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Employees of Constitutional Bodies held entitled to allotment of plots in FGEHF schemes

IALCSep 30,2013
Ch. Imran Hassan Ali

Ch. Imran Hassan Ali, Advocate, represented the successful appellants in an Intra-Court Appeal before a Division Bench of the Honourable Islamabad High Court. Two Appellants were Deputy Secretaries and one was Joint Secretary in the National Assembly Secretariat. They applied for allotment of plots in schemes developed by the Federal

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Supreme Court strikes down multiple Ordinances and Acts in a landmark judgment

IALCJun 10,2013
Ch. Afrasiab Khan

Ch. Afrasiab Khan, ASC, represented the successful Petitioners and Appellants (all high ranking bureaucrats) in two Constitution Petitions and a Civil Appeal challenging, inter alia, the following pieces of legislation: The Sindh Civil Servants (Regularization of Absorption) Ordinance, 2011 The Sindh Civil Servants (Regularization of Absorption) Act, 2011 The Sindh

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OGDCL employee’s termination from service quashed by Islamabad High Court

IALCMar 18,2013
Ch. Afrasiab Khan,Ch. Imran Hassan Ali

Ch. Afrasiab Khan, ASC, represented the successful Petitioner in a Petition for Writ of Certiorari before the Honourable Islamabad High Court. He was assisted by Ch. Imran Hassan Ali, Advocate. The Petitioner, Muhammad Azhar Chughtai, was employed as Manager (S&FA) in the Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd. (OGDCL). He

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Murder convict acquitted by the High Court after serving more than nine years

IALCFeb 26,2013
Ch. Imran Hassan Ali

Ch. Imran Hassan Ali represented the successful appellant, Liaquat Ali, in a criminal appeal against conviction. Liaquat Ali had been convicted of murder and sentenced to imprisonment for life by the Trial Court. He had already served 9 and a half years in prison when his appeal was finally allowed

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Supreme Court strikes down Contempt of Court Act, 2012

IALCAug 3,2012
Ch. Afrasiab Khan

The Honourable Supreme Court of Pakistan has declared the Contempt of Court Act, 2012, as ultra vires of the Constitution. Ch. Afrasiab Khan, ASC, represented one of the Petitioners who had challenged the law. The judgment is reported as “Baz Muhammad Kakar and others vs. Federation of Pakistan etc.” (PLD

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Imran Hassan Ali testifies as an Expert Witness in the High Court of Hong Kong

IALCMar 28,2012
Ch. Imran Hassan Ali

Ch. Imran Hassan Ali recently testified as an Expert Witness in the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance. The case pertained to succession to the estate of Abid Hussain (deceased) – a man of Pakistani origin – whose estate included assets in Hong

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