Accredited Mediator List

Justice Arif Hussain Khilji

Accredited by: The Asian Foundation, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Karachi Centre for Dispute Resolution

Justice Arif Hussain Khilji was elevated as a Judge of the High Court of Sindh in 2001. In 2007, he refused to take oath under the Provisional

Constitution Order. In 2009 he was elevated as judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and retired in 2014. He was appointed as ad-hoc judge for the Supreme Court in 2015 for one year. In 2017 he was appointed as the Director General of the Sindh Judicial Academy.

JUSTICE ZAFAR SHERWANI

Accredited by: Center for Effective Dispute Resolution (UK)

Justice Zafar Sherwani has 30 years of judicial experience as a Judge in District Judiciary and superior Judiciary. He has been accredited as a

Mediator by the Center of Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) (UK) and currently performing his duties as a sole Arbitrator in FIDIC contracts. He is also a Director of Karachi Centre for Dispute Resolution (now NCDR), and a member of ICC Pakistan and Member SAARC Arbitration Council. Mr. Sherwani has authored several research papers published in Law Journals of Pakistan.

ANWAR KASHIF MUMTAZ

Accredited by: Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (UK)

He is a Tax and Corporate Lawyer, Advising Multinational Companies and Blue Chip Corporations on Tax and Corporate matters. He has presented

Papers on Tax & Corporate matters, served as a Secretary General,Vice President and President of Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA), has served as Secretary General and is currently been elected and is serving as the Senior Vice President of the Pakistan Tax Bar Association (PTBA). He has also served as Chairman of Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Committee on Direct Taxes. He has also been appointed by World Bank as its Consultant on Enforcing of Contract Indicator for Ease of Doing Business. He is an Advisory Board Member of Public Interest Law Association of Pakistan (PILAP). He also served as a Member of Business Integrity Champions Network by British Deputy High Commission. He has presented papers on Tax & Corporate matters including Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and International Business Best Practices. He is hosting a dedicated taxation show on Aaj News titled “Tax Aur Aap”. He has also appeared in different talk shows as Tax Expert on PTV, Aaj News, Business Plus, ARY, GNN, SAMAA and Geo News.

He is a CEDR (UK) Accredited Mediator & Master Trainer and has conducted number of Mediation, Training & Accreditation Courses. He is a Founding President of Pakistan Mediators Association (PMA).

He is a Certified International Trainer on Leadership and Personal Development and Associated with Junior Chamber International (JCI), a Worldwide Federation of Young Leaders and Entrepreneurs and served as its Vice President and Executive Vice President. He has represented Pakistan in International Conferences including the JCI-UN Summit in the year 2004 and was also part of the Prime Minister’s business delegation to China in 2005, instrumental in bringing the largest Medical Donation to Pakistan and was bestowed with an award of recognition by the President of Pakistan in the year 2000.

BARRISTER NAUSHEEN AHMAD

Accredited by: Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (UK)

Ms. Nausheen Ahmad is a Barrister at Law with over 30 years of law firm and in house counsel experience in various sectors including Oil & Gas,

FMCG, Banking and large scale manufacturing. She has served as Company Secretary and Legal Counsel in ICI Pakistan Ltd and HBL (Pakistan’s largest private sector bank). She serves on the Board of Meezan Bank Ltd which is currently the largest Islamic Bank in Pakistan, International Steel Ltd and Jubilee General Insurance Co Ltd. She teaches director certification programmes at IBA and the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance. She is visiting faculty at the Institute of Business Management (IOBM) and Karachi School of Business and Leadership (KSBL).

BARRISTER ALTAF QURESHI

Accredited by: ADR ODR International, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Altaf is a qualified barrister (non-practising) and solicitor (non-practising) of England and Wales, and an advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan.

Altaf started his career with a US law firm in London, specialising in offshore finance and technology companies. He subsequently completed his pupillage at Hardwicke Chambers, Lincoln’s Inn, which included appearances before the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Appeal.
Altaf subsequently worked as an Associate in the Banking Department of Linklaters in London, where he specialized in private equity, leveraged finance and restructuring transactions. Altaf then moved as Senior Legal Counsel to the Royal Bank of Scotland, advising on the sale of WorldPay, and then as the Deputy General Counsel of the Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank in the UAE. Altaf is currently an equity partner in the full service national law firm of Ijaz Ahmed & Associates in Karachi (which is part of the Dentons Nextlaw Network) where he advises on cross border matters with leading international law firms and multinational clients. He is a key partner at this Chambers & Partners and Legal500 recommended law firm. His practice covers banking and finance, restructuring and insolvency, companies and M&A, securities and capital markets, infrastructure and projects, commercial transactions and cross border investments (including Chinese from One Belt, One Road). Altaf’s law firm relationships include Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy, Freshfields, Dentons, Clyde & Co, HFW, White & Case, Latham & Watkins, Milkbank, Linklaters, Cleary Gottlieb, Watson Farley & Williams and Quinn Emanuel amongst others, including regional and smaller firms in key jurisdictions. He is also an Associate Member (also known as a door tenant) with Hardwicke Chambers, Lincoln’s Inn. Altaf is passionate about technology and entrepreneurship and is also the co-founder of Wukla (an automated contract generator) and PakSign (an electronic signature platform), both focused on the legal services industry in Pakistan, and which won the HBL Innovation Challenge 2017. Altaf previously taught EU and Constitutional Law at L’ecole in Karachi for the external University of London bachelors of law program and currently teaches Corporate Governance at the Institute of Business Administration to business students. He has published a report for Transparency International, an article for the Cleary Gottlieb Emerging Markets Restructuring Journal and shortly a global guide for Thomson Reuters Practical Law.
Altaf holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and a Master in Laws (LL.M) from Columbia University (which included an externship at the United Nations). He was also awarded the Jules Thorn Scholar by the Honourable Society at Middle Temple.

YUSRA ARSHED GILANI

Accredited by: IBA Dispute Resolution Forum

Yusra is a qualified mediator accredited with the Institute of Business Administration Dispute Resolution Forum. She is also a barrister of

England and Wales and an advocate of the High Court of Pakistan. Yusra completed a mini-pupillage at Hardwicke Chambers, Lincoln’s Inn, and worked as a legal intern with Sheridans in London before moving back to Karachi.
Her legal career started at Mandviwalla & Zafar, an all-Pakistan Law firm based in Karachi focusing on property matters, mergers and acquisitions and licensing of banking and finance companies. Yusra then moved in house to take on a Corporate Secretary, Legal Counsel and HR Role with an American affiliate, Acumen Fund, Inc based in Pakistan engaged in impact investing and leadership training.
Yusra currently has her own consultancy Aabbll in Karachi advising fin-tech’s, micro finance and commercial banks, not for profits and start-ups. Yusra serves as an independent director on the Board of Advans Pakistan Microfinance Bank, an affiliate of a leading French global micro finance group, Advans S.A.
Yusra is currently a visiting faculty at the Pakistan’s premier Institute of Corporate Governance, PICG for corporate secretary training and board of directors training. Yusra also completed her Certificate of Directors Education from PICG.
Yusra has published a report on Trade Associations and delivered a paper on intellectual property rights for SAARC Law International. Yusra holds a BA from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in Political Science and Economics and a PGDL she then completed the Bar Vocational Course at City Law School (ICSL) London and was called to the bar of England and Wales at the Honourable Society of Lincolns Inn.
Yusra is passionate about mental and physical well-being, social entrepreneurship and philanthropy and has obtained several certifications and sat on various Boards of trusts and companies to this end. Yusra speaks fluent Urdu/Hindi, and beginner French.

SARHA RASHEED

Accredited by: IBA Dispute Resolution Forum

Ms. Sarha Rasheed has read Masters of Law (LL.M) with specialization in Business Law from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law.

She is an advocate of the High Court and an accredited Mediator. Ms. Rasheed has appeared before several tribunals, courts and administrative bodies in Karachi to represent the interest of her clients. She has also worked as an in-house counsel at various company.

She was a part of the visiting faculty at Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University where she taught US Constitutional Law.

HANYA HAROON

Accredited by: IBA Dispute Resolution Forum

Ms. Haroon is a graduate of the University of London (International Program) from where she received Bachelor in Law with honors and is currently

practicing with Ali & Associates as a Senior Associate. Ms. Haroon is a corporate/trial lawyer specializing in Intellectual Property Law, and commercial and corporate affairs and is an important member of the firm’s acclaimed litigation practice. Ms. Haroon brings a fresh approach to the law and the firm and has also represented the firm at international conferences and currently practices before the High Courts of Pakistan, the Competition Commission, Intellectual Property Tribunals, and the Intellectual Property offices. Over the years, Ms. Haroon has expanded her client list, which consists of many leading local and multi-national companies. A firm believer in giving back to society, Ms. Haroon has also been part of the visiting faculty at her alumni school SZABIST where she taught administrative law to young prospective lawyers.

SOHAIL AHMAD KHOJA

Accredited by: Karachi Centre for Dispute Resolution , Pakistan Mediators Association and IBA Dispute Resolution Forum, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (UK)

Mr. Sohail Ahmad is the lead counsel of the Legal and Governance Advisory, a law firm that specializes in corporate governance and compliance.

He qualified as a mediator and master trainer from CEDR UK and is part of their international faculty. He is also a founder member of IBA DRF (Dispute Resolution Forum) and has undertaken mediation and training with KCDR, PMA and IBA DRF.

Sohail Khoja is a Civil engineer by profession, with a Master degree in Business Administration (MBA). Mr. Khoja is an accredited Mediator and a Master Trainer from CEDR (UK), He is also a founder member of Karachi Centre for Dispute Resolution, a position which entails both mediation and training, and was also a part of their first board of Directors. He is also a part of Pakistan Mediators Association.

Since his accreditation in 2006, Mr. Khoja has conducted various mediations and has also led and been a part of over a hundred International and local trainings in Mediation and conflict resolution. These trainings range from basic mediation courses to refresher courses and Trainer the Trainer programs. He is a regular participant in international moots on mediation like the CBMA in Rio and has also been regularly attending the CDRC Vienna as an expert assessor. He is also on the panel of international Master Trainers for International Conciliation and Arbitration Board.

On the social side he has been the Vice Chairman and director of the Aga Khan Foundation Pakistan. He has also a director of the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Pakistan, Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy and The Rural Support program Network (RSPN)

JAWAD AKBAR SARWANA

Accredited by: Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (UK)

Jawad Akbar Sarwana, is a practicing Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan; an Arbitrator and arbitration counsel; and, a CEDR, UK accredited

Commercial and Investor-State Mediator and Mediator Advocate/Representative. He has over 22 years standing at the bar and has completed secondments at Hogan Lovells and Simmons & Simmons, London (1997).

Jawad has conducted over 500 civil, commercial, banking, labour and constitutional cases before various courts, including the Supreme Court of Pakistan, High Courts (Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and Quetta) with about 40 cases reported in Pakistan law journals. He has acted as an amicus for the Division Bench of the High Court of Sindh at Karachi on (i) labour matters (2011 PLC 1 and 2011 PLC 265); interpretation of foreign jurisdiction clauses in Admiralty Jurisdiction (PLD 2020 Sindh 568); and, (iii) minimum wages law (Employers Federation of Pakistan and Others v. Government of Sindh and Others, CP No.D-4596/2021 decided on 15 October 2021).

In 2020-21, Jawad submitted Expert Reports in the High Court of Justice, Queens’s Bench Division, Commercial Courts of England & Wales on enforcement of foreign judgments. See Judgment dated 12 February 2021 in Case No.CL-2019-000491 (the Reko Diq case).
Jawad has been mediating and conducting neutral intervention work since 2008 till present. His experience covers mediating commercial and corporate disputes in Pakistan, including, inter alia, family-run business disputes, intellectual property disputes (trademarks), international trade (textile sector); financial facilities (credit lines involving small-medium enterprises) and shareholder disputes. He has also assisted foreign clients as Mediator Advocate in international mediations.

Jawad has collaborated on academic publications, including chapters in Stories Global Mediators Tell, “It really happened in Frankfurt”, editors, Glen Parker and Lela Love, American Bar Association (2017); Mediation Practice | 8 Cultures, 16 Cases, 128 Creative Solutions; editor, Greg Bond, ICC Publication (2016); and “Making the First Offer: Pros and Cons” IBA Mediation Technique Handbook, editor, Patricia Barclay, Co-Chair, , published in the IBA’s E-Book, Mediation Techniques (2010).

He is currently Vice-President of the Pakistan Chapter of the International Law Association (ILA) and Officer of the International Bar Association’s Mediation Committee Advisory Board (2020-21). He was Co-Chair, IBA Mediation Techniques Sub-Committee (2018-2019), and Co-Chair, IBA Mediation Committee (2016-2017). He is presently the Co-Chair of Mediation Committee of the Pakistan National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (PN-ICC). He has served as a Member, Corporate Disputes Panel, Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (“SECP”); and currently Director Trainings, Pakistan Mediators Association (“PMA”).

AGHA ZAFAR AHMED

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Mr. Agha Zafar is an Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan with more than 18 years of post-qualification experience. He is partner of

M/s Aga Faquir Mohammad & Co., a registered law firm. He deals in almost all the fields of law including Commercial & International Trade, Corporate, Commercial Contract (advisory, drafting and vetting), Policy and Legislative advices, Construction claims, Civil litigation, Banking, Constitutional, Arbitration, Taxation, International Law, Anti-trust/Competition laws and Insurance Law. His area of specialization and expertise is however, Admiralty, Maritime and Commercial law.

TARIQ SAEED RANA

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

He was called to the bar by the Society of the Lincoln’s Inn, UK. Have LL.M. (UK) in Commercial Laws, P.G.Dip in law (UK), LL.B. (Pak) and holds

a qualification of Associate Engineering (Mech, Pak). In addition to being a consultant, he is an Accredited Mediator & a, Master Trainer from CEDR (UK). As a Partner of law firm Surridge & Beecheno, heads the Corporate & Commercial Laws. He is also a trainer at the Directors Training Programme. He is a member of the General Council of the Bar of England & Wales, UK, The Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London, UK, Ex. member management committee of the Hillingdon Law Center, Hayes, Middlesex, UK, VP PMA, Punjab Bar Council, Lahore High Court Bar and District Bar Lahore, Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industries.

MEHNAZ SHIRAZ

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Dozens of his cases have been reported in leading law journals.

TALHA ALIZAI

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

HUMA SHAH

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

She is in practice since 1993. Worked with AGHS Legal Aid Cell/AGHS Law Associates, Mrs. Asma Jehangir & Ms. Hina Jilani, M/s Surridge & Beecheno.

Currently she is Managing Partner in M/s Sheikh Shah Rana & Ijaz (SSR&I), handles the corporate & consulting, in charge of drafting & vetting in corporate & commercial matters. She has also registered Charitable Trusts and Partnership firms. She is an Accredited Trainer of the Advocacy Training Programme Pakistan under the aegis of the Inns of Court Advocacy Committee (IATC) of the Bar Council of England & Wales & an accredited Mediator & master Trainer (CEDR) UK. She is member of various Bars of Punjab. She has been twice awarded gold medals for merit in studies from her Alma Mater, the Punjab Law College.

SARDAR KALIM ILYAS

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

ARHAM SARWAR

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Arham Sarwar works at the Legal Aid Society in gender-related initiatives. She brings together criminal justice actors to respond to sexual violence

by implementing policies and creating coordination mechanisms. Arham is passionate about women’s empowerment and aims to create a safer world for women.

JAVERIA KAMRAN

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Javeria Kamran is a gender rights activist with in-depth experience in field research and community engagement on issues related

to women’s accessand control of their property in Pakistan. Currently, her work on women’s property rights is focused on the districts of Larkana, Shaheed Benazaribad, and Karachi. Her work also leverages the intersection of education and technology to increase legal literacy among women. She is also involved in advocacy for marital property law reform. Apart from her experience in GBV work, she has also worked on assimilating education technology in low-income and low-infrastructure contexts.

MUHAMMAD ZUHAIB

Mr Zuhaib has degrees in Law (LLB), Business (MBA), and M.A (English), He serves as a Field Advocate with the Legal Aid Society and

is a registered Lawyer at Sindh Bar Council

NAIK ALAM

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Mr. Naik is currently associated with LAS as Program Coordinator ADR Since last one year. Previously he supervised programs related to economic

development, poverty alleviation, educational development and women empowerement. He has over 7 years of work exprience in developmetn sector.In education he is holding Masters Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Karachi, and in addition to that he received professional development certificate from the State department of the U.S on completion of the Community College Initiative Program. You can contact him at naik.alam@las.org.pk / 03105243686

WALEED

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Mr Waleed Khan is a mid career professional with with 6 years of work experience as lawyer and as Field Advocate at Legal Aid Society.

In addtion to that, he has completed course related to Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate.

AILIYA MERCHANT

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Ailiya has pursued her undergraduate degree in Social Development & Policy with a minor in Communication & Design from Habib University, Karachi.

Her academic interests lie primarily in socio-legal research, Education, and Cultural Studies. She has interned at Marvi Mazhar & Associates, and the Center for Transdisciplinarity, Design and Innovation at Habib University as a researcher. She is an Alumni of SUSI for Student Leaders on Comparative Public Policymaking 2020/21. She is currently working with Legal Aid Society as a Research Associate on the Alternate Dispute Resolution Project. She can be reached at +923323450958 or ailiya.nooruddin@las.org.pk

ABID ALII

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Mr. Abid Ali is a development professional with a Master’s degree in Social Science from the University of Sindh Jamshoro. He is a highly

self-motivated and committed development professional with over 13 Years experience of working in community development projects/programs. For the last 13 years, He is associated as a development specialist with a number of national and international NGOs working in Pakistan such as Legal Aid Society, Global Health Directorate-Indus Hospital & Health Network, Deloitte Yousuf Adil Chartered Accountants, ACTED (France), DevCon-An Association for Rural Development, International Medical Corps (United States of America), The Johanniter International Assistance (Germany), Participatory Development Initiatives, Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, AAB Consultants Pvt. Ltd. and SAWFCO. He worked in projects funded by the DRL, Global Fund, USAID, Jhpiego, Trocaire, DFID, LDSC, UNICEF, WFP, OFDA, ECHO, IOM, Oxfam GB, GOAL Ireland, PPAF, and World Bank.

MASHAL GILLANI

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Mashal Gilani has graduated with a Bachelor of laws (Hons.) from the University of London’s International Programme and is currently

working as a Research Associate at the Legal Aid Society, Pakistan. She is interested in theology and its use and application in the contemporary legal globalization and is currently working on assessing the legal needs of religious minorities in Sindh. Previously, she has worked on labour laws, contracts, and other civil matters while working with various law firms such as Kabraji & Talibuddin, Orr, Dignam & Co. and Surridge & Beecheno. In addition, she has also worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross on their Healthcare in Danger initiative and has experience coaching several moot teams for the SZABIST, Faculty of Law.

PERVEEN KHURRAM SHEIKH

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Perveen Khurram Shaikh has been practicing advocacy at Lower Court for the Last 2 Years, and 2 Years at Sindh High Court. She has been working as a

Legal Advisor at Sindh Legal Advisory Call Center. She holds certification from Sindh Judicial Academy in recording evidence & Commissioner

RUKHSANA PERVEEN

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Rukhsana Parveen Khokhar is a graduate of Islamia University Bahawalpur with a bachelor in Political Science and Education. She completed her

Master’s Degree in English Literature from IUB Punjab in 2005. She is a well-known Woman/Human Rights Defender, revolutionary writer and has over all 15 years of extensive work experience in the development sector. Rukhsana has worked extensively on planning, managing, executing and strategically reviewing educational, Human/Women rights, Gender based violence, Gender equality, Small grants programs, TAVET Sector projects and trainings for Human Rights defenders, Religious minority communities and Technical Training Institutes. She has been associated with several distinguished INGOs, Donors and NGOs such as Save the Children International, Catholic Relief Services International, USAID, DFID, Human Development Foundation, IMC Worldwide UK, Creative Associates International and Louis Berger International. Currently, Rukhsana is working as a Senior Program Manager with the Legal Aid Society and managing the implementation of “Assessment of Legal System for Religious Minorities in Pakistan” program across 8 districts of Sindh.

SONIA ARAIN

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Ms. Sonia Arain holds a Master’s degree in Social Science from the University of Sindh, Jamshoro. She is a committed and self-motivated development

professional with over eight years of work experience in community development projects and programs. She has worked in different capacities as a development professional for numerous projects and programs, including the Family Planning and Reproductive Health Project funded by USAID, MINERVA-The Finnish Project supported by the government of Finland, the Sukh Initiative family planning programme funded by a tripartite partnership between the Aman Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the David & Lucile Packard Foundation, and the School-based deworming program supported by Interactive Research and Development (IRD), Indus Health Network (IHN) and Evidence Action’s Deworm the World Initiative in Pakistan.

ABBAS ALI

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Mr. Abbas Ali is an accredited Mediator from Pakistan Mediators Association and was notified by the High Court of Sindh. He is an

experienced professional with more than 09 years of experience in the non-profit sector. Currently, he is the Program Lead for the Alternative Dispute Resolution -ADR program at the Legal Aid Society. He led the program team to register more than 1100 cases before the formal and semi-formal ADR Mechanisms and successfully resolved 350 cases through the offices of the Ombudsman, Court Annexed, and Private Mediation. In addition to that he has diverse experience in the thematic areas including livelihood, gender-based violence, rule of law, access to justice, economic empowerment, social enterprise, youth and community development, human rights, education, environment, enterprise development, and democratization in the context of Pakistan.

AFREEN KANWAL

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Ms. Afreen is a social worker and child rights activist from the district Sukkur. She has experience in mediating Family Issues, conflict management,

and community problems. She has also worked for Human Rights, Women’s Rights, Child Protection, Health awareness, and especially on girls’ education. She has attended and arranged workshops on child rights, education importance, Seminars on social issues such as Karokari and honor killing, Training Sessions from IOM on disaster management, SOL on workplace harassment, and 3-year series training on Impact base Monitoring and Evaluation. She has close coordination with Social Welfare and District Administration in Sukkur for addressing issues in the district.

SABA PANHWAR

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

She is an accredited mediator from Pakistan Mediators Association (PMA). Ms.Saba is a law graduate from Sindh University Jamshoro in 2017. She is

currently employed as a legal advisor at the Legal Aid Society, Karachi. She has four years of experience as an advocate. She also got three months of training as a learner of legal skills from the Sindh Judicial Academy (SJA), She is providing tuition to law students. She also worked voluntarily in the women’s protection cell in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan.

KAINAT NAZ

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Miss Kainat is an accredited Mediator from Pakistan Mediators Association (PMA). She has done her LLB and she has been associated with the Legal Aid

Society since 2021, as Community Lawyer under alternative dispute resolution (ADR). She had facilitated three mediations successfully including two court-annexed and one private mediation

ABDUL GHAFFAR

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Need proper profile””Mr. Ghaffar is an Accredited Mediator from Pakistan Mediators Association (PMA).
Abdul Ghaffar is a qualified

individual with a Master’s degree in English literature along with a degree of bachelor of law, L.L.B. He has been associated with the Legal Aid Society for the last two years as a field officer under alternative dispute resolution (ADR). He has successfully performed two private mediations and registered and resolved several cases through Provincial and Federal Ombudsman Offices.

HASSAN SAEED

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Mr. Hassan Saeed is an accredited mediator from Pakistan Mediators Association (PMA). Mr. Hasan is a sociology and anthropology graduate, He is a

development professional with experience in designing, leading, and executing programs in the development sector; particularly in education, public policy, and rule of law. Currently, as part of the Program Delivery Unit at the Legal Aid Society, he provides programmatic & strategic support to multiple programs across an array of thematic areas alongside designing community-centric interventions zoning in on human security and gender.

YASHA ULLAH

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Mr. Yashaullah is an accredited mediator from Pakistan Mediators Association (PMA). Professionally he is the Senior Manager of HR at the Legal Aid

Society. Mr. Soomro did Masters from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. He remained a productive Human Resources Manager with more than 4 years of track record of success in developing and administering human resources plans and procedures. Pleasant and approachable proven history contributing to the development of HR department goals and objectives.

NIRDOSH KUMAR

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Mr. Nirdosh Kumar is an accredited Mediator from the Pakistan Mediators Association.
He is the Director of Finance at the Legal Aid Society (LAS).

He is a finance graduate with an article ship completed with a reputable audit firm. He has over a decade’s worth of experience in preparing, administrating, and coordinating international grants and budgets, and preparing audit records, donor reports, and financial statements. Mr. Kumar possesses proven expertise in accountancy and data management skills, as well as a broad knowledge of policies and techniques used in the preparation and coordination of grants. He has a solid understanding of grant management and administration. He has worked with a diverse range of donor rules and regulations for reporting and compliance, including Concern, EU, Irish Aid, PPAF, USAID, DRL, IOSF, UNFPA, FCDO, government, and many other international donors working within the context of Pakistan.

ZAHID ALI MESSO

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Messo is a certified mediator from Pakistan Mediator Association (PMA). Messo participated in the 8APBC & A2J Exchange in Nepal September 2019.

Messo participated in the international Folk School from 26th May 2013 to 4th April 2013 organized by Asian Legal Resource Center in Hong Kong and did four months international internship on Human Rights Organized by Asian Legal Resource Center from 5th August 2014 to November 2014 in Hong Kong.
Zahid Messo is working as a field officer in the Legal Aid Society in Alternative Dispute Resolution Project to support the communities at the grass root level and aware them of how they resolved their local issues through ADR court-annexed mediation and Maladministration & Ombudsman, we conducted 200 ADR awareness session & me more than 5000 thousand people on ADR, especially Court Annexed Mediation and Ombudsman. Messo has also a lot of soft skills to coordinate and maintained good relations with field focal persons or communities and motivate them on how they raise their issues and how they approach the related departments. Messo is also a founding member of Progressive Youth Forum and also, and Messo was vice Chairperson of Progressive Youth Forum.

NOUMAN AHMED

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Nouman A Shaikh Advocate high a community lawyer of Legal Aid Society . He has more than 5 years experience . He graduated from Shah Abdul Latif

university Khairpur Pakistan.He is practicing in Civil Law and Family law and ombudsman law . He is an accredited Mediator and has experience in mediating Family , Civil and Commercial dispute. He is also working in field of Rights of Minorities & Human Rights . He has conducted and attended Workshops Seminars and Training Sessions.

MUHAMMAD HASEEB

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Court annexed Mediation, Out of Court Mediation, Federal & provisional Ombudsman, Good Understanding the types of ADR, Good Moral

Behave. Conducted ADR Awareness Clinic with different stake holders and Communities.

WAZEER HUSSAIN

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Mr. Wazeer Hussain Soomro is an accredited Mediator from the Pakistan Mediators Association. Currently, he is working as M&E Officer with

the Legal Aid Society. Through his association with the Legal Aid Society, he assisted the ADR program team in mobilizing more than 400 communities in providing awareness of ADR. In education, he received a Master in Social Sciences from the University of Jamshoro Sindh in 2004.

MUHAMMAD BAQAR

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Muhammad Baqar Advocate High Court is currently working as District Field Officer at Legal Aid Society. He has 12 years of litigation Practitioner

experience. Baqar completed his Law graduate from Govt. Law College, Khairpur, and also had a Master’s in Public Administration from Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur Mir’s.Baqar is dealing in Civil, Tax, Human rights, constitutional, employment, workplace issues, and Corporate Law. He is a Sindh High Court Notified accredited Mediator and has experience in mediating Family, Civil, and Commercial disputes.He also has expertise in the fields of Human Rights, Women’s Rights, Child Protection, Religious Minorities, Emergency, and Welfare of Prisoners, He is also a Lead Trainer and facilitator of the British Council to conduct Workshops, Seminars, and Training Sessions.

SYEDA SUMREEN ALI

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Senior Community Advocate LEGAL AID SOCIETY. She has Ten years of experience. Sumreen graduated from Sindh University Jamshoro

(Sindh Law) College in Hyderabad, Pakistan.She is dealing in Civil & Family cases. She is an accredited Mediator and has experience in mediating Family, Civil, and Commercial disputes.She has also worked in the fields of Human Rights, Women’s Rights, Child Protection, Women Protection cell, Darulaman, Women Development Welfare, and Legal awareness She has conducted and attended Workshops, Seminars, and Training Sessions

AMEER ALI

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Mr. Ameer Ali has been working with the Legal Aid Society since 2017 have 05 years’ of experience with various community Engagement through Field

visits and arranging more than 80 Legal Awareness Clinics on ADR Mechanism.He has resolved several complicated private mediation cases through referrals from the community.

AKBAR HUSSAIN

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Akbar Hussain is currently Working as District Field Officer at Legal Aid Society.Akbar Hussain deals in Family, Civil, and Commercial Disputes.

He also has vast experience in conducting awareness sessions regarding youth development, women empowerment, Alternative Disputes Resolution (ADR), and Religious Minority legal rights.

HOSH MUHAMMAD MANGI

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Mr. Hosh Muhammad Mangi is an accredited Mediator from the Pakistan Mediators Association. By profession, he is a lawyer, social activist,

human rights, and a professional in the development sector in the areas of advocacy, human rights, and legal services. He has been practicing as an Advocate since 2013. Currently, he is associated with the Legal Aid Society as Community Lawyer. He Mobilized a number of communities on ADR, and trained community leaders on court-annexed mediation, Human rights, and protection of vulnerable groups. He has facilitated ADR-clinics in District Sanghar conducted by the legal aid society and also filed more than 150 and resolved around 50 cases through Ombudsman Offices, Private and Court Annex Mediation. In addition to that, he filed litigation for the betterment of deprived people, He pursued criminal and civil litigation in various districts of Sindh and also proceeded with legal matters in the High court of Sindh. He has a degree in law, Sociology, and Sindhi literature from the University of Sindh. He has been practicing as an Advocate since 2013

AFTAB HUSSAIN

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Mr. Aftab Hussain is an accredited Mediator from the Pakistan Mediators Association and an experienced professional with more than 12 years

experience in the non-profit sector. Currently, his role is to support the M&E Specialist in all data collection, analysis, and learning activities to help ensure accountability and efficiency from start to finish for all programs and projects in the region like Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Religious Minority (RM), Women Rights to Legal Property (WRLP) & Child Early Forced Marriages (CEFM) projects at the Legal Aid Society. In addition to that, he has diverse experience in the thematic areas including Improving Family Planning & Reproductive Health Services in Pakistan and Improving Government of Sindh’s Response to Sexual Violence (The Legal Framework on Rape & Sexual Violence in Sindh). He earned a Bachelor’s four-year degree in Computer & Information Technology from the University of Sindh and a Master’s degree in Sociology from SALU Khairpur Mirs.

SHABANA ALI

Accredited by: Pakistan Mediators Association

Shabana Ali Advocate High Court is a Managing Associate of M/s. Shabana Ali & Associates. She has more than eighteen years of experience.

Shabana graduated from Sindh Madrassatul Islam (SM Law) College in Karachi, Pakistan ate Law. She is an accredited Mediator and has an experience of mediating Family, Civil and Commercial disputes. She is also an external Faculty at Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountants (PIPFA). She has served as Executive Committee Member of Pakistan Mediator Association.She has also worked in the fields of Human Rights, Women Rights, Child Protection, Welfare of Prisoners and Health awareness about HIV/AIDs, Hepatitis. She has conducted and attended Workshops, Seminars and Training Sessions.

NEELOFAR HAMEED

Accredited by: Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution UK

She is a Certified Director – PICG/ Risk Metrics, USA, & a Master Trainer & Mediator accredited by CEDR UK. She is Mechanical Engineer,

subsequently diversified as a Corporate Secretary, She holds diversified experience in banking, training & organizational development, and corporate affairs, with special focus on Corporate Governance. She is visiting faculty for “Corporate governance leadership program” and “Bank Governance” for Company directors and executives, currently she is employed with State Bank of Pakistan as Director SCAD/ Corporate Secretary SBP. Her previous experience involve working as group Company Secretary of International Industries Ltd, Company Secretary (NIT), First Women Bank & (IDBP).

SAEED HABIB

Banking professional with 35 years experience of working with Large size banks at senior management local and global roles. Now serving as

Chief Executive @ Financial and Economic data and News Company Mettis Global competitor of Reuters in Pakistan. I love Meditation and have number of successful mediations in my credit.

MUHAMMAD OMAIR NISAR KHAN

Accredited by: Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution UK

SAIMA AMIN KHAWAJA

Accredited by: Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution UK

Initial experience was in corporate and constitutional law, which subsequently expanded to transactional work and consultancy relating to legal

reforms and development. Received special training in Environment laws from M.C Metha Foundation Rishikesh, India. Accredited Mediator and a Master Trainer (CEDR) the UK. Taught various subjects at TILS, UCL, LUMS, Civil Services Academy, and the Judicial Academy, presently teaching at the judicial academy.

BARRISTER AYESHA SARFARZ

Over 25 years experience in corporate and civil law with multinationals as well as in Litigation. Spear headed several projects on training and

development with international agencies like the EU. Currently working in Turkey as an İnternational Lawyer. I am passionate about Mediation and see it as a vital component in dispute resolution.

MUSTANSIR ZAKIR

Accredited by: Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution UK

Mustansir Zakir is a Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan, Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan

& amp; Institute of corporate Secretaries of Pakistan. Presently working with Hashoo Group as Chief Executive. Mustansir has done his Certification in Strategic Management from Cornell University, USA, and Certified Director Education from Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance(Accredited by RiskMetrics Group of USA). He is an Accredited Mediator & a Master Trainer from (CEDR) UK. Presently Chairman of Pakistan Hotels Association (PHA), Managing trustee of Karachi Sea Scout Trust and was a Member of Central Executive Committee of Association of Builders and Developers of Pakistan (ABAD).

WAJIHA ALEEM

Accredited by: Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution-UK&Thailand Arbitration Center

I, Wajiha Aleem, have done LLM(UK) in International Commercial Law and BALLB Hons from Karachi University. I am an accredited

certified Mediator from CEDR-UK and a foreign member of the Thailand Arbitration Center. Presently I am working with Associated Builders Pvt Ltd (Hashoo Group) as Senior Manager Operations.I specialise in Property & Commercial Law and I, am an Advocate of the High Court.

KHALID MEHMOOD SIDDIQUI

Accredited by: Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution UK

Heading a Corporate Law Firm based at Karachi, engaged in Corporate Advisory & Litigation Services in Corporate, Civil, Commercial,

Banking, Tax, IP, Criminal, & other areas of law for various MNCs, Public / Private Limited Companies & other Organizations including CAA, PIA, PQA, PNSC, DHA, FBR, PSX, SECP etc.

BARRISTAR USMAN G. RASHID

Accredited by: Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution UK

I am Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and run my indepenedent practice at ‘Inayatullah Chambers that was set up in 1962

by my late father. I handle both advocacy and legal consultancy work with keen interest in the alternative dispute resolution, through arbitrations, meditation or conciliation. Whereas the usual advocacy practice spans over white collar crimes, general criminal, civil, corporate, commercial, company, contractual, banking and constitutional matters. I also have considerable experience in international / national construction law arbitration on both practical and academic sides. Recently I was appointed as Co-arbitrator on behalf of a government sector organization, Infrastructural Development Authority of the Punjab, in a Construction Contract Dispute. I have been appointed as ‘Senior Special Public Prosecutor (Special Assignments)’ by the Chairman NAB to conduct high profile cases. At present I am the Chief Prosecutor in NAB Reference filed against Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Hamza Shahbaz Sharif and others. I have also been engaged by the Chairman NAB to lead the Prosecution Team against Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Captain (R) Muhammad Safdar before the Islamabad High Court in three NAB References namely Avenfield Apartments Reference, Al Azizia / Hill Metal Reference and Flagship Reference. I have number of reported judgments on civil, corporate, commercial, banking, criminal and regulatory laws. Despite active court practice, highlighted above, I have qualified as an “Accredited Mediator”, “Master Trainer” and the youngest “Trainer of Trainers” in Pakistan by the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) London, United Kingdom. I was invited to attend the first International ADR Trainers Network Event, held in London from 13th to 15th May 2013, which I did.

ADNAN MUFTI

Accredited by: Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution UK

Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan. Currently Serving as Partner, Tax Services in Moore Shekha Mufti,

Chartered Accountants – an independent member of Moore Global International. Member of ICAP Tax & Fiscal Law Committee and Member of Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee (ADRC) constituted under Tax Laws by Federal Board of Revenue.

FAHMIDA ADAMJEE

Accredited by: Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution UK

Have been practicing family and commercial mediation since 2008

Zafar Iqbal Kalanauri

Accredited by: Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution UK

Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan, Arbitrator, Mediator, White Collar Crime Investigator, Reformist of Legal System & Legal Education

and a Professor of Law. Practicing law since 1987. A lawyer by third generation. He has been elected as youngest President of Lahore Bar and Member of the Punjab Bar council with highest votes in Punjab. He is currently teaching at LUMS, Punjab Universty, Lahore Garrison University and Judicial Academies. He is the pioneer of ADR in Pakistan and author of many laws. He has the honour of assisting Supreme Court and High Court as Amicus Curie in many important cases. He has been consultant to Chief Justices of Pakistan & Lahore High Court. He has been chairman of the legal education committee of Punjab Bar Counci, Member of Legal Education Commitee of Pakistan Bar Council, Legal Education Commitee of HEC for establishing National Centers of Excellence, Member of Structural Reform Committee of SC formed in 2007 and then in 2018 . He has also been consultant to World Bank, IFC, Asian Development Bank, EU, US Government, British Council and represented Pakistan in many International forums around the globe.