Justice (Retd) Nazar Akbar

  • Practiced as an Advocate of District Courts at Karachi from 18th January 1986 to 14th May, l987.
  • Served as Civil Judge and First Class Magistrate w. e. f. 15th May 1987 to 10th November 1988.
  • Enrolled as Advocate High Court of Sindh on 23-07-1989.
  • Served as Deputy Attorney General for Pakistan, from 27-02-2009 to 21-04- 2011.
  • Elevated as Judge of Judge High Court of Sindh on 31-08-2013 and retired on 06-08-2021.
  • Also served as Judge of the Special Court for a trial of Offence of High Treason under the High Treason (Punishment) Act, 1973 from 13-06-2018 till the final decision on 17-12-2019 and verdict released on 19-12-2019 (Authored Dissenting Note).
  • Resumed practice as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 1st September 2021.

All courts of Pakistan from the lowest to the Supreme Court with the exception of courts in the province of Sindh pursuant to article 207 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973.

As a judge of the High Court and a practicing lawyer I have examined and worked in the following area of law and on topic there are citations reported in law journals:

  • Administration of justice.
  • Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.
  • Arbitration Act, 1940.
  • Cantonment Rent Restriction Act, 1963.
  • Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
  • Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898.
  • Companies Act, 2017.
  • Companies Ordinance, 1984.
  • Control of Narcotic Substance Act, 1997.
  • CONSTITUTION OF PAKISTAN, 1973.
  • Contempt of Court Act, 2003.
  • Contract Act, 1872.
  • Co-operative Societies Act, 1925.
  • Counsel and Clients.
  • Custom Act, 1969.
  • Defamation Act, 2005.
  • Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1958.
  • Electricity Act, 1910.
  • Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961.
  • Family Court Act, 1964.
  • Fatal Accidents Act, 1076.
  • Financial Institutions (Recovery of Finances) Ordinance XLVI of 2001.
  • General Clauses Act, 1897.
  • Guardian and Ward Act, 1890.
  • Illegal Dispossession Act, 2005.
  • Imports and Exports (Control) Act, 1950.
  • Industrial Dispute.
  • Interpretation of statutes.
  • Land Acquisition Act, 1894.
  • Limitation Act, 1908.
  • Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973.
  • Missing Person cases.
  • Motor Vehicles Act, 1939.
  • National Accountability Ordinance, 1999.
  • Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002.
  • Partition Act, 1893.
  • Provincial Employees’ Social Security Ordinance, 1965.
  • Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority Ordinance, 2002.
  • Pakistan Penal Code, 1860.
  • Precedents.
  • Police Rules, 1934.
  • Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984.
  • Registered Design Ordinance, 2000.
  • Sales Tax.
  • Sindh Civil Servants (Appointment, Promotion and Transfer) Rules, 1974.
  • Sindh Chief Court Rules (O. S.).
  • Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance, 1979.
  • Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Act, 1997.
  • Registration Act, 1908.
  • Registered Designs Ordinance, 2000.
  • Societies Registration Act, 1860.
  • Specific Relief Act, 1877.
  • Stamp Act, 1899.
  • Succession Act, 1925.
  • Trusts Act, 1882.
  • Transfer of Property Act, 1882.
  • Words and Phrases.