Z. A. Channa
Z. A. Channa was a Pakistani jurist who served as the judge of the Sindh High Court from 1972 to 1979.[1][2]
Biography
Channa obtained his master's degree and law degree from Aligarh Muslim University.[3] He began his legal career as a junior lawyer under Qazi Khuda Bakhsh in 1941.[3] Channa entered the civil service after passing the P. C. S. Examination and was appointed as civil judge in Mehar in 1946.[3]
In 1948, Channa was appointed Additional City Magistrate in Karachi.[3] He worked in the Law Department of the West Pakistan Government in Lahore from 1957 to 1970, where he drafted the West Pakistan Land Revenue Act and Services Rules.[3]
Channa was instrumental in drafting the Provisional Constitution of Pakistan while serving as joint secretary in the Ministry of Law in Islamabad from 1972 to 1973.[3] He also authored the Law Reforms Ordinance of 1972, advocating for the separation of the judiciary from the executive.[3] He was appointed to the Sindh High Court on October 2, 1972, and served as the Federal Law Secretary from 1974 to 1976.[3]
He returned to the Sindh High Court in 1976 until his retirement on May 19, 1979.[3] In 1992, Channa became the director general of the Sindh Judicial Academy, a position he held for ten years until his retirement in September 2002 due to health reasons.[3]