Career
He refused to take oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) 3 November 2007 and rejected all kinds of offers. As Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court, Khan delivered several major judgments: terming drone strikes ‘war crimes’, ordering the government to raise the issue at the United Nations. A lifelong disqualification of former president Pervez Musharraf from contesting elections.
Declaring fuel adjustment charges illegal. Taking suo motu notice of women being barred from voting and ordering missing persons be shifted to internment centers.
Khan was born on 20 March 1953 in Bannu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
He received his early education from Government High School Number. 1, Bannu. In June, 2008, he attended the Course "on Reducing Delay in Justice, Administration of Justice and Court Management" held by RIPA International, London, United Kingdom. He also attended Conference at Washington-District of Columbia on sharing of Judicial Experience on Intellectual Property Rights & International Commercial Arbitration held in October–November, 2010.
Khan began his career as a lawyer in 1976 and served in lower and high courts as well as the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
He remained President of District Bar Association, Bannu from1986-1987.and President of Peshawar High Court Bar Association Doctorate.I. Khan Bench from 1999-2000. Khan was appointed as additional judge on 10 September 2002.
He was elevated as permanent Judge of the Peshawar High Court on 10 September 2003 and took oath as Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court on 17 November 2011, where he served for two years and two months, before being elevated to the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 31 January 2014. During his tenure as Chief Justice, Peshawar High Court, he delivered several major judgments including.
Terming drone strikes ‘war crimes’, a lifelong disqualification of former president Pervez Musharraf from contesting elections.
Declaring fuel adjustment charges illegal. Taking suo motu notice of women being barred from voting and ordering missing persons be shifted to internment centers.