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Athar Minallah
Athar Minallah (Urdu: اطہر من اللہ; born 30 December 1961) is a Pakistani lawyer, and jurist who has served as a judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan from 11 November 2022 to 13 November 2025 . Before his appointment to the Supreme Court of Pakistan, he was a judge of the Islamabad High Court for 8 years, and also served as its 5th Chief Justice from 28 November 2018 to 10 November 2022.
Before becoming a judge, he was a lawyer by profession and played an active part in the Lawyers' Movement which was backed by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He was also part of Musharaf's cabinet from 2002-2004, but later resigned.
Athar Minallah was born on 30 December 1961 in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (then North-West Frontier Province) to Bilquis Nasrum Minallah, and Nasrum Minallah. [citation needed]
His father Nasrum Minallah was a senior civil servant, who served as the Chief Secretary of Balochistan from October 1976 to July 1977, and was removed soon after the imposition of the 1977 Martial Law because of his opposition to Pakistan Army's role in the matters of provincial government. His mother Bilquis Nasrum Minallah served as a member of National Assembly of Pakistan from 1985 to 1988.
Minallah obtained his early education from his hometown, Haripur. He has a Master of Laws from University of Cambridge. After getting his masters, he initially joined the Civil Services, and worked in the Custom Department. However, he soon resigned, and joined the legal profession.
In 2002 he took charge as the Minister of Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights, Local Government, and Rural Development in the then NWFP Provincial Government of Governor Lt. General Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah which was formed under the Governor's Rule following the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état.
Minallah was amongst the early supporters of Military Dictator General Pervez Musharraf but in 2007, following the sacking of the then Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry by Musharraf, he joined the Lawyers' Movement for the restoration of the judiciary, and became one of the faces of the movement.
However, after Justice Chaudhry’s restoration, he became a critic of the judiciary because of excessive suo motu cases which led to the pendency of routine cases.
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Athar Minallah
Athar Minallah (Urdu: اطہر من اللہ; born 30 December 1961) is a Pakistani lawyer, and jurist who has served as a judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan from 11 November 2022 to 13 November 2025 . Before his appointment to the Supreme Court of Pakistan, he was a judge of the Islamabad High Court for 8 years, and also served as its 5th Chief Justice from 28 November 2018 to 10 November 2022.
Before becoming a judge, he was a lawyer by profession and played an active part in the Lawyers' Movement which was backed by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He was also part of Musharaf's cabinet from 2002-2004, but later resigned.
Athar Minallah was born on 30 December 1961 in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (then North-West Frontier Province) to Bilquis Nasrum Minallah, and Nasrum Minallah. [citation needed]
His father Nasrum Minallah was a senior civil servant, who served as the Chief Secretary of Balochistan from October 1976 to July 1977, and was removed soon after the imposition of the 1977 Martial Law because of his opposition to Pakistan Army's role in the matters of provincial government. His mother Bilquis Nasrum Minallah served as a member of National Assembly of Pakistan from 1985 to 1988.
Minallah obtained his early education from his hometown, Haripur. He has a Master of Laws from University of Cambridge. After getting his masters, he initially joined the Civil Services, and worked in the Custom Department. However, he soon resigned, and joined the legal profession.
In 2002 he took charge as the Minister of Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights, Local Government, and Rural Development in the then NWFP Provincial Government of Governor Lt. General Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah which was formed under the Governor's Rule following the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état.
Minallah was amongst the early supporters of Military Dictator General Pervez Musharraf but in 2007, following the sacking of the then Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry by Musharraf, he joined the Lawyers' Movement for the restoration of the judiciary, and became one of the faces of the movement.
However, after Justice Chaudhry’s restoration, he became a critic of the judiciary because of excessive suo motu cases which led to the pendency of routine cases.
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