An advocate is a professional in the field of law. Different countries and legal systems use the term with somewhat differing meanings. The broad equivalent in many English law–based jurisdictions could be a barrister or a solicitor. However,in Scottish,Manx,South African,Italian,French,Spanish,Portuguese,Scandinavian,Polish,Israeli,South Asian and South American jurisdictions,"advocate" indicates a lawyer of superior classification.
A bar association is a professional association of lawyers as generally organized in countries following the Anglo-American types of jurisprudence. The word bar is derived from the old English/European custom of using a physical railing to separate the area in which court business is done from the viewing area for the general public.
Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 20th Chief Justice of Pakistan over three non-consecutive terms from 29 June 2005 to 11 December 2013.
Javed Iqbal;is the retired chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) of Pakistan,in office from 11 October 2017 to 3 June 2022. He is also a retired Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) (Urdu:پاکستانبارکونسل) was established by the Parliament in 1973 under the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act. It is the highest elected body of lawyers in Pakistan.
Makhdoom Ali Khan,is a Pakistani lawyer who is a Senior Advocate Supreme Court. Khan has held several positions,including Attorney General of Pakistan,chairman of the Pakistan Bar Council,member of the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan,board member of the Federal Judicial Academy of Pakistan and of the Sindh Judicial Academy.
Hamid Khan is a Pakistani politician,supreme court lawyer who is currently serving as the Senator in the Senate of Pakistan. He is also Senior Vice-President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He remained member Pakistan Bar Council from 1990 to 2020. He is also head of Professional group of Lawyers,which is the largest group in Bar/Lawyers politics of Pakistan. He is the senior partner of the oldest law firm of Pakistan;Cornelius,Lane &Mufti (CLM). He remained president of Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan from 2001 to 2003.
The Balochistan High Court is the highest judicial institution of Balochistan,Pakistan. The court is formally known as the High Court of Balochistan. It is situated in the provincial capital,Quetta.
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBAP) is an association established in 1989 comprising the supreme court lawyers in Pakistan. The Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act 1973 provides for the forming,recognition and functioning of Bar Associations for supreme court lawyers working under the control of Pakistan Bar Council. It is an independent Bar association whose aim is to uphold the rule of law and the cause of justice and protect and promote the interest of the legal profession as well as that of the public.
The Punjab Bar Council is a deliberative assembly of lawyers in Punjab,Pakistan.
Muhammad Akram Sheikh is a Pakistani attorney in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He remained member Pakistan Bar Council and President Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. His two son are Advocate and member of Lahore High Court Bar Association. He also enjoyed the office of Ambassador -at-Large of Pakistan dully appointed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He was closely associated with Barrister Ijaz Husain Batalvi and his elder son Raheel Kamran Sheikh member Pakistan Bar Council also joined Ijaz Husain Batalvi Chamber where Akhtar Aly Kureshy Advocate was there to welcome him and now he has been elevated to the Judge of Lahore High Court,Lahore. He was appointed Public Prosecutor in General Pervez Musharraf High Treason case,a noval case in the history of Pakistan to uphold the supremacy of Constitution in which General Pervez Musharraf was sentenced to death,a new milestone.
Mohammad Anwer Khan Durrani was a Pakistani politician,lawyer and Senator and a very famous Khan of Popalzai sub clan of Durrani Pashtun tribe in Balochistan.
Ram Kumar Anand is a lawyer and former Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha,serving during the NDA government. He is Senior Vice-President of Indian Olympic Association from 14 December 2017. He also served as the chairman of the Bar Council of Delhi for two terms and was a member of the Bar Council of Delhi for 25 years. He held the position of Vice-President of the Indian Law Institute for over 25 years.
The Sindh Bar Council is a statutory regulatory body of lawyers in Sindh for safeguarding the rights,interests,rights and privileges of practicing lawyers,within the province of Sindh,Pakistan. The Council is a deliberative body which regulates the conduct of lawyers and helps in the administration of justice. It has been constituted under Section 3(ii) of the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act,1973. All advocates practicing in any court or tribunal in Sindh are licensed and regulated by the Council. Advocates licensed and regulated by other provincial bar councils can also practice in Sindh.
The Balochistan Bar Council is a statutory &deliberative assembly of lawyers in Balochistan for safeguarding the rights,interests and privileges of practicing lawyers,within Balochistan province of Pakistan. The Council also regulates the conduct of lawyers and helps in the administration of justice. It has been constituted by Section 3(ii) of the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act,1973 of Constitution of Pakistan. All lower court and Balochistan High Court lawyers within Balochistan are licensed with this council.
Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui is a Pakistani politician who is the current mayor of Karachi. He was a member of the Senate of Pakistan from August 2017 to March 2018.
Gulzar Ahmed is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 27th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 21 December 2019 to 1 February 2022.
Umar Ata Bandial is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 28th Chief Justice of Pakistan from February 2022 to September 2023. He was appointed as the Chief Justice after the approval by President Arif Alvi on 13 January 2022,after which he assumed his office on 2 February 2022 and retired on 16 September 2023.
Syed Ali Zafar is a Pakistani senator and barrister who was born and grew up in Lahore. He was President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan from 2015 to 2016 and also was acting as Minister for Law and Justice of Pakistan from 5th June to 15th August in 2018. He remained President of the Pakistan chapter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Law and a senior partner of Mandviwalla &Zafar,legal consultants. He is associated as vice-president of the Human Rights Society of Pakistan. He earned his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the London School of Economics in 1983 and was called to the Bar in England and Wales in 1984. He is also a political analyst and regularly writes in The Express Tribune on various political,social and legal issues of Pakistan. He joined the present ruling party,Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI),in 2019.
Chaudhry Ejaz Yousaf is a Pakistani retired judge and lawyer who served as the 10th chief justice of the Federal Shariat Court from 9 May 2003 to 8 May 2006.
