Sarmad Jalal Osmany

Osmany was born on 13 October 1950 in Lahore.{{Cite web |last=Dawn.com |date=2012-07-02 |title=Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/731173/justice-sarmad-jalal-osmany |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/2012/07/02/justice-sarmad-jalal-osmany/|title=Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany|date=July 2, 2012|website=DAWN.COM}} He received his early education from St. Anthony's High School, Lahore. He attended the University of Peshawar, where he graduated with a BA in 1971.{{Cite web|url=https://sindhhighcourt.gov.pk/Justice_Sarmad_Jalal_Usmani.php|title=Sarmad Jalal Osmany profile}} Later, he obtained his LLB from the University of the Punjab in 1975, and earned an LLM from the University of London in 1978.

Osmany began his legal career as an associate at a law firm in Karachi between 1979 and 1982, followed by a stint at Shearman & Sterling in New York City from 1983 to 1984, focusing on international trade and banking.

In 1985, Osmany founded his own law firm in Karachi, practising primarily in the fields of banking, shipping, and mergers and acquisitions. He also served as legal adviser to the Privatization Commission of Pakistan.

Osmany also served as a professor of law at Sindh Muslim Law College in Karachi, where he taught from 1980 to 1982 and from 1985 to 1998, covering subjects such as business contracts, company law, and international law.

In 1998, Osmany was appointed a judge of the Sindh High Court. He adjudicated cases related to shipping, banking, property, tax, constitutional, and criminal law. He participated in the Provincial Steering Committee for the Sindh in Pakistan's Judicial and Legal Reform Project, funded by the Asian Development Bank.

In September 2008, Osmany was elevated to the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and on 3 August 2009 Osmany became the chief justice of the Sindh High Court.

Osmany died in his mid-seventies in Karachi on 21 April 2025. He had long been battling cancer.

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