Former SC judge Qazi Muhammad Amin dies of heart attack
Pakistan
Funeral prayers will be offered in Rawalpindi on Wednesday evening
RAWALPINDI (Web Desk) - Former Supreme Court of Pakistan judge Qazi Muhammad Amin passed away due to heart attack.
Qazi Muhammad Amin, who belonged to Chakwal, was 66. His death was confirmed by his family.
The funeral prayers will be offered in Rawalpindi on Wednesday evening. According to family sources, he was undergoing treatment at the Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology for the past several days.
Born on March 26, 1957 in Chakwal, Qazi Amin completed early education from the Government High School and the Government Degree College, Chakwal. He obtained a law degree from the University Law College in 1980.
He then enrolled himself as an advocate in 1981. Afterwards he joined a doctoral program in Public International Law at the University of Amsterdam and completed collateral programs in international law and international relations at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague in 1985. Qazi Amin started law practice in 1986.
He remained member of visiting faculty of the International Islamic University, Islamabad, from 1986 to 1991. He was enrolled as an advocate of Supreme Court in 1997. Qazi Amin remained member Punjab Bar Council from 2000 to 2004. He served as additional advocate general for Punjab from September 2007 to June 2009.
He was elevated as judge of the Lahore High Court on Nov 7, 2014 and took oath of office as judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on April 24, 2019.
