Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry (judge, born 1950)

Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry (Urdu: اعجاز احمد چوہدری) is a former justice in the Supreme Court of Pakistan and a former chief justice of the Lahore High Court.

[1] He was educated at Government Islamia College, Civil Lines, Lahore.

[1] Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry served as: He was raised to the Bench at Lahore High Court on 2 May 2001.

He came to worldwide media attention in May 2010 when he ordered that Facebook be blocked in Pakistan, and then restored access after a page with caricatures of Muhammad was removed.

He was among the leading characters of the historic movement for restoration of Judiciary who refused to take oath under the PCO.

Chief Justice Lahore High Court Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry meeting Faculty members Akhtar Aly Kureshy Advocate, Atir Rizvi Principal and students of Superior College of Law