Profile: Pakistan's ad hoc judge at ICJ Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani

The government has communicated to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) its designation of former chief justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani to be its judge ad hoc in the Jadhav case.

Justice Jillani served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from July 31, 2004 to December 11, 2013 and subsequently as the 21st chief justice of Pakistan from December 12, 2013 until July 5, 2014.

He was born on July 6, 1949 in Multan and completed Masters in Political Science from Forman Christian College and LLB from the University of Punjab, Lahore.

He started practice at the Multan district courts in 1974 and in 1976 was elected general secretary of the district bar association. He was elected member of the Punjab Bar Council in 1978 and appointed assistant advocate general of Punjab in July 1979.

He was enrolled as advocate of the Supreme Court in 1983 and was appointed additional advocate general of Punjab in 1993.

He took oath as a judge of the Lahore High Court on August 7, 1994 and was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court on July 31, 2004 where he served till the imposition of the state of emergency on November 3, 2007.

As he refused to take a fresh oath, he was made dysfunctional. He took oath again as a judge of the Supreme Court in 2008.

Justice Jillani has participated in several international conferences and colloquiums where he spoke on issues which included 'domestic application of international human rights', 'gender justice', ‘alternative dispute resolution', 'forced marriages', 'transnational child abduction,' and 'religious tolerance'.