Hon. Tassaduq Hussain Jillani
Former Chief Justice
Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani received his school and college education in Pakistan. He graduated from the Forman Christians College, Lahore and from the same institution, he obtained his Masters Degree in Political Science. He started his professional career as a lawyer from the Districts Courts Multan and in a short span of less than ten years, was enrolled as an Advocate of the High Court and Supreme Court. During his practice in law, he held various elected offices i.e. he was elected Secretary General of the District Bar Association Multan and Member of the Punjab Bar Council. In 1979 he was appointed as Assistant Advocate General Punjab and thereafter he became Additional Advocate General and finally the Advocate General Punjab in 1993. In 1994, he was elevated as Judge of the Lahore High Court, Lahore and having served there for ten years (from August 7, 1994 to July 2004), he was elevated to the Supreme Court of Pakistan ( in July 2004). In December 2013, Justice Jillani was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Pakistan following the retirement of his predecessor
