Hamid Khan (lawyer)

Hamid Khan wrote several books that are recommended reading for Pakistani students of law. Hamid Khan studied law at the University of Punjab and University of Illinois and has been practising for over thirty years.[2]

Khan a prominent lawyer has served as the chairman executive committee (CEC) & Vice-Chairman of Pakistan Bar Council, former vice-Chairman of Punjab Bar Council, former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. In earlier positions he served as the President of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (1992–93).[3] He is an Advocate of the Supreme Court and High Courts of Pakistan and is one of the founding partners of Cornelius, Lane and Mufti, a law firm based at Lahore.

Khan was the lawyer of the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, when General Pervez Musharraf put forward a reference against the Chief Justice and Chaudhary decided to defend his case in the court. Hamid Khan contributed considerably to the Lawyers' Movement of Pakistan which led to the restoration of Chaudhry as Chief Justice of Pakistan. Khan regularly lectures on various legal subjects at Punjab University, the Civil Services Academy, the National Institute of Public Administration and the Pakistan Administrative Staff College.

He has authored five books on legal subjects, three of which-Islamic Law of Inheritance, Principles of Administrative Law and Administrative Tribunals for civil Servants in Pakistan-are prescribed as Textbooks at law schools. He is an Ebert and DAAD Fellow, as well as a member of The Hague Academy of International Law. His book "Constitutional and Political History of Pakistan" is taught at the LLB level, and is a comprehensive reference on the making of Pakistan. His work is also taught at the LLM level.[4]

A hidden controversy was erupted in 2002 when Hamid Khan was enjoying the Presidentship of Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan, Ayesha Jalal a famous historian and writer called Barrister Ijaz Hussain Batalvi to issue notice to Hamid Khan for stealing and copying her book and almost sixthy percent of her book copied by Hamid Khan without her permission in his first book Constitutional and Political History of Pakistan. Mr.Batalvi was reluctant to proceed against Hamid Khan as he was President of SCBAP so his junior Akhtar Aly Kureshy Advocate suggested to call Hamid Khan and point out the senstivity and feelings of author Ayesha Jalal and Mr.Batalvi advised Hamid Khan to call Ayesha Jalal who was in London to ensure her in next addition of his bòok he will show courtesy and citation of Ayesha Jalal full reference to compensate her and matter was amicably settled down.

• Constitutional and Political History of Pakistan (Hardcover – 31 August 2001)
• Islamic law of inheritance: A comparative study with emphasis on contemporary problems (Unknown Binding – 1980)
• Constitutional and Political History of Pakistan (Paperback – 21 April 2005)
• The last defender of constitutional reason? Pakistan’s embattled Supreme Court, in: Constitutionalism in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity. Oxford University Press, Oxford / New York, 2011 (Rainer Grote / Tilmann Röder, eds.).

• Hamid Khan Advocate's Profile and Photos, Movement for Rule of Law.