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{{Short description|Pakistani judge (1924–2015)}}
{{other uses|Javed Iqbal (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=October 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{One source|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name                = Javed Iqbal<br />{{Nastaliq|جاوید اقبال}}
|honorific-suffix    = [[Hilal-e-Imtiaz|HI]]
|image               = Justice javed iqbal.jpg
|caption             = Iqbal in 2014
|office              = [[List of Justices of Supreme Court of Pakistan|Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan]]
|term_start          = 5 October 1986
|term_end            = 4 October 1989
|appointer           = [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]]
|predecessor         = Ali Hussain Qizilbash
|successor           = Saad Saood Jan
|office2             = Chief Justice of the [[Lahore High Court]]
|term_start2         = 8 March 1982
|term_end2           = 5 October 1986
|appointer2          = [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]]
|predecessor2        = Shamim Hussain Qadri
|successor2          = Ghulam Mujaddid Mirza
|birth_date          = {{birth date|df=yes|1924|10|05}}
|birth_place         = [[Sialkot]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />{{small|(present-day [[Punjab, Pakistan]])}}
|death_date          = {{death date and age|df=yes|2015|10|03|1924|10|05}}
|death_place         = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
|death_cause         = [[Cancer|Prostate Cancer]]
|restingplace        = [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan|Punjab]]
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|citizenship         = {{flag icon|British India}} [[British India]] (1924–1947)<br />{{PAK}} (1947–2015)
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|spouse              = [[Nasira Iqbal|Justice Nasira Iqbal]]
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|parents             = [[Sir Muhammad Iqbal]] (Father)<br />'''Sardar Begum''' (mother)
|relations           = [[Yousuf Salahuddin]] (nephew)
|children            = 2 ([[Walid Iqbal]] (son) and Munib Javed (son))
|residence           =
|alma_mater          = [[Government College University, Lahore|Government College University]]<br />(<small>BA</small> and <small>[[Master of Arts|MA]]</small>)<br />[[University of Cambridge]]<br />(<small>PhD</small>)
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|blank1              = National awards 
|data1               = [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz]] (2004)
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'''Javed Iqbal''' ([[Urdu]]: {{Nastaliq|جاوید اقبال}}&lrm;; 5 October 1924 – 3 October 2015) was a Pakistani philosopher and [[List of Justices of Supreme Court of Pakistan|senior justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]]. He was internationally known for his acclaimed publications on philosophy of law and [[modern Islamic philosophy]] in international and national journals.<ref name=Dawn>{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1210802|title=Justice Javed Iqbal passes away|newspaper= Dawn (newspaper)|date= 4 October 2015|accessdate= 21 October 2019}}</ref>

He was 
the son of the poet-philosopher [[Muhammad Iqbal]], who inspired the [[Pakistan Movement]].<ref name=Dawn/> Javed authored various books on [[Nationalism in Pakistan|Pakistan's nationalism]] [[Pakistan Movement|movement]] and political ideology. Apart from philosophy, Javed had a prolific career in the Judiciary of Pakistan and was a former Chief Justice of the [[Lahore High Court]] before being elevated to the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan|Supreme Court]].<ref name=Dawn/>

==Early life==
Javed Iqbal was born in [[Sialkot]], [[British Punjab|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]] on 5 October 1924<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/allama-iqbals-son-javed-iqbal-passes-away/ |title=Allama Iqbal's son Javed Iqbal passes away at age of 91 |website=en.dailypakistan.com.pk |date= 3 October 2015|access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref> to [[Muhammad Iqbal|Allama Muhammad Iqbal]] and his second wife, Sardar Begum. His mother died when he was 11, and his father died in 1938 when he was 14.<ref name=Dawn/>

Javed Iqbal received the following educational degrees and distinctions: BA (Honors) degree in 1944 from the [[Government College, Lahore]]; [[Master of Arts|MA]] degree in English, and MA degree in Philosophy (Gold Medallist) in 1948; [[Doctor of Philosophy]] degree in Philosophy in 1954 from the [[University of Cambridge]], UK; and [[Barrister-at-Law]], [[Lincoln's Inn]], [[London]], in 1956. He has received honorary doctorates degrees from [[Villanova University]], United States, and Seljuk University in [[Jordan]].<ref name=Dawn/>

==Career==
Javed began as an advocate in [[Lahore High Court]], and later became a judge in 1971 and then Chief Justice of the court. He was also a judge in the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]], and an Elected member in the [[Senate of Pakistan]] (Upper House of Parliament).<ref name=Dawn/>

He has published papers on Islamic political thought, political ideology in Pakistan and the philosophy of his father, Muhammad Iqbal, which were published in national and international journals. During the years 1960–62 and in 1977, he was the delegate of Pakistan to the [[United Nations General Assembly]].<ref name=Dawn/>

He had argued in favour of reforms in the ''[[Hudud]]'' laws of Pakistan from [[General Zia Ul-Haq]] ruling period. Javed Iqbal ran against [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] on a [[Pakistan Muslim League]] ticket in the [[1970 General Election in Pakistan]], but eventually decided to leave politics. At one time, he even declined Bhutto's offer for him to join [[Pakistan Peoples Party]].<ref name=Dawn/>

He was married to [[Nasira Iqbal]], a retired Lahore High Court Judge.<ref name=Dawn/>

==Awards and recognition==
*[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz]] (Crescent of Distinction) by the [[President of Pakistan]] in 2004.<ref name=Dawn/>

==Death and legacy==
Javed Iqbal died on 3 October 2015 at age 90. He was under treatment for cancer at the [[Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre]] in Lahore.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal passes away in Lahore - The Express Tribune newspaper|url = http://tribune.com.pk/story/966588/justice-retd-javed-iqbal-passes-away-in-lahore/|accessdate =30 April 2016|date = 3 October 2015}}, Published 3 Oct 2015</ref> Among the survivors are his widow [[Nasira Iqbal]] and two sons - [[Walid Iqbal]] and Munib Iqbal.<ref name=Dawn/>

Javed Iqbal's funeral at [[Hazrat Ishaan]] graveyard at [[Baghbanpura]], [[Lahore]], Pakistan was attended by many Pakistani dignitaries including [[Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan]], [[Chief Justice of Pakistan]] [[Anwar Zaheer Jamali]], former [[President of Pakistan]] [[Muhammad Rafiq Tarar]] and former Supreme Court judge [[Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday]].<ref name=Dawn/>

==Allama Iqbal on his son==
Javed's father, Allama Iqbal, named his book, ''[[Javid Nama]]'', after his son. He also wrote many poems to Javed Iqbal, indirectly addressing the Muslim youth in [[British India]]. Javed Iqbal later translated two of Allama Iqbal's books into Urdu &ndash; ''Javid Nama'' and ''Reconstruction of religious thought in Islam''.<ref name=Dawn/>

Here is an excerpt from the translation of ''[[Bal-i-Jibril]]'' ''(Gabriel's Wing)''

'''TO JAVED'''<br />
''(On Receiving His First Letter From London)''

Create a place for thyself in the world of love;<br />
Create a new age, new days, and new nights.

If God grant thee an eye for nature's beauty,<br />
Converse with the silence of flowers; respond to their love.

Do not be beholden to the West's artisans,<br />
Seek thy sustenance in what thy land affords.

My ''ghazal'' is the essence of my life-blood,<br />
Create thy elixir of life out 'of this essence.

My way of life is poverty, not the pursuit of wealth;<br />
Barter not thy Selfhood; win a name in adversity.[http://www.allamaiqbal.com/works/poetry/urdu/bal/translation/part06/28.htm]

==Works==
Javed's publications include the following:

*Ideology of Pakistan ''(1959)''<ref name=Dawn/>
*Stray Reflections: A Note-Book of Iqbal (1961)
*Legacy of Quaid-e-Azam ''(1968, published in English and Urdu)''<ref>http://nation.com.pk/national/04-Oct-2015/tributes-pour-in-as-dr-javid-iqbal-laid-to-rest, Tributes at his death and books authored by Javed Iqbal, Retrieved 30 April 2016</ref><ref name=Dawn/>
*Mai Lala Faam ''(1968, collection of papers on Iqbal, in Urdu)''
*[[Zinda Rood]] ''(1984, biography of Iqbal in three volumes, in Urdu)''
*Afkare-Iqbal ''(1994, interpretation of Iqbal's thought)''<ref name=Dawn/>
*Pakistan and the Islamic Liberal Movement (1994).
*Jahan-I Javed : darame, Afsane, Maqale
*Islam and Pakistan's Identity
*The Concept of State in Islam : A Reassessment<ref name=Dawn/>
*''Apna Greban Chaak''(autobiography) (2002)<ref name=Dawn/>
*Khutbat e Iqbal
* Iqbal and Tassawwuf, a paper and lecture  presented by Dr. Javed Iqbal at the University of California,Berkeley in April 1977
Books on Javid Iqbal
* Life After Iqbal (2016, Fastprint Publishing, UK by Sabeena Khan) {{ISBN|978-1784563325}}.[http://www.fast-print.net/bookshop/1904/life-after-iqbal]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Chief Justices of Lahore High Court}}
{{Muhammad Iqbal}}
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