Barrister Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan is a Barrister-at-Law by profession, Senior Advocate Supreme Court, a former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan, and a key leader of the Lawyers' Movement. He is also a writer, human rights activist, politician, former Federal Minister for Law and Justice, Interior, Narcotics Control (1988-1990) and Education.

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  • Barrister Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan is a Barrister-at-Law by profession, Senior Advocate Supreme Court, a former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan, and a key leader of the Lawyers' Movement. He is also a writer, human rights activist, politician, former Federal Minister for Law and Justice, Interior, Narcotics Control (1988-1990) and Education. Elected to the Senate of Pakistan in 1994, he eventually succeeded as the leader of the House and the leader of the Opposition between the years 1996 and 1999. He has been the president of the Pakistani Supreme Court Bar Association for the 2007-2008 term. Aitzaz Ahsan has been under arrest periodically in 2007 for his involvement in the effort to restore Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan after former President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf suspended the constitution and subsequently removed Chief Justice Chaudhry from the bench. He was also selected as the top 5th intellectual in the world by the reputed Foreign Policy Magazine. In the wake of 9 March events in Pakistan, barrister Aitzaz Ahsan has become a sign of resistance to anti-democratic moves. His eloquent speeches and his command over Pakistani law make him one of the most recognizable politicians of today. Aitzaz Ahsan is also an active member of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). Ahsan has been mentioned as a possible leader for the PPP in the wake of the December 27 assassination of PPP leader Benazir Bhutto . He is married and a father of two daughters and a son, Ali Ahsan.
  • Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan je pákistánský právník, politik a disident. Byl pákistánským federálním ministrem (spravedlnosti a školství), členem a předsedou pákistánského Senátu a vůdcem opozice. V současné době je jedním z vůdců demokratické opozice proti vládě Parvíze Mušarafa, v roce 2007 byl několikrát vězněn.
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  • Mian Zahid Sarfraz
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  • Malik Nasim Ahmed Aheer
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  • Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan
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  • Ex-President of the Supreme Court Bar Association
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  • Ahsan hails from Punjab's Waraich clan of jats.
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  • Lahore, Pakistan
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  • Bushra Ahsan
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  • 1988 – 1990
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  • Barrister Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan is a Barrister-at-Law by profession, Senior Advocate Supreme Court, a former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan, and a key leader of the Lawyers' Movement. He is also a writer, human rights activist, politician, former Federal Minister for Law and Justice, Interior, Narcotics Control (1988-1990) and Education.
  • Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan je pákistánský právník, politik a disident. Byl pákistánským federálním ministrem (spravedlnosti a školství), členem a předsedou pákistánského Senátu a vůdcem opozice. V současné době je jedním z vůdců demokratické opozice proti vládě Parvíze Mušarafa, v roce 2007 byl několikrát vězněn.
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