan has held several positions, including Attorney General for Pakistan, chairman of the Pakistan Bar Council, member of the Law and J ...

– Senior Advocate Supreme Court, former

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and chairman

Pakistan Bar Council The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) () was established by the National Assembly of Pakistan, Parliament in 1973 under the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act. It is the highest elected body of lawyers in Pakistan. It has twenty two members el ...

Syed Qaim Ali Shah Syed Qaim Ali Shah ( ,) is a Pakistani politician who served as the elected Chief Minister of Sindh for three terms. His last two terms combined, a total of eight years, makes him the longest serving Chief Minister of Sindh. He is Sindh Preside ...

–

Chief Minister of Sindh The chief minister of Sindh (, —), is the elected head of government of Sindh and serves alongside the Chief Secretary. Murad Ali Shah is the current Chief Minister of Sindh, serving since 26 February 2024. The chief minister is the head of ...

* Rana Muhammad Akram Khan, former Chairman

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. *

Ghous Ali Shah Sayyid, Syed Ghous Ali Shah (Urdu: سید غوث علی شاہ; born 1 January 1934) is a Pakistani people, Pakistani politician and jurist. He was Chief Minister of Sindh, Pakistan from 1985 to 1988. He has also remained the Defence Minister ...

– former

, former

Defence Minister of Pakistan The Minister of Defence (Urdu: 'وزیرِ دفاع') heads the Ministry of Defence (Pakistan), Ministry of Defence. The minister serves in the cabinet of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister and is required to be a member of Parliament ...

, former Federal

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Shahida Jamil Shahida Nighat Jamil (born 30 January 1944 as Shahida Nighat Sulaiman) is a Pakistani lawyer and politician who served as the Law Minister of Pakistan. Early education and family Jamil is the only daughter of the late Shah Ahmed Sulaiman (a busi ...

– former Federal Minister for Women Development, former Minister for Law, Human Rights, Social Welfare and Environment *

Naimatullah Khan Naimatullah Khan (1 October 1930 – 25 February 2020) was a Pakistani politician who served as the City Nazim (Mayor) of Karachi from August 2001 to June 2005. Early life and career He was born to Abdul Shakoor Khan on October 1st, 1930. He w ...

– former

Mayor of Karachi Mayor of Karachi (Urdu: ; ) is the executive of the Karachi metropolitan corporation and the Karachi local government system of the city of Karachi, which is the third tier of governance in Pakistan after federal and provincial governments. ...

* Nisha Rao - lawyer and transgender activist * Farooq H. Naik –

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, former Federal Minister for Law and Human Rights *

Farman Fatehpuri Farman Fatehpuri () (born Syed Dildar Ali (), 26 January 1926 – 3 August 2013) was an Urdu linguist, researcher, writer, critic and scholar of Pakistan. He is widely regarded as a leading authority on the life and work of Ghalib. He w ...

– eminent scholar of

language and literature * Khalid Ali Z. Qazi – former Education Minister of Sindh, former Additional Advocate General of Sindh. Currently the Vice Chancellor of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law. *

Rasul Bux Palejo Rasool Bux Palijo ( Sindhi, ; 21 February 1930 – 7 June 2018) was a Pakistani leftist, Marxist leader, scholar and writer. He was a leading human-rights lawyer and the leader and founder of Awami Tahreek, a progressive and leftist party. ...

(1930 - 2018) – senior politician of Sindh, Pakistan

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