Jawwad S. Khawaja
Jawwad Sajjad Khawaja | |
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جواد سجاد خواجہ | |
| 23rd Chief Justice of Pakistan | |
| In office 15 August 2015 – 9 September 2015 | |
| Nominated by | Nawaz Sharif |
| Appointed by | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Preceded by | Nasir-ul-Mulk |
| Succeeded by | Anwar Zaheer Jamali |
| Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan | |
| In office 6 July 2014 – 16 August 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Nasir-ul-Mulk |
| Succeeded by | Anwar Zaheer Jamali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jawwad Sajjad Khawaja 10 September 1950 Wazirabad, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Citizenship | Pakistan |
| Spouse | Bina Jawwad (m. 1973) |
| Relations | Rashta Khawaja (sister), Omar Khawaja (brother), Hasan Muttaqi Khawaja (brother), Tahira Khawaja (sister) |
| Children | 4 (including Haider) |
| Residence(s) | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Alma mater | Lawrence College Ghora Gali Aitchison College Forman Christian College University Punjab University Law College (LLB) University of California, Berkeley, United States (LLM) |
Jawwad Sajjad Khawaja (Urdu: جواد ایس خواجہ; born 10 September 1950), known commonly as Jawwad S. Khawaja, is a Pakistani jurist, and former professor of law at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, who served as the 23rd Chief Justice of Pakistan. He was nominated for the position by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 17 August 2015, and approved to take office by President Mamnoon Hussain on the same day.