Mr. Justice Yahya Afridi

Born on 23rd January 1965 at D.I.Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, hails from F.R. Kohat,

Federally Administrated Tribal Area Pakistan.

Education

• O and A Level, Aitchison College, Lahore, 1980 and 1982
• B.A. (Economics & Political Science), Government College, Lahore, 1985
• LL.B - Law College, Punjab University, Lahore, 1988
• M.A. (Economics), Punjab University, Lahore, 1989
• LL.M - Jesus College, Cambridge University, U.K, 1990

Academic Honors and Awards

• Umar Hayat Gold Medal, Best Sportsman, Aitchison College, Lahore 1982
• Head Boy, Aitchison College, Lahore 1982
• British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Scholarship, 1989-90
• Cambridge University Polo Team 1990
• Commonwealth Young Lawyers Course, London 1991

Teaching Experiences

• Professor in Law (Visiting), Faculty of Law, University of Peshawar, 1991- 2005.

Legal Professional Enrollments

• Enrolled as an Advocate of High Court in the year 1991
• Enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the year 2004

Work Experience

• Associate, Orr, Dignam & Co., Advocates, Karachi, July-Dec. 1990
• Intern, Fox & Gibbons, Solicitors, London, Jan -June 1991
• Assistant Advocate General, Government of NWFP, 1994
• Federal Counsel, Government of Pakistan, 1995
• Partner, Afridi, Shah & Minallah, 1997-2012

Elevation to the Bench

• Elevated to the Bench as Additional Judge on 15th March, 2010
• Confirmed as Permanent Judge of the Peshawar High Court on 15th March, 2012

Inspection Judge

• Inspection Judge for the District Courts/ Qazi Courts of District Buner & Malakand April 2011
• Inspection Judge for the District Haipur and Abbottabad, October 2012
• Inspection Judge for the District Mansehra and Batagram, March 2013
• Inspection Judge for the District Nowshera and Swabi, March 2014
• Inspection Judge for the District Peshawar, September 2014

Specialized Courts/Tribunals Presided

• Chairman, Labour Appellate Tribunal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, June 2010 - May 2013
• Company Judge, Circuit Bench Abbottabad, Peshawar High Court, Dec. 2011 - May 2013
• Company Judge, Peshawar High Court, Peshawar May 2013- Present
• Chairman, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Subordinate Judiciary Service Tribunal, May 2013

Enrollment Committee

• Chairman, Enrollment Committee, Peshawar High Court, Abbottabad Bench, 2011
• Chairman, Enrollment Committee, Peshawar High Court, Peshawar, 2014

Administrative Appointments

• Heading Automation Committee of Peshawar High Court, April 2011
• Member of National Judicial Automation Committee, Supreme Court of Pakistan, April 2011
• Member of Committee for Enhancing Environmental Justice (CEEJ), April 2011
• Member of Administrative Committee of Peshawar High Court, March 2012
• Member, Board of Governers of Aitchison College, Lahore Jan 2013 - Sept 2013
• Member of the Syndicate/Senate of University of Engineering & Technology Peshawar May-2013 - Sept 2013
• Administrative Judge, Anti-Terrorism Courts, Feb 2014
• Senior Puisne Judge, 8th April 2014

Training and Conferences

• Asia Crime Prevention Conference, New Delhi, India, November 1999
• National Judicial Conference, Supreme Court, Islamabad, 2010
• National Judicial Conference, Supreme Court, Islamabad, April 2011
• International Conference on Enhancing Environmental Justice (ICEEJ), Bhurban, March 2012
• International Judicial Conference, Supreme Court, Islamabad, April 2012
• National Criminal Law for Judges, The Hague Forum, The Hague, Netherlands, May 2012
• Human Rights & Terrorism in Pakistan, February 2014
• Pakistan Judicial Tour to United Kingdom, March 2014
• Witness Security Symposium at Bhurban, June 2014
• Conference on Water and Environment Justice at Lahore, June 2014
• 3rd South Asia Judicial Roundtable on Environmental Justice, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 2014

Papers Presented

• Accountability Laws in Pakistan, Program on Law for Business Executives, LUMS, March & December, 2005
• Forest Laws in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ICEEJ, Bhurban, March 2012
• Cyber Crime and Legislation, International Conference “Peace through Law”, Lahore, Oct. 2012
• Human Rights & Terrorism in Pakistan, February 2014
• Witness Security Symposium at Bhurban, June 2014
• Presentation to worthy Participants of 101st National Management Course, August 2014

  As a Chief Justice

• Took oath as Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court on 30th December, 2016.