Justice Sabihuddin passes away

The sitting judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan, Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed died in Karachi on Sunday due to brain haemorrhage. He was 60. According to private TV channel, his Nimaz-e-Jinaza would be offered in Karachi on Monday. He was admitted in local hospital of Karachi for the last one week.
Former justice Nasir Aslam Zahid while expressing his deep sorrow over the demise of Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed said that he was appointed Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court on 28-4-2000. He declared some landmark judgements on constitutional laws. He remained president of students union in SM Law College Karachi. He was a good orator, retired justice Nasir added.
Sabihuddin father Wajihuddin is alive. His is not well now a days. His father was a DMG officer and remained commissioner of Lahore. One of his sons is barrister Salahuddin. According to various TV channels, Justice Sabihuddin Ahmad was born in 1949 at Hyderabad (Sindh). He got his earlier education in different parts of the country. He did MA from Punjab University in 1969 and LLB from Karachi University.
He participated in several inter-collegiate debates and also edited college magazine at Government Degree College Sukkur, Government College Lahore and S.M. Law College, Karachi. The deceased judge of SC entered into legal profession in 1972 in the chamber of Khalid M. Ishaque, a leading advocate in Karachi.
He practised at the bar for 23 years and appeared before the Supreme Court in important civil and constitutional matters. The deceased was founder member of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and its vice president (1987-1990). He also participated in several international conferences on human rights and allied issues. He contributed several articles to newspapers and periodicals on constitutional human rights issues.
Justice Sabihuddin also participated in several international judicial conferences. He was an elected member of the International Advisory Council of the International Centre for Promotion of Human Rights (Interights) and Steering Committee of the South Asia Forum Legal Education on Gender Issues. He also remained member of board of trustee of Aga Khan University Hospital and board of governor of Hamdard University.