Faisal Arab
Faisal Arab | |
|---|---|
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan | |
| In office 13 December 2015 – 4 November 2020 | |
| Nominated by | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court | |
| In office 17 February 2015 – 13 December 2015 | |
| Nominated by | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Preceded by | Maqbool Baqar |
| Succeeded by | Sajjad Ali Shah |
| Justice of the Sindh High Court | |
| In office 25 October 2006 – 17 February 2015 | |
| Nominated by | Parvez Musharraf |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 November 1955 Sindh |
Faisal Arab (Urdu: فيصل عرب) is a Pakistani jurist who served as justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, from 13 December 2015 to 4 November 2020.
He was formerly the Chief Justice of Sindh High Court from 17 February 2015 until his appointment to the Supreme Court. who also served as head of a special three-member court to hear the high treason case against former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf in November 2013.
He was among those judges who refused to take the oath as a PCO judge in 2007. Justice Arab has been described, by legal observers, as liberal in his jurisprudence and has taken moderate stance on the judicial interpretation when deciding judgements on many cases of importance.