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'''Qadeeruddin Ahmed''' ({{Langx|ur|{{nq|قدیر الدین احمد}}}}''';''' 1909 &ndash; 23 March 1995) was a Pakistani jurist who served as Chief Justice of West Pakistan High Court, Chief Justice of Sindh High Court, and as a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

==Life== He was born in 1909 in Delhi, India and died on 23 March 1995.<ref name="obit">{{cite journal|title=Obituary: Qadeeruddin Ahmed|journal=The Minaret|volume=32|page=29|year=1995}}</ref> He was married to Begum Noorjehan (b. 1920), with whom he had five daughters (Anjum, Raana, Talat, Ayesha, and Azra) and two sons (Meraj and Zafar).<ref name="obit"/>

Justice Qadeeruddin remained the Chief Justice of the West Pakistan High Court until the end of the one unit. Subsequently, he became the Chief Justice of Sindh High Court and remained in that position until his retirement in 1971. He also served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan for some time.<ref name="obit"/>

A number of famous cases were decided during his tenure as the Chief Justice of West Pakistan and Sindh High Courts.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}

Justice Qadeeruddin acquired his college education from St. Stephen's College, Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Department of Chemistry |url=https://chem.tufts.edu/ |access-date=2026-04-21 |website=chem.tufts.edu}}</ref>

Justice Qadeeruddin also spent a few years in Hyderabad Deccan prior to the creation of Pakistan. A number of his family members were settled in Hyderabad State although their family came from UP.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}

He served as the Governor of Sindh from 1988-89.<ref name="obit"/>

He also wrote many papers and books on important national issues. One of the key issues on which he wrote was the concept of "riba" (usury) according to the Qur'anic dictates. His views on the subject were disputed by a number of scholars.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Text of the Historic Judgment on Interest |url=http://www.albalagh.net/Islamic_economics/riba_judgement.shtml |access-date=2026-04-21 |website=www.albalagh.net}}</ref>

==Publications== Ahmed's publications include: *''What is Riba?'' article published in ''Journal of Islamic Banking and Finance'' (1995) Vol. 12, No. 1, pp.&nbsp;7–49. *''The Demand of a Muslim Homeland'', Dawn newspaper, 23.3.1992 *''Islam in Our Lives'' book published by Royal Book Company, Karachi, 1989, 198pp.

==See also== *List of Pakistanis *Sindh High Court *West Pakistan High Court

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