Shakeel Ahmad (judge)

Ahmad began his legal career by enrolling as an Advocate on 13 February 1991. He became an Advocate of the High Court in 1993 and was later admitted as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2004. He served as the State Counsel for the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the Supreme Court of Pakistan starting from 2006. Ahmad was also appointed as the Legal Advisor for several organisations, including the Hayatabad Medical Complex, the Post Graduate Medical Institute Peshawar, and Lady Reading Hospital. Additionally, he held the position of Special Prosecutor for the Anti-Narcotics Force from 2009 to 2012. He has authored several legal publications, such as Industrial Relations Laws and The Laws on Shamilat.^[1]

Ahmad was elevated to the Bench as an Additional Judge of the Peshawar High Court on 16 June 2017. He became a permanent judge of the High Court on 31 May 2019.^[1] He was appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 10 February 2025.^[2]