Wajihuddin Ahmed

Wajihuddin Ahmed
وجیہ الدین احمد
Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
In office
5 May 1998 – 12 October 1999
Nominated byNawaz Sharif
Appointed byRafiq Tarar
Chief Justice Sindh High Court
In office
5 November 1997 – 4 May 1998
Preceded byMamoon Kazi
Succeeded byKamal Mansur Alam
Personal details
Born (1938-12-01) 1 December 1938 (age 85)
New Delhi, British India
CitizenshipBritish subject (1938–1947)
Pakistan (1947–)
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPTI (until 2016)
ResidenceKarachi
Alma materForman Christian College University
Sindh Muslim College
OccupationJurist, judge
ProfessionLegal scholar
CabinetNawaz Government

Wajihuddin Ahmed (Urdu: وجیہ الدین احمد; born 1 December 1938[1]) is a retired senior justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, human rights activist, and former professor of law at the Sindh Muslim Law College.

Prior to be elevated as Senior Justice of the Supreme Court, he briefly tenured as the Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court from 1998 until refusing to take oath in opposition to martial law in 1999. He remained a strong critic of President Pervez Musharraf, eventually taking up a leading role in Lawyer's movement in 2007 to oppose President Musharraf. Ultimately, he unsuccessfully ran for the presidential elections held in 2007. Since 2011, he was active in national politics through Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), being the party's candidate for the presidential election 2013.[2] He lost the election on 30 July 2013 to Mamnoon Hussain of Pakistan Muslim League (N).

In 2016, he left Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.[3] and started his own party under the name Aam Loeg Ittehad.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference The Supreme Court of Pakistan Press Publications was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "PTI announces presidential candidate". The News International. 20 July 2013. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Retired justice Wajihuddin Ahmad resigns from PTI". Dawn (newspaper). 26 September 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Aam loeg ittehad: Justice Wajih launches political party". Express Tribune (newspaper). 16 December 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2024.