Asif Saeed Khosa
Asif Saeed Khan Khosa (Urdu: آصف سعید خان کھوسہ; born 21 December 1954) is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 26th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 18 January 2019 to 20 December 2019. He joined the Supreme Court as a judge on 18 February 2010 and prior to that served as judge of the Lahore High Court.
Asif Saeed Khosa | |
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| آصف سعید کھوسہ | |
| 26th Chief Justice of Pakistan | |
| In office 18 January 2019 – 20 December 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Arif Alvi |
| Preceded by | Mian Saqib Nisar |
| Succeeded by | Gulzar Ahmed |
| Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan | |
| In office 31 December 2016 – 17 January 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Mian Saqib Nisar |
| Succeeded by | Gulzar Ahmed |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan | |
| In office 18 February 2010 – 20 December 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Justice of the Lahore High Court | |
| In office 21 May 1998 – 17 February 2010 | |
| Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan | |
| In office 12 September 1985 – 20 May 1998 | |
| Advocate of the Lahore High Court | |
| In office 13 November 1979 – Unknown date | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 December 1954 Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Relations | Nasim Hasan Shah (father-in-law) Nasir Mahmood Khosa (brother) Tariq Masood Khosa (brother) Latif Khosa (cousin) |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (LL.M.) Lincoln's Inn (Bar at Law) University of Punjab (B.A., M.A.) Government College, Lahore (Inter) |
During his tenure as Justice of Supreme Court he was part of the benches who disqualified two prime ministers Yousuf Raza Gillani and Nawaz Sharif. During his tenure as Chief Justice, he nullified the Imran Khan government's decision to extend Qamar Javed Bajwa as Chief of Army Staff (COAS) for another three-year term and directed the government to put the tenure into law in under six months while giving the temporary extension of six months to Bajwa as COAS. This was first time in history of Pakistan that the extension or the tenure of an army chief was questioned by the Supreme Court. Under his supervision a special court in Islamabad sentenced a former military dictator Pervez Musharraf to death.