List of arbitrators
Chaudry Abdul Aziz
Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil Disputes, Criminal Disputes, Family Disputes, and Property Disputes
Justice (Retd.) Chaudhry Abdul Aziz served as a judge of the Lahore High Court (LHC) from November 26, 2016, and became a permanent judge on October 22, 2018.
During his tenure, he adjudicated approximately 40,000 cases, primarily focusing on criminal law. Known for his deep legal expertise and fair judgments, he handled several high-profile cases that contributed to the development of criminal jurisprudence.
In addition to his role in criminal law, Justice Aziz actively promoted Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to reduce case backlogs and provide quicker justice. He encouraged mediation and arbitration as efficient means of resolving disputes outside the traditional court system. His efforts in integrating ADR helped streamline legal proceedings and improve access to justice.
ADIL AZIZ QAZI
Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil Disputes, Criminal Disputes, Family Disputes, and Property Disputes
Mr. Adil Aziz Qazi is an Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan. In 2006, he got enrolled as Advocate at High Court. Later on, he signed the role of Advocate
of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2014. He has 18 years of experience in active litigation in criminal and civil disputes and consultancy. Mr. Qazi extensively practiced in the areas of family disputes, criminal matters in different issues related to land and properties, local government, and problems arising out of their interaction with the public, and as of late working with constitutional law as well. He had the honor of assisting the Honorable High Courts in Islamabad, KPK, and Lahore and the Honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan in a number of high-profile cases. Several of these cases have also been reported by the orders of the Honorable benches at the Supreme Court of Pakistan and different High Courts. He has also served as Legal Adviser to Capital Development Authority, Islamabad, and Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad.
Mr. Qazi is currently serving as Senior Partner at Adil Qazi Law Firm LLP and founding member of wakeel.com (a tech law initiative).
He was elected as a member of the Islamabad Bar Council for five years in 2021 which is the principal statutory body governing this profession in Islamabad Capital Territory. Mr. Qazi also served as Chairman, of Executive Committee 2021-22 and currently serving as Chairman Legal Aid Committee at Islamabad Bar Council.
Zopash Khan
Accredited by: Accredited Mediator by MSoM
Specialization: Civil Law, Real Estate/land, Family Disputes, Contractual Disputes, Environmental Disputes, and Intellectual Property
Zopash Khan is a seasoned Barrister with a focus on mediation and legal consultancy. As Co-Chair of The Society of Mediators – Pakistan Chapter, Zopash plays a crucial role in promoting and advancing the practice of mediation within the legal community.
Being an Accredited Mediator by MSoM, Zopash brings a wealth of experience and expertise to alternative dispute resolution processes.
In the legal realm, Zopash serves as a Partner at Pasha’s Associates & Consultants – AAQLLP, contributing to the success and growth of the firm. With a commitment to humanitarian causes, Zopash founded the Humanitarian Trust for Suffering (HTS), serving as its Founding President. This organization focuses on addressing and alleviating various forms of suffering through dedicated initiatives and projects.
Zopash Khan is also recognized as a Member of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, showcasing a commitment to global collaboration and impact. This affiliation reflects Zopash’s dedication to contributing to positive change on an international scale.
SAAD AHMAD RAJPOOT
Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil Law, Real Estate/land, Family Disputes, Contractual Disputes, Environmental Disputes, and Intellectual Property
Mr. Saad Ahmed Rajpoot is an Advocate High Court, having 14 years of litigation experience and specialized expertise in Civil, Environmental,
Consumer, Intellectual Property, Arbitration, & Land Revenue Laws. He started legal career at Hafiz Saeed Law Associates and then moved on to a very well-reputed law firm named “Hussain & Qazi Law Associates”. He has been actively involved in dispute resolution and litigation in criminal and civil cases. Mr. Rajput has made timely settlement of contentious issues between disputed parties through more appropriate and alternative dispute resolution techniques such as mediation, conciliation and arbitration. He is currently serving as Senior Partner in SSC Law firm, Islamabad established in 2011. He holds an LL. B (Hons) degree.
MALIK QATADAH JAMAL
Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil disputes, Criminal disputes, Land disputes, Commercial disputes, Contractual disputes, and IT disputes
Mr. Malik Qatadah Jamal holds the distinguished honor of conducting the mediation process
that led to the landmark achievement of securing the first successful settlement under the ADR Act, 2017 in Islamabad. Mr. Qatadah Jamal enrolled as an advocate in the Islamabad Bar Council on the 6th of April 2017. He has over 6 years of experience in dealing with complex civil, criminal, and constitutional cases in District and Honorable High courts so as to render assistance in the dispensation of justice. During the short span of his legal career, he possessed a record of successfully analyzing perplexing cases and figuring out the client’s requirements, rendering quality solutions focusing on exceptional ethical standards and practices.
Apart from working with individual clients, he rendered services to different private organizations i.e., Nested Logics, M/s Ghouri Town, etc. as Legal Advisor, and governmental organizations, like National Highway Authority (NHA) by representing as its Counsel in High Court.
Mr. Qatadah has also been working as Special Advisor to the Vice Chairman of the Islamabad Bar Council for Framing CPD/CLE Rules. Previously, he also served as Chairman ICT Administration & Coordination Committee at IHCBA.
SHIREEN IMRAN
Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil Disputes, Service matters, and Family Disputes
Almost 27 years having experience of working in Civil, Criminal and Specially Service cases in District Court, High Court, Tribunals,
TANIA BAZAI
Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Banking Disputes, Family Disputes, Criminal Disputes, and Civil Disputes
Ms. Tania Bazai is an Advocate High Court practicing legal career for the last 7 years. Ms. Bazai has represented her clients in civil, family, commercial,
and criminal matters in almost every court including Family, Civil, Criminal, and Special Courts. She also represented her clients in criminal appeals before High Court. Besides representing local clients, she represented Foreign Clients in District courts.
Initially started with a corporate law firm, she has independently worked with Chinese Companies as litigation Counsel “Power China and “CCECC” and with an NGO “Piyass International” where she contested the bail of fifty needy orphan Prisoners. She is currently working on Eight Organization’s Penal “Litigation” in Islamabad. In a short span of her litigation career, she has Eight Reported Criminal Judgments on her credit. She has been recently appointed to the commission by the Honorable High Court for evidence record among both disputed parties. Ms. Bazai pursued LLB/LLM degree with research focused on ADR, particularly mediation and arbitration. She has also done double Masters, one in International Relations and English Literature.
Hasan Rashid Qamar
Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization:
Mr. Hasan Rashid Qamar, ASC completed LLB (Hons.) from University of Warwick and University of London and obtained Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from University of Oxford, UK in 2007 and in 2008 completed Diploma in Legal Studies from Oxford Brookes University, UK.
He was enrolled as an Advocate of the High Courts in 2010 and as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2020. He has more than 13 years of extensive practice experience. In addition, to legal practice, Mr. Qamar successfully completed and passed Mediation Training & Assessment from Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and is certified as CIArb Accredited Mediator. He is enrolled & notified in the panel of Mediators in ADR Centers/Mediation Centers by the Government (of Pakistan) and is also notified by the Hon’ble Islamabad High Court.
Asad Ladha
Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Commercial, tax, Constitutional and General civil litigation
Asad Ladha is a partner at Raja Mohammed Akram and & Co. He is an Advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan and was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Lincoln’s Inn) in 2009. After completing his legal studies, Asad practiced for as a litigation lawyer in London, UK. In addition, Asad has also acted as a Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Justice, UK.
Asad has a broad practice encompassing commercial, tax, constitutional and general civil litigation. He acts for a wide range of clients, including multinationals, government and public bodies, non-governmental organizations and private individuals. He regularly appears before, and has also represented, a number of regulatory bodies including the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP). Within his Commercial practice, Asad has represented clients from a number of industries including Banking, Cement, Food and Beverage, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Telecommunications and Textiles.
Due to his experience of both Pakistani and foreign jurisdictions, Asad has built up considerable expertise in contentious civil, commercial and tax matters with an international element.
Asad has a wealth of experience in conducting local arbitrations in Pakistan under the Arbitration Act, 1940. He has previously represented a major oil and gas company in a multimillion-dollar dispute with its Joint Venture partner and has also represented a major Chinese company in its dispute with the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) worth more than US$50 million regarding imposition of liquidated damages and encashment of bank guarantees due to alleged delays in the completion of an LPG Gas Processing Plant.
Asad has served as an Editor of the prestigious International Organisations Law Review published from the Netherlands and contributed to the book titled “International Institutional Law” (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers). Asad has previously been a member of the visiting faculty at The Institute of Legal Studies (TILS), Lahore.
Asad heads the Islamabad office of Raja Mohammed Akram and & Co.
Ehsaan Ali Qazi
Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Commercial, Construction, Telecom and Banking Law
Executed transactional work and pursued contentious issues at High Courts and Civil Courts in matters ranging from commercial, telecom, intellectual property, construction, banking, regulatory matters, and arbitrations
Represented and advised clients such as National Highway Authority, National Logistic Cell, SAMBU Construction Company, Mohmand Construction (Private) Limited, Rakhshani Builders (Private) Limited and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex in FIDIC based construction contract disputes. Conducted arbitration with regard to Feasibility Preparation and Project Management Consultancy for a District Road Resource Management Sub-Project between the Government of Pakistan and Roughton International UK.
Provided opinion work on diverse issues ranging from contract, corporate, energy, telecom, media, construction, intellectual property, regulatory, commercial, service and general civil matters. Further supported the firm in drafting and negotiating the public private partnership transactions for Frontier Works Organization with National Highway Authority.
Hadiya Aziz
Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil, Criminal, Family, Commercial and Arbitration
Ms. Hadiya completed her BA. LLB from the prestigious Lahore University of Management
Sciences (LUMS) in 2011. She completed her Masters in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice from
the University of Sussex UK being recipient of the Chevening scholarship along with Asma
Jahangir Award.
Hadiya is a practicing lawyer based in Islamabad and she is licensed as an
Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Hadiya runs a diverse law practice dealing with civil, criminal, family, commercial and
arbitration related matters. She was formerly a State Counsel at the Islamabad High Court
between 2015 and 2019 working under the Advocate General Office of Islamabad. Hadiya has
representation Pakistan at various international legal summits such as the IAFL international
Family Law conference in Dubai in 2018. The Islamabad High Court has, on four instances,
sought her assistance as an amicus curiae. She has also worked as court auctioneer and local
commission on behalf of Islamabad High Court on various occasions.
Hadiya is a certified civil/commercial mediator accredited by ADR ODR International. She has
also undertaken a TTT (Train the Trainers) training conducted by ADR ODR International in
liaison with the Ministry of Law Pakistan.
Barrister Sara Seerat
Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Oil & Gas disputes, Company/Commercial disputes, Power related disputes, Family disputes, Regulatory Compliance (Securities Exchange Commission of Pakistan, Competition Commission), Construction disputes, Contractual disputes, and Energy disputes
Sara Seerat is the Managing Partner of Mahmood Awan & Partners, Islamabad and a co-founding Senior Partner of Awan Seerat Tirmizi,
Lahore. She qualified with an LLB (Hons.) from Queen Mary, University of London in 2009, and was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Hon’ble Society of Lincoln’s Inn in 2010. Her practice focuses mainly on energy laws, high- stake commercial disputes, and regulation of capital markets. She advises several oil & gas producers, oil marketing companies, LPG infrastructure development companies, power producers, major international construction contractors, and global FMCG brands. She represents her clients before the High Courts and regulatory authorities including Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority, and Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan. She also conducts trials before the courts in Islamabad. Sara has gained considerable experience as an arbitration lawyer and is currently acting as counsel for various petroleum and gas companies and other clients in multiple arbitrations of high-value commercial disputes.
Sara joined Orr, Dignam & Co. as an Associate in 2010. During her four years at Orr, Dignam & Co. she assisted partners on transactions in the power, oil & gas, banking, cement, and telecommunications sectors. She moved to Mahmood Awan & Partners in July 2014. She was given the role of a Partner in July 2015 and has been the Managing Partner since 2019.
Muhammad Saqib Bhatti
Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Commercial Disputes, Civil Disputes, Criminal Disputes, Family Disputes, Taxation and Labor/Employment Disputes
Mr. Muhammad Saqib Bhatti is an advocate of the High Court, currently serving as a partner at SB Law Associates, Islamabad.
The firm is rendering services related to, but not limited to, Constitutional, Commercial, Civil, Criminal, and Human rights matters. Prior to the establishment of the law firm, Mr. Bhatti worked as Civil Judge cum Judicial Magistrate for 5 years under the administrative control of Islamabad High Court Islamabad where he had the opportunity to adjudicate disputes involving Civil, Commercial, Criminal, Matrimonial, Tenancy, and Arbitration matters.
He also worked as in-house legal counsel at Huawei Technologies Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited from September 2012 –December 2014. During his career with Huawei as legal counsel, Mr. Bhatti dealt with commercial transactions & contractual issues. As a lead legal counsel, he was also involved in pre-bidding matters such as preparation; review, and evaluation of RFP. Followed by post-bidding matters which include drafting and leading the negotiation for finalizing Sales, Services, Turnkey, NDA, and other types of contracts with telecom operators as well as with sub-contractors.
Being a practicing legal professional for 15 years, Mr. Bhatti possesses a predominant interest in civil and constitutional litigation with a prime focus on Arbitration laws. He is currently engaged as a legal counsel and as a sole/co-arbitrator in different arbitrations. In addition, he had actively been involved in rendering legal opinions to the company’s tax, customs, finance, procurement, and HR departments. Also delivered lectures to police officials on Investigation, Domestic Violence, Community Policing, Human Rights, Code of Conduct for Law enforcement agencies, and other issues. He pursued L.L.M Corporate Law from International Islamic University, Islamabad in 2011. Previously, done LL. B (Hons) in Shariah and Law from IIU, Islamabad in 2007
Zain ul Abedeen
Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Specialization: Civil, Commercial, Corporate, Criminal, Family, Inheritance, Partition, Contractual,
Construction, Property, and Revenue matters
Zain ul Abedeen Hashmi is a lawyer and accredited mediator with expertise in resolving complex disputes
across civil, commercial, family, property, rent, and inheritance matters. With a strong background in land
revenue, property, inheritance, contractual matters, and laws related to cooperative societies and the Capital
Development Authority (CDA), he helps parties achieve fair and mutually beneficial outcomes.
Zain's passion for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) motivates him to adopt tailored approaches to
disputes, including contractual agreements, sale and purchase matters, and community conflicts. His
mediation philosophy is centered on fairness, efficiency, and fostering constructive dialogue while
upholding the highest professional standards
Muhammad Ummi
Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Specialization: Civil, Commercial, Family Law And Tenancy
Muhammad Ummin is a practicing advocate based in Islamabad , renowned for his expertise in Civil, Commercial, Criminal lan and Tenancy law.
He holds degree of BS LLB in shariah & Law from International Islamic University, Islamabad, blending traditional legal principles with Shariah-based jurisprudence to provide a well rounded approach to legal matters. Muhammad Ummi has appeared before High Court in writs and other cases and in several tribunals, civil and crimal courts,
Khadija Uzair
Accredited by: Accredited Mediator by MSoM
Specialization: Specialization: Civil, Commercial, Work place and Family Law
Barrister Khadija Uzair combines exceptional academic credentials with extensive practical experience to provide comprehensive legal expertise. Called to the bar inn 2017,
she is a graduate of the University of London (LLB Hons., Roll of Honor), a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, and a certified Civil, Commercial, and Workplace Mediator (2024). As Manager-Legal for a leading Pakistani IT consultant, she manages a broad range of legal matters, including litigation, contract negotiation, regulatory compliance, and dispute resolution. She represents the firm before key regulatory bodies (OGRA, SECP, and the Department of Labour) and provides expert advisory services in contract management to internal and external clients. Barrister Uzair is known for her strong analytical and strategic approach, exceptional communication and negotiation skills, and her ability to build strong client relationships while delivering tailored legal solutions.
Komal Malik Joya
Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil, Corporate, and Service Law
Komal joined KARLA, Attorneys and Corporate Consultants in January 2015 as an associate and became a partner after three years. Komal was enrolled as an Advocate at the Islamabad High Court in the year 2019.
Komal's areas of practice are Constitutional, Civil, Corporate, and Service Law. Komal is also participating in ongoing Arbitrations in the Firm. Additionally, Komal successfully completed the 6-Day Accredited Civil/Commercial Mediation Training Course in Pakistan, certified by the International Mediation Institute (IMI), UK, accredited by the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI), and organized by the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of Pakistan in collaboration with ADR ODR International, from 23 September to 28 September 2023. Komal has the following reported judgments.