Answers of Quiz 2250 (Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa)

1. On 21 December 1954 in Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab
2. From 13 November 1979
3. From 12 September 1985 to 20 May 1998
4. 21 May 1998 to 17 February 2010
5. From 18 February 2010
6. From 31 December 2016
7. When General Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency on 3 November 2007, suspending the constitution and demanded the judges of the superior judiciary retake their oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO), Justice Khosa like then-Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, and many other senior judges, refused to retake the oath. They were suspended from their duties. On 18 August 2008, he was restored to his prior position as High Court Justice as a result of a lawyer's movement to restore the "deposed judges".
8. He was among the larger bench of seven Supreme Court justices that was hearing Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani's contempt of court case. In that case Supreme Court gave its judgement that had an additional attachment of Justice Khosa's extraordinary six-page note that became the subject of headlines in May 2012. Justice Khosa quoting Kahlil Gibran wrote about the "Pity of the Nation" that became subject of media coverage all over the country. He also headed the larger bench of the Supreme Court that was hearing the "Panama Case" related to the alleged money laundering and off-shore illegal investment by fomer Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family. Justice Khosa is being considered the most relentless judge in larger bench of the "Panama Case". The final verdict issued by the larger bench on the "Panama Case" against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family has proposed a JIT within 60 days. In the final verdict Justice Khosa and Justice Gulzar in their remarks disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from running for office.
9. On 18 January 2019
10. (D) 26th
11. Former Chief Justice Nasim Hassan Shah
12. His brother Nasir Mahmood Khosa is a retired Pakistani bureaucrat from Dera Ghazi Khan who belonged to the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) and served in BPS-22 grade, the highest attainable rank for a serving officer.
13. His brother Tariq Khosa is a former Director General (DG) of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
14. Heeding the Constitution, Constitutional Apologues, Judging with Passion
15. On 20 December 2019
16. For 11 months and 2 days (From 18 January 2019 to 20 December 2019)
17. Asif = Forgiveness or Court Minister
Saeed = Happy, Fortunate
Khan = King

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