Syed Usman Ali Shah (1926–2020) was a former governor of the

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the fourth largest province of Paki ...

(known as NWFP at the time) province of

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. He acted as the Governor

from April to August, 1986 after the resignation of

Nawabzada Abdul Ghafoor Khan Hoti Nawabzada Abdul Ghafoor Khan Hoti (1923–1998) was a former governor of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (known as NWFP at the time) province of Pakistan. Belonging to Mardan, he was the son of Nawab Akbar Khan Hoti and father of Insp ...

. He remained the Chief Justice of

Peshawar High Court The Peshawar High Court (PHC, ) is the provincial and highest judicial institution of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. It is located in the provincial capital Peshawar. The Parliament passed a bill extending the jurisdiction of the Supreme Cour ...

from December 19, 1981 to December 7, 1987. He was elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 1987 from which position he retired in January 1991. On March 28, 1991 he took Oath of office as the second permanent Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) of Pakistan and remained until 1995. He remained a Member of the Pakistan Election Commission from 1980 to 1985, and a Member on the Panel of Permanent International Court of Arbitration at Hague for the 6-year tenure from 1983 to 1989. He died on June 25, 2020 at his residence in University Town, Peshawar.Ex Federal Ombudsman Justice Syed Usman Ali Shah passes away
Wafaqi Mohtasib, Published 25 June 2020, Retrieved 25 June 2020

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1926 births 2020 deaths Governors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Pashtun people Chief justices of the Peshawar High Court {{Pakistan-politician-stub