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Mr. Mohd Akram Sheikh is a Senior Advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan. He graduated with an LL.B from one of the most prestigious educational institutions: Foreman Christian College, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan in 1970. He subsequently attained postgraduate studies from Punjab University in 1972.
To enhance his education, he then went to England and spent a year to complete his postgraduate studies at the Queens' Mary College, University of London, London.

He started his legal career in 1973 and was elected as Secretary General of the District Bar Association, Sahiwal in 1974. In recognition of his services to the Bar; and the Bench, he has been honored by his fellow members and was one of the youngest ever elected Members of the highly respected representative body of lawyer's i.e. Punjab Bar Council, 1978-1990.

He was elected head of the Punjab Bar Council in 1985 and also served as President of the Lahore High Court Bar Association, Multan (1988-89).

Throughout his legal career, Mr. Sheikh has been involved in various critical cases which effected major changes in various areas of law such as Constitutional and Human Rights matters. He won the national and international admiration when he acted before the Supreme Court (1988-1990) in a famous case pertaining to "determination of the powers and relations between the Federal Government & the Province of the Punjab".

He has introduced the provincial banking system, independent of the Federal regulatory system, which later resulted in the formation of one of the most successful banks, The Punjab Bank, Khyber Bank and other Banks.

He has conducted the first case of floor crossing before the Supreme Court of Pakistan in (1989) and later, in 1993 acted as Senior Counsel in the famous case of "Dissolution of the National Assembly".

Mr. Sheikh successfully challenged the establishment of Military Courts to try civilians on charges under anti terrorist laws in 1998 and has been a counsel in almost all landmark Constitutional cases.

He has always been a very vocal Member of the Bar - fighting for Human Rights, rights of women and Independence of Judiciary. The "blind girl" (Safia Bibi) case conducted by him in 1983 which won him international acclaim.

He has always been criticizing appointment of Judges on political basis and in violation of the principles of seniority and due to his very vocal criticism he has had to face contempt charges.

He has held numerous national and international positions including Member of Pakistan Bar Council for more than a decade and its Chief Executive for one year: President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan from 1995-97, Ambassador at Large (with the status of Federal Minister), and Roving Ambassador of Pakistan. He has also represented Pakistan in the United Nations Human Rights Sub Commission on "Prevention of Discrimination & Protection of Minorities" in 1997.

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1	Views on News	ARY News	Wed, Jul 14 2010	Fake...!	1493
2	Policy Matters	Dunya	Sat, Jul 10 2010	New Questions Marks on Judiciary Restoration: Alarm of New Crisis	1031
3	Sawal Ye Hai	ARY News	Fri, Jul 09 2010	Discussion about elections..	804
4	Capital Talk	Geo	Tue, Jul 06 2010	Has changes in NAB made accountability ineffective?	1042
5	Dunya Today	Dunya	Wed, Jun 09 2010	Current political situation & role of Muslim League-N	478
6	Sawal Ye Hai	ARY News	Sun, Jun 06 2010	A constitutional court is the most significant requirement of the time!	814
7	Kal Tak	Express News	Thu, Jun 03 2010	Towards revolution.	2528
8	Capital Talk	Geo	Tue, May 25 2010	Has danger been avoided of collision between government and judiciary?	1132
9	Kal Tak	Express News	Mon, May 24 2010	How collision will be avoided?	1239
10	Capital Talk	Geo	Tue, May 18 2010	Can Zardari retain two offices?	1135
11	Dunya Today	Dunya	Tue, May 18 2010	Has Rehman Malik become not able for senate seat?	830
12	Capital Talk	Geo	Thu, May 06 2010	PPP-Judiciary confrontation.	1210
13	Kal Tak	Express News	Wed, Apr 28 2010	18th amendment and authorities of SC.	1090
14	Dunya Today	Dunya	Wed, Apr 28 2010	The squeezing of Gilani government by Supreme court.	528
15	Sawal Ye Hai	ARY News	Fri, Apr 23 2010	Does constitution have any fundamental draft plan?	804
16	In Session	Dunya	Fri, Apr 23 2010	Judicial Commission Challenge --- Expected Confrontation between Judiciary & Parliament	646
17	Capital Talk	Geo	Wed, Apr 21 2010	Biggest problem : Judicial commission or load-shedding?	944
18	Dunya Today	Dunya	Wed, Apr 21 2010	Only laws which shall be made in pursuance of the constitution , are to be the supreme laws of the land.	643
19	Policy Matters	Dunya	Mon, Mar 29 2010	Matter of judicial commission.	332
20	Sawal Ye Hai	ARY News	Sat, Mar 27 2010	Freedom of judiciary : After one year	641
21	Jawab Deh	Geo	Fri, Mar 26 2010	18th amendment. (Special episode)	1127
22	Capital Talk	Geo	Mon, Mar 22 2010	Constitutional reform or load-shedding?	957
23	Policy Matters	Dunya	Wed, Mar 03 2010	Analysis on draft about judges appointment.	342
24	Dunya Today	Dunya	Mon, Feb 22 2010	P.M & Nawaz Sharif meeting, gains and losses.	238
25	Capital Talk	Geo	Wed, Feb 17 2010	Meeting of C.J with P.M	1870
26	Capital Talk	Geo	Wed, Feb 10 2010	Kite flying banned in Punjab.	687
27	Policy Matters	Dunya	Mon, Feb 01 2010	Future of Zardari and article 248 clauses.	274
28	Capital Talk	Geo	Mon, Jan 25 2010	Lawyers to go on strike on January 28.	1322
29	Dunya Today	Dunya	Mon, Jan 18 2010	Conversation about clash between the government and institutions.	850
30	In Session	Dunya	Mon, Jan 11 2010	Relationship between Judiciary and administration.	522
31	Mere Mutabiq	Geo	Sun, Nov 22 2009	Surprise disclosures.	3470
32	Capital Talk	Geo	Tue, Oct 06 2009	Constitutional matters.	1362
33	Live With Talat	Aaj	Thu, Jul 23 2009	Issue of Pervez Musharraf.	2372
34	Siyasi Log	Express News	Wed, Jul 22 2009	Reason of Petition and Background.	707
35	Jawab Deh	Geo	Sun, Mar 29 2009	Iftikhar Ahmed Focusing on Charter of Democracy with Akram Sheikh.	2054
36	Mere Mutabiq	Geo	Sat, Mar 14 2009	Decision Time....!	2311
37	Capital Talk	Geo	Wed, Feb 25 2009	Sharif brothers ineligible.(Initial part missing.)	3778
38	Off The Record	ARY News	Sun, Jan 25 2009	Are the amendments made in the constitution necessary or not? Is it essential to go back 18 amendment?\r\n\r\n\r\n	1961
39	Capital Talk	Geo	Tue, Nov 25 2008	Is there any visibility regarding justice in islamanization in Pakistan?	2039
40	Capital Talk	Geo	Tue, Nov 18 2008	What is the status of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.	1134

	Sunday, March 15, 2009 7:08:09 AM	Abdul Khaliq	Toronto, Canada
Mashaallah, Allah "Sirat-e-Mustaqeem" ki Hidayat ho AAP KO and whole Ummah.

	Saturday, February 07, 2009 2:01:02 PM	ashraf khan	lahore, Pakistan
a fake barrister.In fact he is not Addresser .you should update your record.He is a simple BA.,LL.B.He is a big fraud and a liar of his own class.

Live With Talat
Thu, Jul 23 2009
Issue of Pervez Musharraf.

	Friday, July 24, 2009 10:17:40 AM	Muhammad Nadeem	Birmingham, United States
Mr,Akram sheikh,is good speaker,knows about the law and justice,but i felt some time that his personality got some favorite colors of to sharif brothers,so this makes him non-neutral person.

Capital Talk
Wed, Feb 25 2009
Sharif brothers ineligible.(Initial part missing.)

	Monday, March 09, 2009 11:18:41 PM	sarfraz	Karachi, Pakistan
Very well said and explained his points

	Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:16:25 PM	Asna	toronto, Canada
he is good in his knowledge

	Thursday, February 26, 2009 10:35:15 AM	AQ	sheffield , United Kingdom
Good

	Thursday, February 26, 2009 10:35:03 AM	AQ	sheffield, United Kingdom
Good

	Thursday, February 26, 2009 6:24:13 AM	CH ZEESHAN	Birminghem, United Kingdom
nice lawyer and very logical.

	Wednesday, February 25, 2009 7:08:23 PM	aurangzeb khan	peshawar, Pakistan
well done

	Wednesday, February 25, 2009 6:06:54 PM	Ali	Paris, France
Honest and good.

	Wednesday, February 25, 2009 2:28:02 PM	usman	helsinki, Finland
honest

Off The Record
Sun, Jan 25 2009
Are the amendments made in the constitution necessary or not? Is it essential to go back 18 amendment?\r\n\r\n\r\n

	Monday, January 26, 2009 6:50:18 AM	Khan	Montana, United States
Good if he is admitting the mistakes they have made in the past !!

	Sunday, January 25, 2009 4:29:09 PM	aurangzeb khan	peshawar, United States
thanks akram sheikh sahib for your struggle for upholding the law of the land.

Capital Talk
Tue, Nov 25 2008
Is there any visibility regarding justice in islamanization in Pakistan?

	Tuesday, November 25, 2008 4:25:45 PM	Unknown	Unknown, Unknown
Greatest...... May Allah Bless you sir ji....

	Tuesday, November 25, 2008 8:04:08 PM	Unknown	Unknown, Unknown
He is not Barrister!

	Wednesday, November 26, 2008 12:32:17 PM	Unknown	Unknown, Unknown
Geo news \\r\\nchannel is excellent channel.

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