Mushir Alam

Mushir Alam (born 18 August 1956) is a Pakistani jurist who served as chief justice of the Sindh High Court and later as a justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He was elevated to the Sindh High Court bench in April 1999, became chief justice in 2011, and was elevated to the Supreme Court in 2013.

Early life and legal career Alam was born into a family associated with the legal profession on 18 August 1956. He received his LL.B. from S. M. Law College, Karachi, joined the Karachi Bar in 1981, and was enrolled as an advocate of the high court in 1983. During the 2007 emergency, he was among the Sindh High Court judges who refused to take oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order. On 14 February 2011, he was sworn in as chief justice of the Sindh High Court.

In July 2024, Alam declined an offer to return to the Supreme Court as an ad hoc judge, saying that he intended to continue welfare work through a disability management centre and the Vision Health Care Foundation.