BIO-DATA

By
MR. JUSTICE EJAZ AFZAL KHAN,
Chief Justice, Peshawar High Court, Peshawar.

Born in a middle class family of Mansehra on 8th of May, 1953. Mr. Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan received his primary education from Government Primary School, Mansehra, did matriculation from Government High School, Mansehra and F.A. from the Government College, Mansehra. He joined the Government College, Abbottabad and did graduation in 1974. Subsequently, he graduated in Law in 1977 from the Khyber Law College and joined the profession of Law the same year. He was enrolled as an Advocate Peshawar High Court in 1979 and as an Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan in 1991.

Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan is the only Judge of the Peshawar High Court who stuck to his principled stance of the independence of judiciary till last. He rejected the offer to take oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) on November 3, 2007. He even refused to be reinstated without the re-instatement of Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pakistan.

His elevation to the Bench as Additional Judge in September, 2000 was an acknowledgement of his professional capabilities and after having served as a Judge of the Peshawar High Court for 9 years, his lordship was appointed as Chief Justice on 20th October, 2009.