The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa.
Mr. Asif Saeed Khan Khosa was born on December 21, 1954 at Dera Ghazi Khan. He passed his Matriculation Examination in the year 1969 from the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Multan, securing fifth position in the Board and winning the National Talent Scholarship. As a student of Government College, Lahore he passed his Intermediate Examination in the year 1971 from the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Lahore, securing first position in the Board and winning the National Talent Scholarship. Again as a student of Government College, Lahore he passed his B.A. Examination in the year 1973 from the University of the Punjab, securing first position in the University and winning the National Talent Scholarship. He secured his M.A. degree in English Language & Literature from the University of the Punjab in the year 1975. After proceeding to the United Kingdom in the year 1976 for his legal education he completed his Law Tripos, Part I, from Queens' College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom in the year 1977. He got his LL.M. degree from Queens' College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom in the year 1978 with specialization in Public International Law in the subjects of the Law of Peace, the Law of War and Armed Conflict, the Law of International Institutions and the Law of Civil Liberties. He was called to the Bar on July 26, 1979 at the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, London, United Kingdom and was conferred the degree of Utter Barrister.
Mr. Khosa was enrolled as an Advocate of the Lahore High Court on November 13, 1979 and later as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on September 12, 1985. He practised law for a few months before the District Courts at Dera Ghazi Khan and then for a few years at the Multan Bench of the Lahore High Court before shifting his legal practice to Lahore. He has handled thousands of cases of constitutional, criminal, civil, service, revenue and election laws in the superior courts of Pakistan ever since. Over 600 cases conducted by him have since been reported in various Law Reports. He also served as a Member of the Library Committee and as a Member of the Executive Committee of the Lahore High Court Bar Association, Lahore for some time.
Mr. Khosa has authored two books titled 'Heeding the Constitution' (published in 1995 by P.L.D. Publishers, 35-Nabha Road, Lahore) and 'Constitutional Apologues' (published in 1997 by Kausar Brothers, I-Turner Road, Lahore). He has also edited and compiled 'The Constitution of Pakistan, 1973' with all amendments upto date (published in 1989 by Kausar Brothers, I-Turner Road, Lahore and reprinted every year). He has regularly been writing articles on various aspects of the Constitution of Pakistan and the same have frequently been published in P.L.D., P.L.J. and all the major English Newspapers of the country.
Mr. Khosa belongs to a well-educated, landed, well-known and well-placed family of the Punjab. His father Sardar Faiz Muhmmad Khan Khosa, who was awarded the Tehrik-e-Pakistan Gold Medal by the Punjab Government for having worked closely with the Quaid-e-Azam in the struggle for Independence, is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan who had also served in the past as an elected member of the Pakistan Bar Council. Mr. Khosa is son-in-law of Justice (Retired) Dr. Syed Nasim Hasan Shah who served the superior judiciary of Pakistan for over twenty-six years and retired as Chief Justice of Pakistan in the year 1994.
The intellectual credentials of Mr. Khosa equally match his academic record. He has served as a part-time lecturer of Constitutional Law at the University Law College, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan from 1982 to 1985, the Punjab University Law College, Lahore from 1986 to 1992 and the Punjab Law College, Lahore from 1995 to 1996. He was last serving as a part-time lecturer of Constitutional Law at the Pakistan College of Law, Lahore. He was also a visiting lecturer of Constitutional Law at the Civil Services Academy, Lahore; National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA), Lahore; National Police Academy, Islamabad; Staff Training Institute of the Services and General Administration Department of the Government of the Punjab; Training Course for Civil Judges conducted by the Lahore High Court, Lahore; and the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). He has been the Chief Editor of Key Law Reports (KLR) since 1989. His publications on the constitutional law of Pakistan are read and referred to with seriousness. His legal services have, on many occasions, been usefully utilized by the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Lahore High Court when he was called upon to assist the Courts as amicus curiae in different important cases.
Mr. Khosa has ample national and international exposure. He has participated and represented Pakistan in various conferences, seminars and symposia held in Pakistan and abroad. He is a founding member of the SAARCLAW. Some of the major international conferences / seminars attended by him are: International Law Association's Conference on 'The Right to Food' held at Islamabad, Pakistan in 1990; First SAARCLAW Conference held at Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1991; Second SAARCLAW Conference held at Karachi, Pakistan in 1992; Third SAARCLAW Conference held at New Delhi, India in 1994; contributed a paper for the Asia Law Conference on Social Development held at Hyderabad, India on February 17-19, 1995; Joint Seminar on 'Contemporary Issues Concerning Criminal Justice: A Comparative Perspective' conducted by the National Police Academy, Islamabad in collaboration with the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Tokyo held at Rawalpindi, Pakistan on March 12-16, 1995; Fourth SAARCLAW Conference held at Kathmandu, Nepal on March 31-April 2, 1995; Seminar on 'Civil Services of Pakistan: Challenges and Opportunities' conducted by the Civil Services Academy, Lahore on September 17, 1995; Workshop on 'Human Rights Education' held by the National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA), Lahore on August 18, 1997; Sixth SAARCLAW Conference held at Karachi, Pakistan on October 3-5, 1997; and Human Rights Conference of the International Bar Association held at Lahore, Pakistan on March 29-31, 1998.
Apart from his professional and academic interests Mr. Khosa has a keen interest in different sports and outdoor activities. He had won many prizes in different indoor sports in Government College, Lahore and had also played Cricket for Queens' College, University of Cambridge. He has also travelled extensively in Europe, America, the Middle East, the Far East and the Indian sub-continent.
Barrister Asif Saeed Khan Khosa has now been elevated to the Bench and appointed as an Additional Judge of the Lahore High Court, Lahore with effect from May,21 1998.
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