Prof. Tasneem Kausar-123

Professor Tasneem Kausar is a graduate of Kinnaird College, Lahore and btained her legal education from the Pakistan College of Law. She further obtained a Masters in Political Science from the University of the Punjab. In recognition of her abilities she was awarded, as the first Pakistani woman, the prestigious Yale Law School Scholarship and International Fellowship from the American Association of University Women.

As a student she assisted several eminent Professors in the areas of Criminal Law and Procedure, Family Laws, Constitutional Law, Western and Islamic Jurisprudence. Presently, she is teaching the subjects of Criminal Law, Muslim Personal Law, Islamic Law and Jurisprudence. She is also the Editor in Chief of the Pakistan Law Review along with being the Principal of Pakistan College of Law. Prof. Kausar has attended several national and international conferences and seminars in US, Canada, France, UK, Nepal, Turkey, India and Australia. Her research has been published in the prestigious national and international journals. Her most recent paper "Judicialization of Politics and Governance in Pakistan" was presented at a conference in Australia, organized by Griffith Asia Institute. This article was published in a book Pakistan's Stability Paradox: Regional and Institutional Concerns in 2011. Her article entitled Religion, Politics and the Dilemma of National Identity in Pakistan has been published in Islam, Law and Identity (Routledge/Glasshouse: 2010).

Ms. Fatima Khalid Gill-124

Ms. Fatima Khalid Gill is a graduate of LL. B (Hons.) from the University of London and was appointed as a full-time member of staff in Pakistan College of Law. During her work, she pursued her Postgraduate Study in Master in Laws University of London at Pakistan College of Law. She now holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Commercial and Corporate Laws, Postgraduate Diploma in Laws with specialization in International Business Law and she has been awarded by the University of London an overall Merit in her Master of Laws with specialization in Commercial and Corporate Law During her studies as a student of LL.M University of London, she was accepted as Member of Student Staff Liaison Committee.

Throughout her work and shortly after assisting in various lecture series as a coordinator, her coordinating skills awarded her the designation of a student coordinator of the LL.M University of London Program. She also excelled as a teaching assistant for the LL. B University of London Program and is currently conducting tutorials as Lecturer for Commercial Law for students of University of London Bachelor of Laws Program She also is the lecturer of United Nations Protections of Human Rights Modules A and B in the PCL Postgraduate Programs University of London.

Mr. Usman Chaudhary-125

He holds LL.M degree in Corporate and Commercial Law from Queen Mary, University of London. He is a practicing lawyer and a partner in the prestigious law firm FGE Ebrahim Hosain. He has been involved in various national and international arbitration proceedings and has appeared before the courts in Pakistan in matters related to the enforcement of domestic and foreign arbitral awards.

Mr. Zeeshan Zafar Hashmi-126

Mr. Zeeshaan Zafar Hashmi is a founding partner at the law firm of Shujra, Farooq & Hashmi with over a decade’s experience of practising law in Pakistan. He has clerked for the Honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan and worked with some of the leading law firms of the country before founding his own law firm.

Mr. Hashmi is the Lecturer on Jurisprudence & Legal Theory for LL.B. (Hons.) at PCL since 2017 and has also taught LL.B. (Hons.) Criminal Law and LL.M. International Commercial Arbitration on the University of London International Programme at PCL, in addition to teaching MBA Business Law at Government College University, Lahore. Mr. Hashmi’s articles are published in the Pakistan Law Review as well as international law journals. His work on unconstitutional constitutional amendments is cited in journals and books published by the Universities of Oxford. London, and Georgetown.

Mr. Hashmi holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School where he was awarded the Islamic Legal Studies Writing Prize and was an Editor of the Harvard International Law Journal. Prior to attending Harvard, Mr. Hashmi graduated from the LL.B. (Hons.) University of London International Programme at Pakistan College of Law. During his time as a student at PCL, Mr. Hashmi brought many mooting accolades to the College, including representing the College and Pakistan for the first time in the Hong Kong IHL Moot and the ICRC Regional Henry Dunant Moot, where he won the “Best Advocate in South Asia” award. Mr. Hashmi took his expertise forward and taught the first ever formal moot court training courses in Pakistan at PCL in 2012.

Mr. Hashmi can be reached at zzhashmi@alumni.harvard.edu

Mr. Ibrahim Haroon-127

Muhammad Mustafa Khan-128

Mr Muhammad Mustafa Khan is a permanent faculty member of the Pakistan College of Law. He is a senior lecturer and Deputy Director of the Pakistan Centre of Legal Research and Publication. He completed his LLB (Hons.) – First Class from the University of London and has an LLM (First Class) from the University of Cambridge. He teaches Contract Law to undergraduate students enrolled in the University of London Laws Programme at the Pakistan College of Law. He also teaches Applicable Laws and Procedures in International Arbitration, Regulation and Infrastructure of International Commercial Arbitration, and International Natural Resources Law to the University of London Postgraduate students at the Pakistan College of Law. He has also taught the subjects of Public Law, Property Law, European Union Law, Public International Law, Equity and Trusts and Introduction to Philosophy. He is published in the Oxford International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family and Pakistan Law Review. He is also an advocate of the Lahore High Court and Lower Courts. He is also a member of the American Society of International Law (ASIL).

Ms. Saba Sana Kareemi-129

Saba Kareemi served as a Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law at Westminster International University in Tashkent. She has been an Assistant Professor at the School of Law and Policy, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. She has degrees from the University of Toronto Law School and the Faculty of Shariah and Law at International Islamic University, Islamabad. She also studied Advanced Arabic for a year at Qatar University on a scholarship. She has presented her research on the intersection of corporate law, international law, and Islamic law at Durham, Nottingham, Chester, University Pompeu Fabra Barcelona, and at the prestigious Institute for Global Law and Policy Conference at Harvard Law School. She is co-editing "The Handbook of Islam and Environmental Law", which will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2023.

Mr. Syed Ali Raza-130

Syed Ali Raza is a lawyer and rule of law expert based in Pakistan. He is a Draper Hills Fellow from the Stanford University, USA; Legislative Fellow of the US State Department; and an LL.M. Graduate in International and Comparative Laws from the National University of Singapore. He also attended the prestigious Bucerius Summer School of Law & Global Governance in Hamburg, Germany and completed Leadership Academy for Development Program at the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia. He is also a Certified Independent Director of Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance after completing training from Lahore University of Management and Sciences.

Ms. Shanza Baig-131

Ms. Nida Usman Ch-132

Nida Usman Chaudhary is an award winning, diversity and inclusion advocate and founder of women in law initiative Pakistan. She holds LL.B (Hons) and LL.M in Law and Development from the University of London. She has over 15 years of experience in research, training and capacity building and has provided legislative and policy input on several key women and child rights laws including guidelines under anti rape ordinance 2020, amendments to workplace harassment bill 2021 and on proposed amendments for maternity leave and benefits, child protection and child marriage restraint laws. Her areas of focus include amongst others, gender based violence, fair representation, and child rights. She was amongst the list of 100 women from global south featured in Femilist 100 by Gender Security Project in 2021 and has won the international Justitia Awards 2021 in category academia International in Vienna. Previously, she also won Sewegap Emerging Women Leader award in 2018. In 2023 she was awarded global women Top50 award in Sri Lanka for her work on women's rights activism and was awarded the ‘Certificate of Recognition’ by the Governor of Punjab, for her contributions to fair representation in justice sector and law and policy inputs for women and child rights legislation at the 75th independence day celebrations at the Governor House, Punjab. Nida has been teaching Company law at Pakistan College of Law for over 6 years. Her students have achieved excellent results in their University of London Examinations.

Mr. Hassan Kamran Bashir-133

1. Education Harvard Law School, Cambridge, USA,LL.M(Master of Laws), June 2006 Subjects: Basic Taxation, International Commercial Arbitration, International Law, WTO Laws, Constitutional Law and International Human Rights Honors: Awarded Professional Development Program (PDP) Scholarship funded by World Bank and Govt. of Pakistan to study at Harvard. University Law College, Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan, LL.B, 1991 Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, MSc. International Relations, 1989 Honors: Awarded Merit Scholarship by the University. 2. Experience Managing Partner at DeJure (Advocates and Corporate Legal Consultants) July,2017-Present: Advising clients on tax, corporate, WTO and other laws involving litigation, opinions and drafting, etc for various judicial fora including High Courts. Resource person for “Contract Enforcement” for CAREC (the Regional Organization of 11 Countries) workshop at Urumqi, China in July, 2018. Partner at Ernest & Kamran (Advocates, Solicitors, Tax & Corporate Consultants)June,2009–June,2017: Advising clients on tax, corporate, WTO and other laws involving litigation, opinions and drafting, etc for various judicial fora including High Courts. Consultancy Services for World Bank regarding Punjab Revenue Authority Tax Litigation Book-November,2016-July,2017 Consultancy Services for FAO regarding draft Federal & Provincial laws- 2015-16 Vice President( Activities) Harvard Club of Pakistan-2016 Visiting Faculty at Pakistan College of Law, Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan. September 2008-Present: Teaching Public International Law as a visiting faculty to the LL.B students. Visiting Faculty at University of Management Sciences, Lahore.June,2015 & June, 2017: Teaching Taxation to the LL.M students. Deputy Commissioner Income Tax, Federal Board of Revenue, Pakistan. 1995-2009: Honors: Was selected for the Income Tax Group as a result of Central Superior Services Competitive Examination, 1994(23rd Common). Made tax assessments of Corporate / Non Corporate cases (around 14000) in the career spanning around 14 years. Majority of them stood test of appeal. These tax assessments included (residents/non-residents) in major sectors. Represented Department before various judicial fora such as Commissioner (Appeals), Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue, Tax Ombudsman and High Court. Junior of Dr. Khalid Ranjha-1992-1995 Assisted senior in preparation of legal briefs and proceedings before various judicial fora including High Court. 3. Bar Membership: Awarded License to practice law at High Court in 1994. Did not practice law during November, 1995 till 2009 for having joined Civil Service for the Income Tax Group. Resumed practice in 2010. Awarded Supreme Court license in 2023. 4. High Court Cases: Total number of High Court cases after resumption of practice in 2010 before Hon’able Lahore High Court, Islamabad High Court, Peshawar High Court and Sindh High Court is more than four hundred cases. These are inclusive of Writ Petitions, ICAs, Tax References, Civil Revisions and FAOs. 5- Reported Judgments: 2022 PTD 1574, 2022 LHC 7179, 2022 LHC 3288, (2021)124 TAX 567, 2017 PTD 590, 2017 PTD 686, 2017 PTD 1544, 2016 PTD 200 and 2014 PTD 1807. 6. Columnist Contributed for various Urdu and English dailies of Pakistan on socio-cultural themes. 7. Languages English (fluent), Punjabi (native), Urdu (fluent). 8. Interests Reading books on various topics. Playing Cricket & following sports events like Cricket, Soccer & Hockey.

Mr. Fayez Qamar Rasheed-134

Fayez Qamar is a graduate of the University of London. He is a practicing lawyer and he is teaching in PCL as a Tutor for the subject of Criminal Law and Lecturer of the Islamic Law on the University of London International Programmes.

Ms. Fatima Rizvi-135

Ms. Fatima Rizvi is a graduate of the University of London and obtained her LL.M in Corporate and Commercial law also from the University of London. She is currently teaching the subject of Conflict of Laws and Common Law Reasoning and Institutions.

Mr Muhammad Ali Chaudhry-136

Mr. Syed Shahab Qutub-137

Shahab is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan who specializes in commercial litigation and international commercial as well as investment treaty arbitrations. During the course of his practice Shahab has been a prolific dispute resolution lawyer conducting commercial litigation for a wide range of clients in industries as diverse as banking, textile, pharmaceutical, oil & gas, cement, fertilizer, construction and power.

Shahab regularly advises and represents corporate clients in shareholder disputes, corporate control disputes, lending disputes as well as disputes related to cross-border sales, documentary credit and insurance transactions. He also represents clients in regulatory proceedings related to anti-trust, corporate and securities laws. In addition, Shahab has advised public sector organizations, regulatory bodies and trade organizations in disputes and other non-contentious matters.

Shahab has been engaged with several high profile domestic and international arbitrations and expert determinations in the textile, fertilizer and power sectors. He has advised both public and private sector clients in ICC, LCIA, DIFC and ICSID arbitrations appearing regularly before domestic and international arbitral tribunals and experts.

With 20 years of experience in dispute resolution, Shahab regularly appears as counsel before the High Courts, trial courts and administrative tribunals in Pakistan while also representing clients before the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority, the Competition Commission of Pakistan, the Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan and the National Tariff Commission.

Ms. Mehak Zaraq Bari-138

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: • Partner at SAZH Consulting LLP (Nov 2022-Present), leading research and report writing for USAID and Asia Foundation projects. • Co-Founder and Lead Trainer at The ADR Initiative (Nov 2020-Present), specializing in mediation and negotiation training. • Founder and Lead Trainer at The Justice Initiative (Nov 2020-Present), focusing on human rights awareness and access to justice. ACADEMIC ROLES: • Head of Law, Teacher Trainer, Dissertation Supervisor, and Lecturer at IVY College of Management Sciences (May 2021-Oct 2022). • Associate Director of International Programmes at Pakistan College of Law (April 2018-May 2021), overseeing UOL international program administration. • University Visiting LLM Lecturer at The University of Lahore (Feb 2021-Oct 2021), teaching International Human Rights Law. • Permanent Faculty/Lecturer at Pakistan College of Law (Sept 2012-Aug 2016), teaching various undergraduate law subjects. • Approved LLM dissertation supervisor for University of Bedfordshire and Arden University. ADDITIONAL ROLES: • Part-time Legal and Financial Consultant at Informanagement (Feb 2015-Sept 2018), producing online tutorials and reports. EDUCATION: • LLM (Human Rights Law) from Queen Mary University of London (2016-2018). • LL.B (Hons) from University of London International Programmes (2010-2013). • BSc Accounting and Finance (Hons) from University of London (2007-2010). • Diploma in Economics from University of London PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS • Certified Counsellor (CPCAB UK) • Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator (Simi, CMC, IMI, ADR ODR International) • Certified Negotiator (ADR ODR International) • Teacher Trainer SEL (UNESCO) PUBLICATIONS • A Socio-Legal Exploration of Women’s Access to Justice in Pakistan, Pakistan Journal of Diversity and Inclusion 2021 Edition, PJDI 2021 • Judicial Decisions: Majoritarianism Rule Feb 2021 PLD Volume XXIII no2 • Child Sexual Abuse and Stolen Dignity: A Socio-Legal Exploration of Child Protection Policies in Pakistan Dec 2019 10 PLR 59 (2019) • Human Rights Implications of Restrictions on Spousal Immigration in the United Kingdom Jan 1, 2018 Pakistan Center of Legal Research and Publication (PCLRP) . A project in collaboration with the University of Arizona. • The ADR Initiative: Resolving conflict constructively, The Nation, Feb 2020 • Commercial courts in Punjab, The Nation 4 June 2021 PROJECTS • April 2023- Present Lead Report Writer for SAZH - Asia Foundation Project on FOREX and FDI • May 2023- Present Lead Report Writer for SAZH - USAID on Trade Dispute Resolution Act 2023 • Jan 2021- June 2022 Editor for Bayan- Socio-Legal Journal by Simorgh • June 2021 Online Session for Asia Foundation on Mainstreaming ADR • Jan 2020 Lead on Amnesty International Climate Change Campaign focus group research. July 2019 -present • Local expert for World Bank Group's Women, Business and the Law (WBL) Project 2020-2023

Barrister. Mahbano Kazmi-139

Mahbano kazmi graduated from the University of London in 2018 and was called to the bar of England and Wales in 2021. She has worked with various legal firms in Pakistan. She has also worked as a Civil servant in the Crown Prosecution Service in the United Kingdom. She is currently practicing as a Lawyer in Lahore and teaches Law in Pakistan College of Law.

Mr. Arslan Riaz-140

Barrister. Hamza Gulzar-141

Barrister and Advocate of the High Courts with more than 12 years of experience in civil and corporate litigation, corporate advisory, project finance, banking and finance, property and employment law. I have an LLB(Hons) from the University of London having graduated in 2010. I also have a professional post graduate diploma in law from the University of the West of England (UK). I was called to the Bar of England and Wales as a Barrister from Lincoln's Inn, London in 2012. Currently running my own chambers based in Lahore.

Barrister Asfand Yar Warraich-142