Riaz Ahmad Khan

Riaz Ahmad Khan (15 May 1952 21 August 2021) was a Pakistani judge who served as the 15th chief justice of the Federal Shariat Court from 7 March 2015 to 14 May 2017. Prior to his retirement from legal services in May 2014, he served as Islamabad High Court judge. He was appointed as additional deputy prosecutor at the National Accountability Bureau and a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council in 1999. He also served as acting chief justice of Islamabad High Court in 2013.

He was also a member of the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan. He participated in the All Pakistan Declamation Contest and became the recipient of a gold medal. Khan became the Islamabad High Court judge on 21 Dec 2010, Federal Shariat Court judge on 8 August 2014 and chief justice of Shariat Court on 7 March 2015. Provided by Wikipedia