Former CEC Fakhruddin G Ebrahim passes away

• Ebrahim was an eminent Pakistani jurist, constitutional expert, senior advocate Supreme Court, former federal law minister.
• Ebrahim also served as the Attorney General of Pakistan during Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s regime and later as the Governor of Sindh.
• Ebrahim refused to obey the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) during the reign of former president Pervez Musharraf and former PM Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.

(Karachi) Former chief election commissioner Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim passed away at the age of 91 in Karachi on Tuesday.

Fakhruddin G Ebrahim was an eminent Pakistani jurist, constitutional expert, senior advocate Supreme Court, former federal law minister, former attorney general of Pakistan, former judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and former governor of Sindh.

He was born on February 12, 1948, in Gujarat, India. He rose to fame when he refused to obey the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) during the reign of former president Pervez Musharraf.

Ebrahim also served as interim law minister from July 18, 1993 to October 19, 1993 and interim justice minister from 5 November 1996 until 17 February 1997.

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He served as the Attorney General of Pakistan during the government of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and served as his close legal adviser throughout the 1970s.

In the year 1950, Ebrahim migrated to Pakistan and attended Sindh Muslim Law College. He received LLM degree and an honorary Juris Doctor in 1960 and later established his own law firm by the name of Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim & Company.

Ebrahim also served as the Attorney General of Pakistan during Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s regime and later as the Governor of Sindh.

In the March of 1981, he was amongst the very few judges who refused to take oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) drafted by General Zia-ul-Haq, along with Justice S. Anwarul Haq, Justice Maulvi Mushtaq Hussain and Justice Dorab Patel.

Meanwhile, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa expressed grief on the demise of Fakhruddin G Ebrahim, a statement issued by DG ISPR stated.

The army chief said, "May Allah bless the departed soul and gives strength to the bereaved family, Aamen."