Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and his family have donated around seven kanals of land adjacent to the Quaid-e-Azam Residency in Ziarat for the establishment of an environmental centre.
According to the 24NewsHD TV channel, the Qazi family has dedicated 31,680 square feet of land to the Balochistan government.
The channel reported that the Qazi family decided to give their land to the nation on the occasion of the 77th Independence Day.
The channel reported that the donated land, located next to the Quaid-e-Azam Residency, will be used for the environmental centre, and for this purpose, a formal donation letter has been written to the Balochistan government.
Qazi Family of Balochistan
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa was born in Quetta on October 26, 1959, to Qazi Muhammad Isa and Begum Saida Isa.
His paternal grandfather, Qazi Jalaluddin, was a Hazara of the Sunni sect belonging to the Sheikh Ali tribe and was a judge in Kandahar who was forced to flee Afghanistan at the end of the 19th century, in protest against the persecution of Hazaras during the reign of Abdur Rahman Khan.
Jalaluddin settled in Pishin, in Baluchistan, in what was then British India, and served as the prime minister of the princely state of Kalat.
Jalaluddin's wife was a Pashtun of the Tareen tribe, while Qazi Muhammad Isa's wife, Saida Isa, was a social worker who belonged to a Muhajir family in Karachi, with roots in Lucknow.
Qazi Muhammad Isa was a prominent Pakistan Movement activist and a close associate of the Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, serving as the president of the All-India Muslim League's Balochistan chapter, and as the youngest member of the Muslim League's Central Committee. He represented Balochistan in the 1940 Lahore Resolution.
The diplomat Ashraf Jehangir Qazi is the first cousin of CJP Qazi Faez Isa, and Jennifer Musa, an Irish-Pakistani social worker, was his aunt through marriage to his paternal uncle Qazi Muhammad Musa.
Reporter: Awais Kiyani