Muhammad Raza Khan

Muhammad Raza Khan
محمد رضا خان
Advisor

Legislative Drafting

Senate of Pakistan
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 2016
Nominated byMian Raza Rabbani
Member,

Council of Islamic Ideology,

Pakistan
In office
June 2016 – March 2025
Nominated byMamnoon Hussain
Federal Secretary,

Government of Pakistan

Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights
In office
January 2012 – April 2016
Nominated byNawaz Sharif
Chief Justice, Peshawar High Court
In office
January 2008 – August 2008
Nominated byPervez Musharraf
Justice, Peshawar High Court
In office
January 2005 – December 2007
Nominated byPervez Musharraf

Muhammad Raza Khan (Urdu:محمد رضا خان) is a former Advisor to the Senate of Pakistan, a former Federal Secretary, Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights and a retired Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court. He was born in District Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 8 August 1946. [1] [2] [3]

Education

After graduating from the University of Peshawar in 1967, Khan went on to get double Masters from the same University, firstly in Political Science in 1969, and English Literature in 1971. After that, he obtained his LLB degree, also from the University of Peshawar in 1973, where he not only received a Gold Medal, but was also Awarded with the President of Pakistan Award.

Overseas trainings

In 1988 he attended a training workshop on the role of Middle Management in Turkey. In 1990, he proceeded to London to attend a training on British Parliamentary Commissioners Organizational Setup & Procedure at the Parliamentary Commissioners Office, United Kingdom. In 2000, Khan attended a workshop on Enforcement of intellectual property rights organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Tehran, Iran. [4]

Judicial and Executive Experience

After passing the competitive examination, Khan joined the PCS (Judicial Branch) in 1975, as a Civil Judge, and was promoted as Senior Civil Judge in 1977. In 1980, he was made the Additional District & Sessions Judge and thereafter District & Sessions Judge in 1982.

Upon the creation of the office of Ombudsmen in Pakistan Wafaqi Mohtasib secretariat, Khan took charge as Director in 1983 and was subsequently promoted as Director General (Complaints) and held the post between 1987 and 1994.

From 1994 to 1995, he was appointed as Secretary, Attorney-General for Pakistan Office of Attorney-General of Pakistan (AGFP). In 1994, he was appointed as Member, Federal Service Tribunal and he held this office till 1998.

He assumed his duties at the Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights as Joint Secretary, in the year 2000 and was serving in the same capacity, till 2004, when he was elevated as Judge, Peshawar High Court. While still in service, in 2007, he was appointed as Federal Secretary, Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights and after keeping that charge, for little over a year, in 2008 he was elevated and sworn in as the Chief Justice, Peshawar High Court[5] from where he retired upon attaining the age of superannuation, on 8 August 2008.

Post-retirement honors

After laying down the robes, in 2010 Justice Khan was given the task to serve the Parliament of Pakistan as a Constitutional Expert, 18th Amendment Implementation Commission[6] between 2010-11.[7] After successful completion of tenure in 2011, Khan joined the office of Ombudsmen in Pakistan as Senior Advisor, Federal Ombudsman.

In 2012, he assumed office, for the second time, as Federal Secretary, Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights and held that charge till late 2013 when he was appointed as Special Secretary, Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights[8] till his tenure completed in April 2016, As the Law Secretary, Justice Khan, was also holding portfolio of Member, Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan.[9]

In 2016, Justice Khan was called upon to serve the Senate of Pakistan, the Upper House of Parliament and he took over the charge of Advisor, Legislative Drafting. Throughout his association with the Upper House of Parliament, Justice Khan has provided expert briefings to various parliamentary bodies, including the Functional Committee on Human Rights, the Committee on Law and Justice, and committees reviewing amendments regarding special courts and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). He actively contributed subject-matter expertise during key sessions dealing with judicial reforms and the merger of special courts into ordinary jurisdictions.

In 2016, Justice Khan had the opportunity to serve the Council of Islamic Ideology where he assumed his duties as Member of the Council. He served on the Council for three (3) consecutive terms from 2016-19, 2019-22 and 2022-2025, completing a total of Nine (9) Years on the Council before relinquishing office in March 2025 [10] [11]

During the Tenure of the Federal Ombudsman of Pakistan Mr. Salman Faruqui, Justice Khan assisted the Federal Ombudsman in an advisory capacity, significantly modernizing the institution and expanding its outreach. Subsequently, Justice Khan was given additional responsibility on a permanent basis as he joined the office of the Federal Ombudsman of Pakistan in 2017 for a Second time assuming the office as Senior Advisor to the Federal Ombudsman where he continued to serve for the next 2 tenures between 2017-21 alongside Mr. Tahir Shahbaz [12] and subsequently between 2022-2026 alongside Federal Ombudsman Mr.Ejaz Ahmed Qureshi [13] [14][15]

Academic and Professional Engagements

Justice Khan has immensely contributed to policy and judicial education as a member of the Board of Governors for the Federal Judicial Academy. [16] Moreover, Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services in Islamabad has functioned under his institutional guidance for legislative development and capacity building, a body which facilitates training sessions for law makers on the Constitution. [17] [18]

Justice Khan has been recognized in the field of legal governance and over the years has accumulated and contributed extensively as a trainer, guest lecturer and advisor to public, private, and development-sector organizations, specializing in capacity building, policy guidance, and institutional development. [19] He regularly speaks on the administrative procedures, practices, and informal dispute resolution mechanisms to process public grievances against government agencies. [20]

On the academic front, Justice Khan has remained on the Board of Governors of Gomal University, D.I.Khan while he was serving as a Judge, Peshawar High Court, D.I.Khan Bench (2004-05). Subsequently, he was nominated by the Chief Justice Peshawar High Court as the Syndicate Member of Women University Mardan where he served as Senior Syndicate Member for 2 Tenures between 2021-23 and 2023-25. [21] He continues to serve on the Governing Body of Al-Mizan Institute of Legal Studies. [22]

References

  1. ↑ Senate Secretariat (4 February 2021). [Senate Secretariat notification] (PDF) (Report). Senate of Pakistan. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Justice Raza posted as law secretary". Business Recorder. Associated Press of Pakistan. 17 November 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  3. ↑ Shah, Waseem Ahmad (22 January 2008). "PESHAWAR: Raza takes oath as high court chief justice". Dawn. Karachi. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "WIPO Magazine, Issue Nos. 11–12, 2000" (PDF). World Intellectual Property Organization. World Intellectual Property Organization. 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  5. ↑ Shah, Waseem Ahmad (22 January 2008). "PESHAWAR: Raza takes oath as high court chief justice". Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Commission formed for 18th Amendment implementation". 5 May 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Chairman and Members of Implementation Commission on 18th Amendment calls on Prime Minister Gilani". asianetpakistan.com. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Reshuffle: Nawaz appoints Barrister Zafarullah as new Law Secretary — The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Members of Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan". ljcp.gov.pk. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "President appoints new CII members; — The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  11. ↑ ":::Council Of Islamic Ideology|||Present Council:::". cii.gov.pk. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "Passport Committee Report" (PDF). Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  13. ↑ "Passport Report" (PDF). Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  14. ↑ "Over 95pc judgments of Federal Ombudsman implemented: Ejaz Qureshi". Daily Times. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  15. ↑ "Head Office Directory" (PDF). Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "Federal Judicial Academy Annual Report 2015–16" (PDF). Federal Judicial Academy. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "6th National Parliamentary Development Course (November 4, 2019)". Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services. Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  18. ↑ "Orientation Programme for the Short-Term Interns of the National Assembly of Pakistan". Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services. Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  19. ↑ "Raising the bar: Panel to improve legal education proposed". The Express Tribune. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  20. ↑ "Lecture by Justice (R) Muhammad Raza Khan". Shariah Academy, International Islamic University Islamabad. Shariah Academy, IIUI. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  21. ↑ "Women University Mardan approves key financial and administrative decisions in 18th FPC and 29th Syndicate meetings". Women University Mardan. Women University Mardan. 30 December 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  22. ↑ "Governing Body". Al-Mizan Law College. Al-Mizan Law College. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
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