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Hamoodur Rahman

Hamoodur Rahman

November 1, 1910 –October 13, 1975

Philosopher, Judge

Lived 64 years

Born in
Chittagong
Passed away in
Karachi

Chief Justice Hamoodur Rahman (Urdu: حمود الرحمن; 1 November 1910 – 20 December 1981), NI. HI, was a Pakistani Bengali jurist and an academic who served as the Chief Justice of Pakistan from 18 November 1968 until 31 October 1975.

Educated in law and trained as a jurist in the United Kingdom, he chaired the War Enquiry Commission to investigate the causes of the Bangladesh Liberation War that led to the creation of Bangladesh. In addition, Rahman served as a law professor in the faculty of Karachi University and vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka while remaining active in promoting literacy across the country. After the independence of Bangladesh, Rahman's family retained Pakistan's citizenship, and his son served as the Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court.

Chief Justice Rahman remained a respected figure in Pakistan's judiciary, and is hailed for his honesty and patriotism. Senior Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday once publicly noted that "his Commission was the most honourable commission that was investigated by a Bengali Chief Justice, in spite of East-Pakistan disaster." His findings, which exposed the Bangladesh genocide and recommended charges for senior Pakistani officials, were never made public, as the report was muzzled by the Bhutto administration under the guise of harming civil-military relations.

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamoodur_Rahman