A.S.M. Akram

Abu Saleh Muhammad Akram (1888, Calcutta - April 1968, Lahore) was the first Chief Justice of Dacca High Court and a former justice of the Federal Court of Pakistan (now Supreme Court of Pakistan).

Bengal Boundary Commission

Akram was one of the two members from Pakistan at the Bengal Boundary Commission for the Radcliff Award in June 1947.[1][2]

Pakistan

East Pakistan

Akram was appointed the first Chief Justice of the Dacca High Court after it was created in 1947.

Federal Court of Pakistan

In 1951, Akram became a judge of the Federal Court of Pakistan. In 1954 he was inline to succeed the retiring Chief Justice, Abdul Rashid but forgo his turn and Justice Muhammad Munir was appointed instead.[3]

In 1952, he led an inquiry against Khan Najaf Khan, a police official in connection with the assassination of Pakistan's first Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan.[4]

Council of Islamic Ideology

Akram became the first chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology, serving from 1 August 1962 to 5 February 1964.[5]

Death

Akram died in Lahore in April 1968.

References

  1. ↑ Radcliff Award Retrieved 14 February 2011
  2. ↑ Reports of International Arbitral Awards UN legal website Retrieved 21 October 2013
  3. ↑ Necessity and overkill Daily Star. 4 October 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2011
  4. ↑ Liquat Ali Khan Retrieved 14 February 2011
  5. ↑ Chairmen Council of Islamic Ideology website. Retrieved 14 February 2011


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