9 LM (Journal) 2020 (2) Mian Abdul Rashid – 1st Honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan 3

st Mian Abdul Rashid – 1 Honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan

from Christ's College, First Chief Justice of Cambridge. In 1913, he was Pakistan called to the Bar from On 15 August 1947, when the Middle Temple, London. Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad [Justice Mian Abdul Rashid] Ali Jinnah was sworn in as Law career Sir Mian Abdul Rashid, the first Governor-General He started practising law of Pakistan, Rashid, as the سر میاں عبد :KCSI (Urdu ; 29th June 1889 – 6th at Lahore in 1913. He was most senior Muslim judgeالرشید November 1981) was the then appointed as Assistant in British India, adminis- first Chief Justice of Legal Remembrancer. In tered the oath of office to summer of 1923, he was him. Pakistan, legal philosopher, appointed as acting judge of one of the founding fathers Honour and recognition Lahore High Court on of Pakistan, and a jurist. recommendation of Sir In 2005, the Government of Shadilal, who was then Education Pakistan honoured him by Chief Justice of the said naming a main road (7th court. From 1927 to 1931 He was born on 29 June Avenue) after him in the he officiated as Government 1889 to Arain Mian family federal capital, Islamabad. of Punjab's Advocate. He of Baghbanpura. He The former Seventh Avenue was appointed as Judge received his early education down to Khayaban-i- Lahore High Court in 1933. at Central Model School Suhrawardy and the In 1946, he was made Chief in Lahore, and got his B.A. Kashmir Highway has been Justice of Judicature at renamed Justice Sir Mian from Forman Christian Lahore, and was knighted in Abdul Rashid Avenue. College, also in Lahore, and that year's Birthday a Tripos and Masters Honours list. Ed. The Law Messenger