Umar Ata Bandial
Pakistani judge
Umar Ata Bandial (Urdu: عمر عطا بندیال, [ʊmər ətaː bənd̪jaːl]; born 17 September 1958) is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 28th Chief Justice of Pakistan from February 2022 to September 2023. He was appointed as the Chief Justice after the approval by President Arif Alvi on 13 January 2022. He assumed his office on 2 February 2022 and retired on 16 September 2023. Previously, Bandial served as a Justice of Lahore High Court from 1 June 2012 to 16 June 2014.
Bandial served as the Chief Justice of Pakistan for one year, six months, and 25 days from 2 February 2022, until his retirement on 16 September 2023.
Early life and education
Bandial was born in 1958 in Lahore, Home town District Khushab West Pakistan, into a Punjabi Muslim family. In 1973, Bandial received his Senior Cambridge certificate from St Mary's Academy, Rawalpindi. He then enrolled in Aitchison College, Lahore, for his Higher Senior Cambridge certificate, which he received in 1975. He received his bachelor's degree in economics from Columbia University in 1979 and followed this with a Law Tripos degree from the University of Cambridge in 1981. He qualified as a Barrister-at-Law from Lincoln's Inn, London.
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