Re: Aitzaz Ahsan the next PM?
Political Affiliation
Aitzaz Ahsan started his political career in the 1970’s when he held the portfolio of Punjab information planning & development minister during Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government in 1970’s. Aitzaz Ahsan was elected to the National Assembly as a PPPP candidate. He has previously been elected as MNA for the terms of 1988, 1991 and 1993. He was also elected as Senator for the term of 1994-1999.
He was jailed several times as a political prisoner without trial for active participation in the movement for restoration of democracy.
Profession
He is a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Ahsan is a well respected Pakistani lawyer, among the top 7 lawyers in the world as mentioned by World Lawyers ranking, writer, politician, former Federal Minister for Law and Justice; Interior, Narcotics Control (1988-1990) and Education and leader of the opposition in the senate (1994-1999). Elected Member of National Assembly thrice on a People’s Party ticket, he is noted for his loyalty to PPP leader Benazir Bhutto and is one of Pakistan’s most respected politicians for his eloquent and articulate speeches on the floor of the assembly and his knowledge of the law. He also made legal history of sorts by having defended two Prime Ministers in the court of law. Having previously fought cases in defence of Ms Bhutto. In 2001 he took up a case in defence of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
He is also an indefatigable human rights activist and a founder vice-president of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. He has been incarcerated under arbitrary detention laws many times by military and authoritarian regimes. During one such prolonged detention, he wrote The Indus Saga.
chief Justice Case
Recently Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan has successsfully represented suspended Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad’s case in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The hearing was being conducted by a full panel of judges headed by Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday, and the 13-member panel reinstated the Chief Justice declaring his suspension by Musharraf regime “illegal”
** Literary Contribution**
Posessing a literary penchant, he has also authored the book “The Indus Saga and the Making of Pakistan” and its Urdu translation, “Sindh Sagar Aur Qyam-e-Pakistan” which present the cultural history of Pakistan. Married, he is the father of two daughters and a son.