Haziqul Khairi
Haziqul Khairi is a Pakistani jurist and author who served as Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan, Judge of the Sindh High Court, Ombudsman of Sindh and Principal of Sindh Muslim Law College. He is the grandson of eminent British India social reformer, Allama Rashid ul Khairi.
Khairi also served as Chairman Legal Committee of the Council of Islamic Ideology where he drafted the Women's Protection Bill. Before Khairi's appointment as a Judge of the Sindh High Court, he practised as Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.Khairi was born in Delhi on November 5, 1931 into a literary family to Raziq-ul-Khairi and Begum Amna Nazli. Khairi's grandfather was Allama Rashid-ul-Khairi, a social reformer of British India and a reputed writer of Urdu Language. Khairi is the father-in-law of senior civil servant Rizwan Ahmed.
Khairi initially got education in Dehli but later on studied in Karachi after Khairi's family migrated after independence of Pakistan. He graduated in Arts in 1954 and obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from Sindh Muslim Law College in 1956. Khairi also holds a master's degree in Political Science.Other contributions
Khairi has written several plays and short stories over the years. His autobiography, Jaagtey Lamhey, was published in 2012. Khairi is the chairman of the Thinker's Forum at Hamdard Shura Karachi and serves on the Board of Governors of Habib University. He has previously served on the Board of Governors, Board of Trustees, Council of Trustees and Selection Board of the International Islamic University.
