A.S.M. Akram
Abu Saleh Muhammad Akram (1888, Calcutta - April 1968, Lahore) was the first Chief Justice of Dacca High Court and a former justice of the Federal Court of Pakistan (now the Supreme Court of Pakistan).
Bengal Boundary Commission[edit]
Akram was one of the two members from Pakistan at the Bengal Boundary Commission for the Radcliff Award in June 1947.[1][better source needed][2]
Pakistan[edit]
East Pakistan[edit]
Akram was appointed the first Chief Justice of the Dacca High Court after it was created in 1947.[3]
Federal Court of Pakistan[edit]
In 1951, Akram became a judge of the Federal Court of Pakistan. In 1954 he was in line to succeed the retiring Chief Justice, Abdul Rashid but stood aside under pressure from Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad, and Justice Muhammad Munir was appointed instead.[4]
In 1952, he led an inquiry against Khan Najaf Khan, a police official in connection with the assassination of Pakistan's first Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan.[5]
Council of Islamic Ideology[edit]
Akram became the first chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology, serving from 1 August 1962 to 5 February 1964.[6]
Death[edit]
Akram died in Lahore in April 1968.
References[edit]
- ^ "Radcliff's Award (August 16, 1947)". Guess Papers. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ "Reports of International Arbitral Awards" (PDF). UN legal website. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ^ Jafar, Abu (2012). "Akram, Justice ASM". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ Sehgal, Ikram (4 October 2007). "Necessity and overkill". The Daily Star (Editorial). Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ "Declassified US Embassy docs:- The Assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan". Zimbio (Blog). Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ "Chairmen". Council of Islamic Ideology. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2011.