Former IHC judge Tariq Jahangiri challenges removal in FCC

Former Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge Tariq Jahangiri has approached the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC), challenging his removal from the judicial position. Jahangiri filed an appeal in the FCC, stating that the IHC's decision to remove him from his position as a judge should be declared null and void. He maintained that he was removed without the legal requirements being fulfilled. The IHC officially de-notified Jahangiri over issues concerning his law degree on December 18, 2025. A division bench, led by Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Muhammad Azam Khan, ruled that Jahangiri did not hold a valid degree at the time of his appointment and declared his appointment “illegal.” Read: Jahangiri faces uphill legal battle The bench ordered him to immediately vacate his office and directed the law ministry to formally remove him from the judiciary. “He held an invalid law degree at the time of his appointment and confirmation as judge,” the court noted. Jahangiri had accused Dogar of committing misconduct, saying he was facing "immense pressure" for expeditious disposal of quo warranto petition against him. He also moved an application in the IHC through lawyer Akram Sheikh, requesting to refer the case against his disqualification to the full court comprising all judges except the transferee judges, including Dogar. Jahangiri was due to retire on July 10, 2027. He was appointed as an additional judge of the IHC in December 2020 during the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government. Before this, he had served as deputy attorney general under the Pakistan Peoples Party government and later held the post of advocate general for the Islamabad Capital Territory during the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government. Read More: Judge Jahangiri accuses IHC CJ Dogar of misconduct The controversy over his law degree began in 2024 when a letter, allegedly from the University of Karachi’s controller of examinations, started circulating on social media. In July, a complaint regarding Jahangiri’s purportedly fake degree was submitted to the Supreme Judicial Council, the top forum for judicial accountability, which investigates misconduct allegations against judges.

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