Sir Mian Abdul Rashid, Kt, KCSI, was the first Chief Justice of Pakistan, legal philosopher, one of the founding fathers of Pakistan, and a jurist.
Education
He received his early education at Central Model School in Lahore, and got his Bachelor of Arts from, also in Lahore, and a Tripos and Masters from Christ"s College, Cambridge. In 1913 he was called to the Bar from the Inner Temple, London.
Career
He belonged to well-known Arain Mian Family of Baghbanpura, Lahore. He started practising law at Lahore in 1913. He was appointed Assistant Legal Remembrancer in March 1925.
From 1927 to 1931 he officiated as Government of Punjab"s Advocate.
He was appointed as Judge Lahore High Court in 1933. In 1946, he was made Chief Justice of Judicature at Lahore, and was knighted in that year"s Birthday Honours list.
In 2005, the Government of Pakistan honoured him by naming a main road (7th Aveneue) after him in the federal capital, Islamabad. The former Seventh Avenue down to Khayaban-i-Suhrawardy and the Kashmir Highway has been renamed Justice Sir Mian Abdul Rashid Avenue.
( Daily Dawn, 2 September" 2005).