Masood Ahmed Khattak, from our Islamabad office, delivered a lecture at the Punjab Bar Council as part of Bar Vocational Course on “How a civil case moves through the courts”. Masood is an acclaimed litigator whose books on civil litigation have garnered praise from practitioners across the country.
Aiema Asrar and Fatima Midrar from ABS & Co’s Islamabad office were appointed amicus curiae by the Honourable Mr. Justice Jawad Hassan of the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench in a landmark judgement regarding fixation of maintenance under the Family Courts Act, 1964.
We are pleased to share that Ahmed Abdul Rehman, an Associate in our Lahore office, has co-authored a paper on liquidated damages under Pakistani law which has been published in “China and WTO Review” by the Yijun Institute of International Law, South Korea.
We are pleased to share that three Senior Associates from the Lahore office have been promoted as Associate Partners. This brings the total number of partners at ABS & Co to 11; three of which are now women.
In a new development, Iran has invited Pakistan’s legal team led by ABS & Co. to thrash out if US sanctions on Iran are applicable to the Gas Sales Purchase Agreement signed between Iran and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 2009.
Ahmer Bilal Soofi, Founding Partner of ABS & Co, has been added to Shanghai Arbitration Commission’s Panel of Arbitrators. Ahmer is a seasoned arbitration lawyer with several years of experience in handling complex commercial disputes.
Ahmer Bilal Soofi has been appointed as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Arbitration Center of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Ahmer Bilal Soofi, Founding and Managing Partner of ABS & Co, has been elected to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration. Ahmer will serve for a three-year term from 2021 to 2024.
Samar Masood, Partner at ABS & Co, was invited to speak at the University of Management at Technology (UMT), Lahore on a seminar conducted in collaboration with Oxford University Press (OUP) highlighting issues regarding intellectual property rights in Pakistan.
In 2018, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s 4 Corners aired an episode titled, “Behind Closed Doors,” in which the former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Australia was wrongfully targeted by her domestic staff member in an attempt to gain asylum in Australia. In the television show in question, close to 20 Embassies and High Commissions were discussed, however the majority of the time was spent on the factitious account put forth by the domestic staff member of the former High Commissioner. This targeted contriving was brought to the attention of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation by ABS & Co., with the result that no further publicizing of the said programme was undertaken.
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday constituted a seven-member committee tasked with making recommendations to formulate Pakistan’s legal, political, and diplomatic response to the recent developments in occupied Kashmir. The committee includes senior officials, such as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Attorney General of Pakistan, Foreign Secretary of Pakistan, the Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence, the Director General Military Operations, the Director General Inter-Services Public Relations, and Ahmer Bilal Soofi.
We are pleased to announce that PGNiG S.A., a state owned energy company and a key player on the Polish market, has selected NGL Legal including ABS & Co. as counsel for the multi-jurisdictional panel on International Energy Law. PGNiG is also active on the global market of oil and gas exploration, production and sale.
In a new development, Iran has invited Pakistan’s legal team led by ABS & Co. to thrash out if US sanctions on Iran are applicable to the Gas Sales Purchase Agreement signed between Iran and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 2009.
In a significant diplomatic development, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Imran Khan, has appointed Mr. Ahmer Bilal Soofi as a Special Envoy to the Prime Minister for the development of an ‘International Convention Against the Defamation of Religions’.
The Board of Directors of WWF-Pakistan has elected Mr. Soofi, a distinguished Supreme Court advocate and international law expert, to lead the organisation. He succeeds Khalid Mahmood, CEO of Getz Pharma (Pvt) Ltd, who served as president from June 2011 to April 2015. Under Mr. Mahmood’s stewardship, WWF-Pakistan advanced initiatives in climate change mitigation, alternate livelihood programs, and marine and coastal ecosystem protection.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed two additional members to the advisory panel: India’s human rights activist Avdhash Kaushal and Pakistan’s legal expert and former caretaker Federal Law Minister Ahmer Bilal Soofi.
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