Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gillani of Benazir Bhutto. He joined Pakistan tehreek-e-insaf on 21.12.2011 in Islamabad. On 26 October 2012, it was reported that he has left Pakistan tehreek-e-insaf and joined PML-N. Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gillani Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gilani (born 18 July 1940) served as Pakistan's Federal Minister of Law. He was born in Kohat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. His early education was at Islamia College, Peshawar, Iftikhar joined Forman Christian College, Lahore, in 1956. After studying law at Punjab University from 1959–61, in 1967 Iftikhar moved to Peshawar to practice the Law. In 1970 elections he contested for the Provincial Assembly as an independent
Tassaduq Hussain Jillani August 2013, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry appointed Jillani to act as Chief Election Commissioner with immediate effect till the appointment of a new Commissioner. He succeeded former Justice Fakhruddin Ebrahim, who resigned from the office on 30 July 2013. His appointment as chief election commissioner was secured through the by-election clauses of the Constitution. After appointing the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approved the nomination papers of Senior Justice Jillani to be elevated as Chief Justice, upon the constitutional retirement of the Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry which due for 12 December 2013. Per Prime