Sindh Muslim Law College

Sindh Muslim Law College
Motto	"Establish weight with justice and fall not short in the balance"
Type	Public
Established	28 June 1947
Principal	Advocate Supreme Court Mr. Fareed A. Dayo
Location	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	University of Karachi, Pakistan Bar Council
Website	www.smlawcollege.edu.pk

The Sindh Muslim Government Law College (Urdu: سنده مسلم گورنمنٹس لا کالج) or S. M. Law College (Urdu: ایس ایم لاء کالج) is one of the oldest law schools of Pakistan, situated in Karachi, Sindh. The college has produced numerous notables including Chief Justices of Pakistan, Chief Justices of Federal Shariat Court, Chief Ministers of Sindh, Federal Ministers, and many judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and Sindh High Court.^[1]

Sindh Muslim Law College building

The college was established by its first Principal Hassanally A. Rahman, a leading Advocate of Sindh on the June 28, 1947 and was affiliated to the University of Sindh. It started functioning at Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam. After the closure of Shahani Law College, the college shifted to its present building in 1948 and is affiliated with the University of Karachi.

Library[]

The college has one of the oldest law library in Pakistan. The library is an important resource centre, primarily intended to provide undergraduate and postgraduate students with the books, law journals and reading materials they need for their studies, as well as having a valuable and ever increasing collection of legal works. The library contains over 50,000 volumes, the core of which is a comprehensive range of legal materials for practitioners, law students and faculty members.

Former faculty[]

Justice Syed Ali Aslam Jafri (principal from 2019 to 2021)
Justice Haziqul Khairi (principal from 1981 to 1988)
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (former President and Prime Minister of Pakistan)

Alumni[]

Indian Jurists[]

Ram Jethmalani (Doyen of criminal law)

Chief Justices of Pakistan[]

Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court[]

Supreme Court of Pakistan judges[]

Sindh High Court judges[]

Other notable persons[]

Makhdoom Ali Khan – Senior Advocate Supreme Court, former Attorney General of Pakistan and chairman Pakistan Bar Council
Syed Qaim Ali Shah – Chief Minister of Sindh
Rana Muhammad Akram Khan, former Chairman Punjab Bar Council.
Ghous Ali Shah – former Chief Minister of Sindh, former Defence Minister of Pakistan, former Federal Education Minister
Shahida Jamil – former Federal Minister for Women Development, former Minister for Law, Human Rights, Social Welfare and Environment
Naimatullah Khan – former Mayor of Karachi
Nisha Rao - lawyer and transgender activist
Farooq H. Naik – Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, former Federal Minister for Law and Human Rights
Farman Fatehpuri – eminent scholar of Urdu language and literature
Khalid Ali Z. Qazi – former Education Minister of Sindh, former Additional Advocate General of Sindh. Currently the Vice Chancellor of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law.
Rasul Bux Palejo – senior politician