Abdul Hameed Dogar

Abdul Hameed Dogar (Urdu: [1] عبدالحمید ڈوگر) is a Pakistani jurist who served as the former Justice of Sindh High Court,[2] before being appointed Chief Justice of Pakistan by President Pervez Musharraf, after he dismissed the superior judiciary and declared emergency rule in 2007.

[2] Mr Dogar joined the judicial service on 10 April 1995 with an appointment to the Sindh High Court.

[3] On 31 July 2009, in a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court of Pakistan termed as illegal and unconstitutional the appointment of Abdul Hameed Dogar as Chief Justice.

[14] On 26 January 2000 the higher judiciary was asked to take fresh oath of office under the PCO 1999 by the Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf.

[15] On 31 July 2009, the Supreme Court of Pakistan unanimously declared in a judgement that Musharff's act of 3 November 2007 to impose the emergency as a Chief of Army Staff was unconstitutional and unlawful.

[16] On 3 November 2007, the then Chief of the Army Staff Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared emergency in Pakistan and issued a Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO).

[18][19] In a later development, on 3 December 2007 federal government issued notification of removal of three justices of Supreme Court without any retirement privileges.

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