Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui


Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui is a Pakistani jurist and former senior Justice of the Islamabad High Court.

Early life and education

He was born on 1 July 1959 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He completed his early education from Gordon College, Rawalpindi. He then went to the University of the Punjab for LLB and MBA.

Judicial career

He started his career as an advocate of district courts in 1988. He was elevated to the advocate of High Court in 1990 and advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2001. He won the election in 2011 and became President of High Court Bar Association, Rawalpindi.
On 21 November 2011, he was elevated as Justice of Islamabad High Court.
In 2018, he accused Inter-Services Intelligence for designing a coup against the government of Nawaz Sharif. Later, in October, he was removed as Justice of the Islamabad High Court by the recommendations of Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan to the President of Pakistan.