Farooq Naek
Farooq Hamid Naek (Urdu: فاروق حمید نائیک ; 1 July 1947) also spelled Farooq H. Naik, is a Pakistani politician and lawyer, who served as the Chairman Senate, Minister of Law as well as headed the Ministry of Justice in the government led by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani.
Farooq Naek | |
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فاروق نائیک | |
Naek in 2011 | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 11 April 2012 – 16 March 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani Raja Pervez Ashraf |
| Preceded by | Moula Bakhsh Chandio |
| Succeeded by | Ahmer Bilal Soofi (Acting) |
| In office 31 March 2008 – 10 March 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Preceded by | Wasi Zafar |
| Succeeded by | Babar Awan |
| 5th Chairman of the Senate | |
| In office 12 March 2009 – 12 March 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Mian Soomro |
| Succeeded by | Nayyar Hussain Bukhari |
| Vice Chairman of the Pakistan Bar Council | |
| In office 2024–2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1947 Sialkot, Punjab, British India |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Relations | Khawaja Muhammad Asif (cousin) |
| Alma mater | University of Karachi |
After successfully contesting in the 2008 general elections, Naek won the bid for the law ministry, but ascended to Chairman of the Senate in 2009. Due to cabinet reshuffle by Gillani in 2012, he was again appointed as law minister of the country. He is a high-ranking member of the central committee of the Pakistan Peoples Party, and has been a personal lawyer and legal counselor in the legal cases leveled up against Benazir Bhutto and her spouse Asif Ali Zardari since 1996.