Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi

Mohammad Nawaz Abbasi is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and a former justice of Lahore High Court.

Life Mohammad Nawaz Abbasi was born in Murree on 7 June 1943.

He studied Secondary Education in Government High School, Murree and passed Secondary School Examination from Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Lahore in 1963. He graduated from University of Punjab in 1967 and did LL.B. from Punjab University Lahore (Session 1969–1971). He also diploma in Labour Laws from University Law College, Lahore in 1973 and a Shariah Course from International Islamic University, Islamabad in 1987.

On 7 June 2008 Justice Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi retired from Supreme court of Pakistan and in January 2009 he was appointed as Chief Judge Gilgit Baltistan until 15 January 2012.

Important cases

Presidential Election 2007 The candidature for second term of presidential election was directly challenged under the Article 184(3) of the Constitution and requirement of article 184(3) that unless a question unless a question of public importance relating to fundamental rights is involved, a direct petition before the Supreme Court is not maintainable. The matter relating to candidature of a person can be challenged in the high court under Article 199 of the constitution. As per majority view the petition seeking relief to restrain Gen. Pervez Musharraf from contesting elections was not maintainable because no fundamental right of the person who challenged the candidature was Involved. On 28 September 2007, Javed Iqbal along with Abdul Hameed Dogar, M. Javed Buttar, Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi, Faqir Muhammad Khokhar, and Falak Sher formed a majority opinion in holding that petition challenging General Pervez Musharraf candidature for the second term as the president as non-maintainable. The bench was headed by Justice Rana Bhagwandas, while two other members Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan and Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan dissented。