Ali Nawaz Chowhan
Ali Nawaz Chowhan | |
|---|---|
| Died | 3 September 2023 |
| Occupation | Pakistani judge |
Justice Ali Nawaz Chowhan (died 3 September 2023) was a Pakistani judge. He started as a district judge in 1977 and was judge of the Lahore High Court from 1999 to 2005.[1] From 2006, he was a judge for the Yugoslavia tribunal for three years. He was a judge for UNESCO in 2010.[2][3] He was the Chief Justice of Gambia from 6 March 2014 until 12 May 2015.[4][5][6][3][7][8] He was appointed as first chairman of Pakistan's National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR) in 2015.[9][10][11][12][13]
Education[edit]
Chowhan studied at the University of Punjab and obtained both a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws there. He also obtained degrees in sharia law and law at three different universities: in Pakistan the International Islamic University in Islamabad and in Saudi Arabia the International Islamic University in Medina and the Umm al-Qura University in Mecca. He also followed several other in-depth studies in Pakistan and the United States, such as in the field of civil service law and the fight against drugs.[14][15]
Death[edit]
Chowhan died from a cardiac arrest at Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad, on 3 September 2023. He was laid to rest in Rawalpindi on 4 September.[16]
References[edit]
- ^ "Examinations of Sections 54 and 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898" (PDF). Examinations of Sections 54 and 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898. Report 49: 153.
- ^ "UNESCO Programs Pakistan National Commission for UNESCO". www.pncugovpk.com. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ a b "Gambia's Chief Justice dismissed". thepoint.gm. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ Khan, Azam (16 February 2016). "Conspiracies being hatched against NCHR: Chowhan". The Express Tribune.
- ^ "The Gambia to drop English as the national language". country.eiu.com. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ Asemota, Sidiq (9 December 2014). "Gambian Judiciary Reforming to Tackle Bureaucratic Shackles - Chief Justice Chowhan Tells Colleagues in Algiers". The Daily Observer.
- ^ Asad, Malik (2015-05-26). "Profile: From Pindi to Gambia and back". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "Gambian president sacked Supreme Court judges". News24. 2015-06-29. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "Pakistan: Commission probes allegations of police torture in Faisalabad | Asia Pacific Forum". www.asiapacificforum.net. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "Chowhan urges stakeholders to support NCHR efforts". The Frontier Post. 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "Annual Report" (PDF). National Commission for Human Rights, Pakistan. 2017.
- ^ "National Commission for Human Rights nominates focal persons for collecting data and reporting crimes against journalists". unesco.org.pk. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "Justice Ali Nawaz Chohan Appointed chairman of NCHR -". 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "Ali Nawaz Khan". School of Law. 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "PRSP". www.prsp.org.pk. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "Justice Ali Nawaz Chohan is no more". 4 September 2023.