Bilal Khan (judge)
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Muhammad Bilal Khan محمد بلال خان | |
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| 2nd Chief Justice Islamabad High Court | |
| In office March 7, 2009 – July 31, 2009 | |
| Nominated by | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Preceded by | Sardar Muhammad Aslam |
| Succeeded by | none (High Court dissolved) |
| Justice Lahore High Court | |
| In office September 3, 2003 – Present ( Between March 7, 2009 - July 31, 2009 was at now dissolved IHC) | |
| Nominated by | Pervez Musharraf |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 12, 1949 Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
Muhammad Bilal Khan (Urdu: محمد بلال خان) was a Justice in the Lahore High Court in Pakistan.
Khan was a practicing lawyer before the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Lahore High Court. He has also served as an additional Advocate General of Punjab for almost four years.[citation needed]
Khan was appointed judge to the Lahore High Court on September 3, 2003,[1] and remained in that position until March 6, 2009. On March 7, 2008, President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan appointed him as second Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court, succeeding Sardar Muhammad Aslam.
On July 31, 2009, a 14-person panel of the Supreme Court of Pakistan declared the creation of the Islamabad High Court to be unconstitutional. Khan returned to be a Justice of Lahore High Court. Since he took oath on PCO 2007 (see below), in contravention of a decision of a 7-person panel of the Supreme Court, he was referred to the Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan.