Today, Mian Saqib Nisar, 65, retires as the 25th Chief Justice of Pakistan’s supreme court.
Appointed to the office on December 31, 2016, Justice Nisar has presided over some of Pakistan’s highest-profile civil and constitutional cases, including the disqualification of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the release of Asia Bibi, a poor Christian woman on death row.
Nisar’s verdicts have had an enduring impact on the country’s political milieu as well as its public and private sectors.
Geo.tv revisits the most impactful verdicts by the storied judge, over a span of a year.
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