Malik Mohammad Qayyum | |
|---|---|
| Attorney General of Pakistan | |
| In office 2007–2008 | |
| Preceded by | Makhdoom Ali Khan |
| Succeeded by | Latif Khosa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 January 1946 Lahore, Punjab Province, British India |
| Died | 17 February 2022 (aged 76) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Relations | Muhammad Pervaiz Malik (brother) Mian Javed Akram (brother) Yasmin Rehman (sister) Ali Pervaiz Malik (nephew) |
Malik Mohammad Qayyum (Urdu: ملک محمد قیوم; 18 January 1946 – 17 February 2022) was a Pakistani lawyer who was Senior Advocate Supreme Court and Attorney General of Pakistan. He was replaced by Senator Latif Khosa when President Pervez Musharraf resigned on 18 August 2008.[1][2] He became Attorney General following the resignation of Makhdoom Ali Khan.[3] He was a Judge of the Lahore High Court, which he resigned from after a phone transcript of his was released in which he was alleged to be approached by the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's government to fix judgement in a case before him involving Benazir Bhutto. Qayyum denied that the voice in the telephone conversation was his. Agencies have examined the tapes and have expressed their concern that they could have been doctored although no final verdict is available.[4][5]
Qayyum was a senior lawyer of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and advised the sitting benches of the Higher Judiciary on constitutional issues. He was responsible for conducting the inquiry into match fixing which was lauded by the ICC known as the "Qayyum Report".[6]
Qayyum was the son of Justice Malik Muhammad Akram Arain and brother of Dr Mian Javed Akram (PIMS) and late former Minister for Commerce Muhammad Pervaiz Malik.[7] His elder son Ahmad Qayyum is also a Barrister, once he paid tribute to Mr. Ijaz Hussain Batalvi while saying to Akhtar Aly Kureshy Advocate, legacy follower of Ijaz Batalvi, Ahmad has to join Batalvi office if alive.
Qayyum died on 17 February 2022 in Lahore, at the age of 76.[8] He was buried in the Miani Sahib graveyard.[9]
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- ^ "Pakistan court drama of Sharif case", BBC News, 23 August 2007
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- ^ "Cricket Inquiry Report" (PDF). Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
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- ^ "Ex-LHC Judge Malik Qayyum Passes Away". UrduPoint.
- ^ "LHC ex-judge Malik Qayyum passes away". Dawn. 18 February 2023.