PILAP’s Legal Advisory Committee consists of a group of diverse and exceptional lawyers from across Pakistan. They provide advice on issues and strategy and are available for engagement as counsel in PILAP’s public interest litigation cases.
Lawyer | City |
|---|---|
| Ahmad Rafay Alam | Lahore |
| Fahad Malik | Lahore |
| Jalila Haider | Quetta |
| Syed Ibrahim | Peshawar |
| Suleman Zeb | Peshawar |
| Wasim Abid | Islamabad |
| Salaar Khan | Islamabad |
| Zubair Ahmed Abroo | Karachi |
| Salahuddin Ahmed | Karachi |
Ahmad Rafay Alam is an environmental lawyer specialising in the energy, water, natural resources, and urban infrastructure sectors. He is a Yale World Fellow and has served as the Chairman Lahore Electric Supply Company and Lahore Waste Management Company, as Vice Chairman of the Punjab Urban Unit and as a Member of the Pakistan Climate Change Council and Punjab Environment Protection Council. He currently serves as Advisor to Air Quality Asia and as a Member of the Hisaar Foundation Think Tank on the Rational Use of Water.
Rafay has successfully represented PILAP in several Environmental Public Interest Litigation cases, including the Ravi River petition (resulting in the Ravi River Commission), the RUDA petition, the petroleum standards petition, amongst others.
Fahad Malik is an Advocate of the High Courts with expertise in constitutional and environmental laws. Along with his regular practice at his all-service law firm Praxis Legal, Mr. Malik also undertakes strategic public interest litigation, dealing with a host of matters relating to the enforcement of fundamental rights. As an associate consultant to Mr. Abid Hasan Minto, Sr. ASC, he drafted petitions under Art. 184(3) of the Constitution relating to electoral reforms, land reforms, provision of housing to residents of informal settlements and the illegal and unconstitutional reference filed against Justice Qazi Faez Isa. He was appointed a Commission of the court by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to undertake a review of laws
related to potable water and conduct site inspections of water filtration plants operating in the Province of Punjab. Mr. Malik has also appeared before the High Courts at Lahore, Islamabad and Sindh in various public interest matters, such as calling in question the constitutionality of the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project, emergency acquisition of land under the Land Acquisition Act, import of threatened dolphins and laws seeking to curb freedom of speech. Mr. Malik has also undertaken litigation seeking prioritisation of vulnerable road users in urban development projects, as well as seeking mandatory access to public spaces for the differently abled. Mr. Malik has also been appointed as an amicus by the Lahore High Court on numerous occasions, most notably for the smog crisis in 2017 and the interpretation of the Harassment Against Women at the Workplace Act in 2021.
Jalila Haider is a legal practitioner and human rights activist from Balochistan. She deals with human rights cases including the right to life, dignity, and liberty of citizens. In recognition of her services for human rights Jalila was named in the BBC’s list of 100 Women in 2019 and received the International Women of Courage award from the United States State Department in 2020. She is a Chevening scholar and has holds a Master’s degree in International Human Rights law from the University of Sussex.
Ibrahim is a Partner at Ibrahim & Nawaz Advocates & Legal Consultants based in the Firm headquarters at Peshawar, and he handles multifarious litigations before the Peshawar High Court and its various benches, Islamabad High Court, Intellectual Property Tribunal Islamabad, Environment Protection Tribunal Peshawar, Consumer Court Peshawar, Gas Utility Court Peshawar, the Civil & District Courts Peshawar/Mardan, Family Courts & Appellate Tax Tribunals/Forums.
He routinely advises and represents Firm clients including Pak Telecom Mobile Limited (Ufone), Pakistan Mobile Communication Limited (Jazz), United States Embassy, Inter Board Committee of Chairmen, Peshawar Electric Supply Company, Security Organizing System Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd amongst many others. He also advises and legally represents a significant number of private clients in criminal proceedings to the extent of bail. Ibrahim has previously worked on cases of environmental nature including but not limited to cleaning of city canals, diversion of drainage waste away from water canals and dumping grounds in unacceptable vicinity to human dwellings. Ibrahim has LL.B. (Hons) from the University of Liverpool and has an LLM in International Energy Law and Policy from the University of Stirling, Scotland. He is an Advocate of the High Court and has cumulative experience of more than 6 years including work experience in UK. Before becoming a partner at Ibrahim & Nawaz Advocates & Legal Consultants, Ibrahim has worked as Law Clerk at the Supreme Court of Pakistan for almost two (2) years under the supervision of Justice (Retired) Dost Muhammad Khan and worked diligently as Senior Associate at Ali & Ali Advocates & Legal Consultants managing most of the Firm Clientele.
Suleman an advocate of the High Courts and a graduate from the University of Sussex where he received an LLM in International Human Rights. He has worked on a variety of cases including death penalty matters and Pakistani prisoners repatriated from overseas. He has also worked on corporate litigation with a strong focus in the construction sector, along with various other types of civil and criminal litigation. Suleman has assisted senior counsel in public interest litigation filed on behalf of Pakistani prisoners on death row in the Gulf Region and Iran, along with matters regarding the air pollution i.e. smog in Lahore.
Wasim Abid is a partner at Abid & Khan Law, an Islamabad-based law firm where heads the litigation team. Wasim graduated with a law degree from LUMS in 2011. Thereafter, he joined a prestigious law firm in Islamabad. In 2015 Wasim founded, Abid & Khan Law. Wasim deals with diverse range of cases pertaining different constitutional and administrative law aspects. He actively practices in Islamabad High Court and other judicial and quasi-judicial forums.
Salaar is an advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan, and is admitted to practice law in the State of New York. He has a Masters in Law from Columbia Law School, and a BA-LL.B. (Hons.) from the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
As a Senior Associate at AJURIS Advocates and Corporate Counsel, he regularly appears in constitutional; commercial; and taxation matters before the High Courts, and has also been appointed amicus curiae by the Islamabad High Court. In addition to representing private persons, Salaar has also represented authorities such as the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, the Frequency Allocation Board, and the National Commission for Human Rights.
Previously, Salaar worked as an Associate to the Attorney-General for Pakistan. In addition to his litigation practice Salaar provides consultancy services to organisations such as the World Bank and the UNFPA, and has assisted with the drafting of laws and regulations for organisations such as the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority.
Salaar writes columns on law and politics for The News, and regularly appears as a legal analyst on national and international media platforms. In an advisory capacity, Salaar is a mentor for Revive Labs, and a member of the Government of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa’s Youth Development Commission.
Advocate Zubair Ahmed Abro is a litigation lawyer with a demonstrated history of working in the legal services industry. His area of expertise is environmental law including EIA, environmental compliances, and environmental licence regime.
He read Environmental Law at Queen Mary University of London, UK.
He actively contributes to Public Interest Environmental Litigation (PIEL). He was part of the team that filed Constitution Petition on supply of clean water and sanitation facilities in Sindh in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He is representing indigenous peoples of Tharparkar in Sindh High Court in a Constitution Petition challenging construction of effluent disposal site by Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) and representing civil society and concerned citizens of Karachi challenging NOC issued by Sindh Cultural department to commercial bank for construction of a high-rise commercial building on a protected heritage building.
His research interests include Transboundary Water Management, R2P in disasters, DRR, Sustainable development, and Environmental Law. He has the honour to review manuscripts on topics of research for number of peer reviewed international journals.
International Bar Association and ELSEVIER publications have published his research.
Salahuddin Ahmed is a barrister practicing in the High Courts and the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He specialises in civil and constitutional law. He has remained President of the Sindh High Court Bar Association and the Karachi Bar Association.
