The Lahore Bar Association is a professional organization of lawyers in
Lahore
Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...
,
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
. Its members historically played a major role in the Pakistani independence movement. It is the biggest Bar in Asia
The Lahore Bar Association's incumbent President is Mubashir Rehman Gujjar, Senior Advocate Supreme Court. He is affiliated with Professional Group of lawyers which is headed by Senator
Hamid Khan.
Notable former presidents
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Manzoor Qadir
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Abid Hassan Minto
Abid Hassan Minto also known as Abid Minto () (born 3 February 1932) is a constitutional expert and senior lawyer of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and former president of the Awami Workers Party. He is also a literary critic and a leftwing civ ...
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Khawaja Muhammad Sharif
* Hafiz Abdul Rehman Ansari
* Mian Abdul Quddus
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Malik Mohammad Qayyum
Malik Mohammad Qayyum (; 18 January 1946 – 17 February 2022) was a Pakistani lawyer who was Senior Advocate Supreme Court and Attorney General of Pakistan. He was replaced by Senator Latif Khosa when President Pervez Musharraf resigned on 18 ...
* Nusrat Javed Bajwa
* Chaudhry Ishtiaq Ahmad
* Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali
* Rana Zia Abdul Rahman
* Chaudhry Ishtiaq Ahmad Khan
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* Rao Muhammad Sami
* Rana Intizar Hussain
* Mubashir Rehman Chaudhry
Notable former secretaries
* Maqsood Buttar
* Tahir Nasrullah Warraich
* Rao Sami
* Rana Intizar Hussain
See also
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Punjab Bar Council
The Punjab Bar Council () is a deliberative assembly of lawyers in Punjab, Pakistan.
It is established by the Parliament of Pakistan and consists of 75 members elected from different constituencies of Punjab, Pakistan. Its main functions ar ...
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Lahore High Court Bar Association
The Lahore High Court Bar Association () is the largest Bar Association of Pakistan, situated in the premises of Lahore High Court, Lahore.
Lahore Bar (presently Lahore High Court Bar) as a collective group took birth somewhere before 1892-93 a ...
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Pakistan Bar Council
The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) () was established by the National Assembly of Pakistan, Parliament in 1973 under the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act. It is the highest elected body of lawyers in Pakistan.
It has twenty two members el ...
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Lahore High Court
The Lahore High Court () is a provincial court house based in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established as a high court on 21 March 1882. The Lahore High Court has jurisdiction over the province of Punjab. The High Court's principal seat is ...
References
Punjab Bar Council