Best Lawyers & Attorneys Karachi Pakistan

Category: Election and Political Law

  • Judgment of Supreme Court in Petition for holding General Election

    IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN (Original/Appellate Jurisdiction) Present:Justice Qazi Faez Isa, CJJustice Amin-ud-Din KhanJustice Athar Minallah Constitution Petition Nos. 32 and 36 of 2023Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan throughits Secretary, Islamabad and others.(in Const. P. No. 32/23) Munir Ahmed.(in Const. P. No. 36/23)… Petitioners Versus Federation of Pakistan through Secretary,Cabinet Division, Islamabad and…

  • Irfan Mir Halepota Member Supreme Court Bar Association

    Mr. Halepota is very experienced in providing advice in connection with complex information technology/intellectual property transactions including outsourcing and other strategic procurement relationships, joint venture transactions, and licensing. He has been involved as lead lawyer in Pakistan’s most domestic and international outsourcing deals. He has also dealt with leading cases in High Court and Supreme…

  • Political and Election Law

    Political and election law is a constantly evolving and complex field where politics and law intersect. Whether you are interested in running for office, participating in or influencing the electoral process, or interacting with government officials, you need to be aware of the federal, state, and even local laws that may govern your activity. At…

  • Supreme Court Bar Association Petition for Elections within 90 days

    The Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (SCBAP) has filed a Constitution Petition before the Supreme Court to direct the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to announce a date for general elections within 90 days of the dissolution of Nat­ional Assembly, as mentioned the in Article 224(2) of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan,…

  • Definitions Pakistan Election Laws 2017

    Definitions.— In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—(i) “aalim” means a Muslim scholar who—(a) holds a degree or a sanad requiring conclusion of at least sixteen years of education recognized by the Higher Education Commission; and(b) has at least twenty years’ experience as a teacher or researcher in fields…

  • Ahsan Bhoon elected as Supreme Court Bar Association president 2021-22

    Independent Group candidate advocate Supreme Court Mr. Ahsan Bhoon elected as a president on 28th October, 2021. According to the details, Chaudhary Ahsan Bhoon of Indpendent Group achieved 1,390 votes where as Professional Group candidate Sardar Latif Khosa got 813 votes. Earlier, the polling for SCBA election 2021-22 was started from 8.30 a.m and continued…

  • Independent Group wins majority seats in SCBA polls 2020-21

    Abdul Latif Afridi of Independent Group of lawyers, also known as the late Asma Jahangir group, was elected president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for 2020-21. The group notched the maximum slots of the bar, including those of secretary and vice presidents in Punjab and Sindh. Mr Afridi secured 1,010 votes against 796…

  • Independent group’s Qalbe Hassan wins SCBA top slot

    Syed Qalbe Hassan of the Independent group was elected as President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for the year 2019-20. Unfortunately for the post of the secretary Shamimur Rehman Malik of the Hamid Khan-led Professional group was elected. Mr Hassan secured 1,381 votes against 950 bagged by his rival Shoaib Shaheen of the…

  • Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for the year 2018-19

    Amanullah Kanrani of Hamid Khan group was elected president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for the term 2018-2019. Kanrani was backed by the Hamid Khan Group and Mr. Ali Ahmed Kurd, backed by Asma Jahangir group. A total of 3,047 voters were to elect the 22-member body of the SCBA. The Lahore registry…

  • Supreme Court Bar Association election 2017 – 18 results announced

    Pir Kaleem Khursheed and Safdar Hussain Tarar of the Asma Jahangir’s Independent Group were elected president and secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) respectively. Pir Kaleem Khursheed from Indpendent Group of Lawyers and Hafiz Abdur Rahman of Professional Group were contesting for the post of President of Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. On…

  • Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for the year 2016-17

    Mr.  Irfan Mir Halepota, Advocate supported the independent Group during Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for the year 2016-17. Mr. Rasheed A Rizvi and Aftab Bajwa were elected for the position of president and secretary respectively. Both the candidates were backed by PTI leader Hamid Khan`s, Professional Group. Rizvi received 1289 votes while his opponent…

  • Election and Political Law

    In the current enforcement environment, corporations, major political donors, lobbyists, and Political Parties can face unprecedented scrutiny of their compliance,  and government ethics laws. Irfan Mir Halepota’s Election and Political Law Practice is one of the oldest and most prominent such practices in the Pakistan, specially at Karachi. Individuals and Political Parties turn to Halepota…