*ISLAMABAD – The acting chief justice of the Federal Shariat Court, JusticeAllama Dr Fida Muhammad Khan, has passed away.*

The court announced this on Friday. His funeral will be held on Saturday(November 30) at 9am at the Sector H-11 Graveyard.

Justice Khan was appointed an alim judge on September 20.

He had also been the chairman of KP’s Economic Reforms Commission since2004.