Shahid Karim Explained

Shahid Karim
Predecessor1:Masud Abid Naqvi
Successor1:Mirza Viqas Rauf
Term Start1:5 July 2026
Term End1:19 August 2026-->
Office2:Justice of the Lahore High Court
Term Start2:7 November 2014
Birth Date:20 August 1964
Nationality: Pakistani

Shahid Karim (born 20 August 1964) is a Pakistani jurist who has been Justice of the Lahore High Court since 7 November 2014.[1]

He was part of the special court which heard the high treason case against Pervez Musharraf and one of the only two judges who convicted him for this crime and sentenced him to death. This was the first time in Pakistan's history that a military dictator was convicted for high treason. He disagreed with Para 66 of the verdict in which presiding judge Waqar Ahmed Seth directed law enforcement agencies to find Musharraf's body in case he dies without experiencing the punishment of hanging till death and drag his body to D-Chowk of Islamabad and hang it there for three days.[2]




Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hon'ble Sitting Judges - Lahore High Court. data.lhc.gov.pk. 21 December 2019.
  2. Web site: Special court sentences Pervez Musharraf to death in high treason case. dunyanews.tv.