Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial has been named in *Timemagazine’s* list of the world’s 100 most influential people this year.
The list, unveiled on Monday, has chosen the ‘influential people’ under sixcategories including artists, innovators, leaders, pioneers, icons, andtitans.
Noted lawyer and PPP stalwart Aitzaz Ahsan wrote the following regardingthe country’s top judge for time’s 100 most influential people.
Umar Ata Bandial, the polite and understated Chief Justice of Pakistan— andantidote to the rising temperatures. Justice Bandial overturned PrimeMinister Khan’s move to dissolve Parliament earlier in April, declaring it‘unconstitutional’.
It added that CJP Bandial was widely respected for his personal integrity.The Columbia- and Cambridge–educated jurist bears the heavy mantle of notjust delivering justice but also being seen to do so.
The top judge of the apex court was graduated from Columbia University, USAfollowed by a Law Tripos degree from Cambridge University, UK and qualifiedas Barrister-at-Law from Lincoln’s Inn, London.
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He started his career in the year 1983 and was named Advocate of theSupreme Court of Pakistan following years of hard work. During his career,Justice Bandial has rendered judgments on a number of key public law andprivate law issues.
The noted personality also taught Contract Law and Torts Law at the PunjabUniversity Law College, Lahore until 1987 and remained a member of itsGraduate Studies Committee while serving as Judge Lahore High Court.
On the other hand, President of Russian President Vladimir Putin, USPresident Joe Biden, Ukrainian premier Volodymyr Zelenskyy, ChinesePresident Xi Jinping, and other leaders also made it to the annual list of*Time’s *magazine.
The prestigious list also includes Apple CEO Tim Cook, Oprah Winfrey,Gautam Adani, Rafael Nadal, and Simu Liu.
