Muhammad Javed Buttar

Javed Buttar was born on 16 November 1947 in Multan though belongs to Kirto a village of District Sheikhupura. He belongs to a Buttar Jatt family.^{[citation needed]} His father, Haji Muhammad Anwar Buttar, was a Senior Advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan.^[1]

Mr Javed Buttar is the oldest of total six siblings, he has two brothers and three sisters.

His brother Mr Pervaiz Buttar is a practicing solicitor in Sydney, Australia. He has lived in Australia since early eighties, and after academic career he has practised for over 30 years and still manages a successful law firm.^[2]

Third brother F. Jamshed Buttar is a retired lieutenant colonel from the prestigious Pakistan Army and is settled in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. His wife Rukhsana Jamshed Buttar was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and served as Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Petroleum and Natural Resources.

The oldest sister Gul Fatima lives in Lahore and the United States. Second Dr. Amna Buttar, lived in New York City and was a practicing physician at NYU Langone Medical Center. She has specialized in geriatrics.^[3] The youngest sister Dr. Aisha Buttar lives in North Carolina, is also a physician with specialty in pain medicine.^[4]

His two sons Saad and Asad, both barristers are also married to barristers and former is advocate Supreme practising in Islamabad and latter in Lahore High Court.

Mr Buttar graduated from Government College, Lahore in 1967. He passed his LL.B. in 1969 from Punjab University Law College, Lahore.^[1]

He, as a lawyer, attended conference in Manila on the "Conflict Resolution of Philippines". He also attended a Judicial Administration and Reform Course (JARC) in Sydney in the year 2002.^[1]

Buttar joined the legal profession in 1971, became a High Court advocate in 1974 and then an advocate of the Supreme Court in 1985. On 7 August 1994 he was made a judge of Lahore High Court and ten years later became a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan .^[1]