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History of District & Sessions Courts Karachi East​

The Judicial District East was created on July 04, 1985. There are of 63 Courts one for District & Sessions Judge Court, 14 Additional District & Sessions Judge,13 Senior Civil Judge & 35 Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate. Mr. Arshad Murtaza is the present District & Sessions Judge who took charge of these courts on 7th of October 2024.

Following are the list of former District & Sessions Judges Posted in Judicial District Karachi East.

List of Former Honorable District & Sessions Judges of Judicial District Karachi East.

S.No Name of Hon'ble District & Sessions Judges Duration
1 Mr. Ghulam Hussain Memon From: July 04, 1985 to: August 17, 1987
2 Mr.Ghulam Muhammad Rajput From: August 19, 1987 to: May 15, 1988
3 Mr.Mukhtar Ahmed Junejo From: May 15, 1988 to: September 08, 1988
4 Mr. Rana Bhagwan Das From: September 13, 1988 to: February 12, 1990
5 Mr. Syed Nasir Hussain Jafri From: February 13, 1990 to: January 14, 1991
6 Mr.Ghous Muhammad From: January 16, 1991 to: March 31, 1992
7 Mr.Mehboob Ahmed Siddiqui From: March 31, 1992 to: September 26, 1992
8 Mr.Shabbir Ahmed From: September 26, 1992 to: September 22, 1994
9 Mr. Shah Nawaz Awan From: September 22, 1994 to: April 10, 1995
10 Mr.Arjan Ram K. Talreja From: April 19, 1995 to: September 30, 1996
11 Mr. Akbar Memon From: September 30, 1996 to: January 19, 1997
12 Mr. Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan From: January 19, 1997 to: July 31, 1997
13 Mrs.Qaiser Iqbal From: July 31, 1997 to: March 08, 2000
14 Mr. Hassan Shah Bukhari From: March 08, 2000 to: July 13, 2000
15 Mr. Ali Sain Dino Metlo From: July 13, 2000 to: September 30, 2003
16 Mr.Zafar Ahmed Khan Sherwani From: November 22, 2003 to: November 14, 2006
17 Mr. Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan From: November 14, 2006 to: November 21, 2007
18 Mr.Feroz Mazhar Ali Syed From: November 21, 2007 to: May 14, 2008
19 Mr.Ashfaq Ahmed Baloch From: May 14, 2008 to: August 13, 2008
20 Ms. Soofia Latif From: August 15, 2008 to: March 02, 2009
21 Mr. Sadiq Hussain Bhatti From: March 04, 2009 to: May 31, 2012
22 Ms. Ashraf Jahan From: July 19, 2012 to: April 12, 2013
23 Mr. Arshad Noor Khan From: April 12, 2013 to: August 13, 2014
24 Syed Shakeel Hyder From: August 22, 2014 to: September 02, 2015
25 Mr. Fahim Ahmed Siddiqui From: September 03, 2015 to: November 29, 2016
26 Mr. Abdullah Channah From: December 01 , 2016 to: May 2nd, 2019
27 Mr. Khalid Hussain Shahani From: June 19, 2019 to: June 7th, 2022
28 Mr. Abdul Naeem Memon From: June 30, 2022 to: October 5, 2024
29 Dr. Chaudry Wasim Iqbal From: October 7, 2024 to: April 7, 2025
30 Mr. Arshad Murtaza From: April 8, 2025 to: To-Date