Abdul Hakeem Khan Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Chief Justice
Abdul Hakeem Khan
Honorific-Suffix:Retired
Office:Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court
Term Start:1 November 1976
Term End:3 October 1979
Term Start1:5 July 1977
Term End1:17 September 1978
President1:Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Predecessor1:Naseerullah Khan Babar
Successor1:Fazle Haq
Birth Name:Abdul Hakeem Khan
Birth Date:Actual 11 September 1918 Official 4 Oct 1917
Death Place:Islamabad, Pakistan
Spouse:Ghulam Fatima
Children:10
Relatives:[Dr Nayyar Ramzan and Hazrat Sultan Brothers, Mufti Muhammad Idris and Maj Fazal ur Rahman brother in laws. Sons Lt Col Abdul Quddus Retd, Late Justice Abdul Rauf Lughmani and Brig Asad Hakeem Retd ]

Abdul Hakeem Khan Swati was a former governor of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and former Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court.[1] [2] He belongs to Swati tribe of Baffa, the largest Union Council of Mansehra District. He was appointed the Governor of North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) when General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq imposed Martial Law on 5 July 1977 and appointed all provincial Chief justices as governors of respective provinces. Khan died on 4 January 2007, aged 90.[3] He belonged to Lughmani family of the Sarkheli subsection of Swati tribe.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Pakistan_states.html Provinces of Pakistan – World Statesmen
  2. News: Reham Khan's father was doctor, uncle Hakeem was ex-governor, CJ. 2 December 2015. The News. 9 January 2015.
  3. News: Justice Hakeem passes away. 20 February 2018. Dawn. 5 January 2007.