Sabihuddin Ahmed

Sabihuddin Ahmed (; 1949–2009) was a Pakistani jurist who served as the chief justice of the Sindh High Court from 2005 to 2007 and later as a justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Early life and education Ahmed was born in Hyderabad, Sindh in 1949 to senior civil officer Wajihuddin Ahmed and Atiya Bano. He was the oldest of five siblings, following him were Mehrunissa Ahmad Ali, Aminuddin Ahmed, Lalarukh Jamil and Nooruddin Ahmed. He passed his MA from the University of Punjab, Lahore in 1969 and his LLB from the University of Karachi. Amongst his cousins are the human rights activists and sisters, Hina Jilani and Asma Jehangir, business leader Iqbal Z. Ahmed, thespian Salima Raza and also activist Nigar Ahmad. His son Salahuddin is a partner in Munir A. Malik's law firm, the same law firm Sabihuddin was a partner of before he became a judge.

Career He joined the profession in 1972, working under his maternal uncle Khalid M. Ishaq.

Ahmed was elevated to the bench on 11 January 1997. He resigned from the HRCP at that time. During the same year, he gave a landmark judgement regarding monetary compensation to a detenu in a habeas corpus petition.

He was elevated to the Supreme Court during the regime of President Pervez Musharraf but refused to take oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO). Once a democratic government was restored, he took the oath and served from September 19, 2008, until his death on April 18, 2009.