Abdul Hameed Dogar

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Abdul Hameed Dogar (Urdu: ^[1] عبدالحمید ڈوگر) is a Pakistani jurist who served as the former Justice of Sindh High Court,^[2] before being appointed Chief Justice of Pakistan by President Pervez Musharraf, after he dismissed the superior judiciary and declared emergency rule in 2007.^[2][3]

Following Musharraf's resignation, the judiciary was restored in 2009. On 31 July 2009, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled that the oath taking under Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) was not legal and that Justice Dogar was never a Constitutional Chief Justice of Pakistan, as the office of the Chief Justice of Pakistan was never vacant by the de jure Chief Justice, hence treated him the de facto Chief Justice of Pakistan by protecting his all administrative, financial acts and any oath made before him in the ordinary course of affairs of the office of the Chief Justice of Pakistan, except the recommendations made by him in respect of appointments and reappointments for the offices of the superior judges.^[4] Following the Proclamation of Emergency by General Pervez Musharraf as Chief of Army Staff, on 3 November 2007,^[5] Justice Dogar took oath on PCO and was administered the oath of office of Chief Justice of Pakistan.^[6]