Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal

Justice Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal (Urdu: امیر الملک مینگل; born 3 April 1945 in Nushki, Balochistan) is a Pakistani jurist. Mengal served from 1996 to 1999 as Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court.^[1][2] He was from October 1999 till January 2003 the Governor of Balochistan.^[3][4]

Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal
امیر الملک مینگل
Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court
In office 17 November 1996 – 21 April 1999
Preceded by	Munawar Ahmed Mirza
Succeeded by	Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
16th Governor of Balochistan
In office 25 October 1999 – 29 January 2003
Chief Minister	Jam Mohammad Yousaf
Preceded by	Syed Fazal Agha
Succeeded by	Abdul Qadir Baloch
Personal details
Born	(1945-03-04) 4 March 1945 (age 80) Nushki, British India
Nationality	Pakistan
Alma mater	University of Karachi

Early life and education

Mengal got his early education from Government High School Noshki. Later he did his M.A in political science from University of Karachi and L.L.B from Islamia Law College Karachi, in 1968.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Mengal joined as an Advocate of Subordinate Courts in 1969,^{[citation needed]} enrolled as an Advocate of the erstwhile Sindh and Balochistan High Court in 1972,^{[citation needed]} and was elected as General Secretary of the Balochistan Bar Association the same year.^{[citation needed]} He was unanimously elected as President of the Balochistan Bar Association, a position he held from 1979 to 1983.^{[citation needed]} He was appointed as Advocate General of Balochistan in 1985 and then elevated as a Judge of the High Court of Balochistan in 1986.^{[citation needed]} He resumed as Chief Justice of the High Court of Balochistan from 1996 to 1999. During the course of his career in the judiciary, he also became, in 1990, a member of the Pakistan Election Commission, Chairman of the Provincial Provincial Zakat Council Balochistan, and Chairman of the Balochistan Service Tribunal.

Mengal also served as Chancellor of Balochistan University of Information Technology.^{[citation needed]} He is the author of three books, two of them poetry in brahvi, his mother tongue. Mengal wrote "Dastur-ul-Amal, Deewani Kalat" a book on law.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, Mengal received the second highest national award Hilal-e-Imtiaz for his services in the public sector.^[5]