Javed Nawaz Gandapur
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Javed Nawaz Gandapur (February 17, 1943 – 2018) was a Pakistani jurist who served as a justice of the Peshawar High Court.[1] He was one of the only two judges at the Peshawar High Court who declined to take an oath under General Pervez Musharraf's first Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) in 2000.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Born in Mansehra, Gandapur was originally from Dera Ismail Khan.[3] His father, Sardar Ahmad Nawaz, was a divisional forest officer.[3] Gandapur received his early education at Army Burn Hall College in Abbottabad before transferring to Government High School Abbottabad in ninth grade.[3] He attended Government College Abbottabad for his arts certificate and obtained a bachelor's degree from Government College Dera Ismail Khan. He earned an LLB degree from Law College, Lahore.[3]
Career
[edit]Gandapur began working as a sales officer at Packages Limited in 1966, foregoing a master's degree in administration.[3]
In 1970, Gandapur qualified the PSC examination for judicial officers, one of five from the North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) to pass that year.[3] He commenced his judicial career in 1973 as a civil judge in Abbottabad, later serving in Mansehra and Kohat.[3] Throughout the 1980s, he held various positions including senior civil judge, additional registrar of the Peshawar High Court, district and sessions judge, and special judge in areas such as Anti-Corruption and Labour Court.[3]
In 1994, Gandapur was appointed as an additional judge of the Peshawar High Court, a role he held until 2000 when he was dismissed for refusing to take the PCO oath.[3] In July 2000, he was appointed chairman of the Implementation Tribunal for Newspaper Employees, where he made decisions regarding financial distributions and employment documentation for journalists.[3] His tenure ended in 2005 when his position was not renewed.[3]
In 2007, during the state of emergency, Gandapur was placed under house arrest for approximately 20 days, and his residence in Hayatabad was designated as a sub-jail.[3]