| Hamid Khan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 April 1946 |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Known for | Senior Vice President, PTI Former President of Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. |
| Spouse | Gulnaz khan |
| Relatives | Their cousins and 2nd cousins |
| Website | |
| www.insaf.pk | |
children: Sikandar, fiza, dilwar,
Hamid Khan (born 16 April 1945) is a Pakistani writer, Supreme Court lawyer, a former Chairman Executive & vice Chairman of Pakistan Bar Council, former vice Chairman of Punjab Bar Council and former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (2001–2003) and one of the founding partners of Cornelius, Lane and Mufti, a leading law firm in Pakistan. Like many leading Pakistanis, he is a Punjabized ethnic Pashtun (Pathan) He wrote several books that are recommended reading for Pakistani students of law. Khan is also the senior Vice President of the Pakistani political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. In earlier positions he served as the President of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (1992-93)
Khan was the lawyer of the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, when General Pervez Musharraf put forward a reference against the Chief Justice and Chaudhary decided to defend his case in the court. Hamid Khan contributed considerably to the Lawyers' Movement of Pakistan which led to the restoration of Chaudhry as Chief Justice of Pakistan.
Khan regularly lectures on various legal subjects at Punjab University, the Civil Services Academy, the National Institute of Public Administration and the Pakistan Administrative Staff College.
Hamid Khan is married to Gulnaz Khan and has three sons and one daughter. One of his sons, Sikandar, is also a lawyer. Hamid Khan has two granddaughters from his daughter. His daughter-in-law, Shirin Sadeghi, is an Al-Jazeera English contributor. She is married to his second son, Dilawar. He currently resides in Lahore, in the prestigious AFOS neighborhood within the city's Cantonment.
Khan serves as the vice-president for his fellow Pathan Imran Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaaf (Justice Party) Party. He was once neighbors with Pakistani actress Maria Wasti's uncle, political activist Muhammad Khurram Wasti.And he is still working but he and his friend did get general pervez musharraf removed from the government.