Aslam Riaz Hussain
{{Short description|Former judge of Pakistan (c. 1924-2004)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Justice
| name = Aslam Riaz Hussain
| image =
| office = Judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan
| term_start = 19 September 1978
| office2 = 19th Governor of Punjab
| president2 = Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
| term_start2 = July 1977
| term_end2 = September 1978
| office3 = Chief Justice of Lahore High Court
| term_start3 = 1976
| term_end3 = 1978
| birth_date = {{circa|1924}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|09|10|1924|df=y}}
| death_place = Lahore, Pakistan
| resting_place = Shadman Colony
| alma_mater = Government College University, Lahore • Punjab University Law College (PULC)
}}
Aslam Riaz Hussain ({{circa|1924}} {{endash}} 10 March 2004){{cite web | title=Former justice Aslam Riaz passes away | website=Brecorder | date=2004-03-11 | url=http://www.brecorder.com/news/3021335 | access-date=2021-08-29}} was a former Pakistani jurist and the first ombudsman who served as 28th chief justice of the Lahore High Court from 1976 to 1978,{{cite web | title=Former Chief Justices | website=Lahore High Court | date=2020-08-08 | url=https://data.lhc.gov.pk/judges/former_chief_justices | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808140547/https://data.lhc.gov.pk/judges/former_chief_justices | archive-date=2020-08-08 | url-status=dead | access-date=2021-08-29}} and 19th governor of Punjab from July 1977 to September 1978.{{cite web | title=Our Governors | website=Punjab Portal | date=2021-06-03 | url=https://punjab.gov.pk/our_governors | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603043225/https://punjab.gov.pk/our_governors | archive-date=2021-06-03 | url-status=live | access-date=2021-08-29}} In 1978, he was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Biography
He was born to Tasaddaq Husain who was a poet and an assistant advocate-general of the Punjab Province. His mother, Begum Salma Tasaddaq Husain was a political activist and one of the two women who was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly on the ticket of All-India Muslim League in 1946 Indian provincial elections.
He received his education from Central Model School and later went to Government College, Lahore. As a classmate of justice Javed Iqbal, he met Muhammad Iqbal several times. He later went to London where he obtained his legal profession from Lincoln's Inn in 1958.
In 1962 he served as an assistant advocate general until he was appointed as an additional advocate-general of West Pakistan in 1969, and a year after he was appointed as a judge of the West Pakistan High Court in 1970.
He was also appointed governor of Punjab when Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq declared military coup.{{cite web | title=LAHORE: Justice Aslam Riaz passes away | website=DAWN.COM | date=2004-03-11 | url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/353474/lahore-justice-aslam-riaz-passes-away | access-date=2021-08-29}}
He died on 10 March 2004 in Lahore, Pakistan. He is buried in his family cemetery at Shadman Colony, Gulberg, Lahore.
References
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{{Governors of Punjab, Pakistan}}
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Category:Justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
Category:Governors of Punjab, Pakistan