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| ⚫ | Kureshy <ref>https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2021/01/16/cold-justice/</ref>is a regular news columnist on current as well as legal issues, and has been published in national Pakistani newspapers like ''[[The News International]]'', ''[[The Nation (Pakistani newspaper)|The Nation]]'', ''[[Daily Jang]]'', The law, ''[[Nawaiwaqt]]'', PLJ<ref>https://pbbarcouncil.com/punjab-law-journal/</ref> and PLD <ref>https://www.pldpublishers.com/</ref> and ''[[Pakistan Today]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=akhtar+aly+kureshy&tbm=nws|title=akhtar aly kureshy - Google Search|website=www.google.com}}</ref> <ref>https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2021/01/01/missing-justice/}</ref> |
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Akhtar Aly Kureshy | |
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| Asst. Attorney General for Pakistan | |
| In office 2014–2018 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Munir Malik |
| Succeeded by | Sarfaraz Khan |
| Asst. Advocate General Punjab | |
| In office 2003–2009 | |
| Governor | Lt.General Khalid Maqbool |
| Preceded by | Rana Waheed |
| Succeeded by | Rana Shamshad Ahmad |
| Legal Advisor Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
| In office 1998–2000 | |
| Governor | Shahid Hamid |
| Preceded by | New post created first time in the history of Punjab Assembly |
| Succeeded by | Khalil Ahmad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 November 1963 Lahore, Pakistan |
| Spouse | Khadija Kureshi |
| Children | Dua Kureshi, Aman Anus, Waleed Kureshi & Umar Kureshi |
| Alma mater | University of the Punjab, Punjab Law College |
| Profession | Lawyer, advisor & law professor |
Akhtar Aly Kureshy (Template:Lang-ur) (born 15 November 1963) is a Pakistani lawyer, advisor and senior advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan who served as Assistant Attorney-General for Pakistan.[1][2][3] He remained Assistant Advocate General Punjab,[4][5] and Legal Advisor to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.[6]
He is a lifetime member of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. He remain associated with the Civil Service Academy as Syndicate Advisor to teach and train government officers of the Central Superior Services (CSS).[7] He is a media influence personality, keen traveler and having Sports oriented inclination.
Early life and education
Kureshy was born into a business family, and grew up in Lahore. His father and elder brothers are successful businessmen. He was a social worker in his student time and remained joint secretary and then General Secretary of the Social Welfare Society of Lahore. He graduated from University of the Punjab 1986. He earned his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from Punjab University Law College in 1990 to become a lawyer. He was first in his family to enter the legal profession as an advocate. His younger daughter Aman Anus followed him to become a lawyer. He received a master's degree in political science from the University of the Punjab in 1992 and diplomas in labor law and intellectual property law. He was a member of the American Center (Library) Lahore where he completed an American history course in 1992 from the American Center, American Embassy Islamabad.[8][9]
Legal career
In 1992, Kureshy joined the Law Chamber of Ijaz Husain Batalvi, a barrister, who was the public prosecutor in former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's murder trial case[10] and Defense Counsel in former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's plane hijacking case after General Pervez Musharraf's revolt in the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état.[11] and remained with Batalvi until his death on 7 March 2004. Kureshy enrolled as Advocate to the Lahore High Court in 1992 and Advocate to the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2005. He remained on the Member Executive Lahore High Court Bar Association. He also worked as standing counsel for Pakistan and advisor to the Honorary Consulate General of Kazakhstan Embassy, Lahore. He remain associated with Superior College of Law, Superior University,[12] Presently, he delivers lecture at SOL (School of Law).[citation needed]
Kureshy practices his services in constitutional law, administrative law, banking regulation laws, corporate law matters and criminal law cases. He was deputed and completed various Superior Court assignments, and was appointed by Lahore High Court as an official liquidator, court auctioneer and Local Commissioner to act on behalf of the Court to resolve pending matters.[13]
Attorney General Office
The President of Pakistan appointed him as Assistant Attorney General for Pakistan in June 2014 where he interacted and remained the member of Attorney General for Pakistan Salman Aslam Butt, Ashtar Ausaf Ali Attorney General for Pakistan, Naseer Ahmed Bhutta Additional Attorney General.[14] He appeared and conducted numbers of high-profile cases representing Federation of Pakistan such as: Constitutional Writ petitions, ICA (Inter Court Appeal), ECL (Exist Control List), NADRA, Passport, Petroleum Levy, Anti Terrorism, Civil Aviation, Federal Ombudsman.[15]
Advocate General Punjab
In April 2003, Governor of the Punjab appointed Kureshy as the Assistant Advocate General Punjab[16] to represent the Government of Punjab in the Lahore High Court and Supreme Court of Pakistan where he appeared in many cases which were also reported in Law General P.L.D. SCMR, PLJ and CLC, and MLD.[further explanation needed] He remained associated with different Advocate Generals like Aftab Ahmad, Khawaja Haris and Raza Farooq. He attended seminars and conferences organized by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.[1]
Assembly Advisor
He was appointed Legal Advisor to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in January 1998 – 2000, biggest Assembly of the province and Pakistan.[6] Earlier there was no such post and he was the first to serve as Legal Advisor. He interacted with members of the Assembly, Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries, Deputy Speaker and Speaker of the Assembly. He represented Assembly cases in the Lahore High Court and Supreme Court of Pakistan and gave opinion on legal issues. Kureshy got the chance to assist the Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on the point of Speaker's ruling as Speaker's ruling has the same precedent as judgements of High Courts and Supreme Court. In October 1999, General Pervez Musharraf imposed Marshal Law resultantly all Assemblies and Senate of Pakistan dissolved and his assignment of Legal Advisor was also finished.[17]
Adjunct Professor of Law
Kureshy followed Ijaz Batalvi's footsteps to teach law by joining Punjab Law College (1998-2001), then Lahore Law College (2004–2007). Since 2007, he is an adjunct professor of law at the Superior College of Law,[18] Superior University, where he regularly teaches the Constitution and Constitutional history of Pakistan.[12][19]
Associations
Kureshy is a member of, and actively involved in several social and professional organisations.[20][21] He contributes through various national and international NGOs, and organizations, like the International Bar Association, London; Commonwealth Lawyers Association, London; member of LAWASIA Moot, Australia; Focus Pakistan, and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.[22]
Who is Who in the World
Kureshy appeared in the 18th edition of Marquis Who's Who in the World in 2001. Inclusion of a name is limited to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievements in their own fields of endeavor and who have, thereby, contributed significantly to the betterment of contemporary society.[23] In the same edition the President of Pakistan General Parvaiz Musharaf name was also appeared.
Syndicate Advisor
Kureshy remain associated as Syndicate Advisor to Civil Services Academy DMG group Lahore 2007–09 to interact and train to newly appointed government officers of Central Superior Services of Pakistan. There was a group of four to eight students who deputed a special assignment of legal proposition in their final exam, to suggest and present a plausible solution of a national issue through their brilliance and wisdom under the mentorship of their Syndicate Advisor who indulge in to motivate them to get excellence.[24]
Writing
Kureshy [25]is a regular news columnist on current as well as legal issues, and has been published in national Pakistani newspapers like The News International, The Nation, Daily Jang, The law, Nawaiwaqt, PLJ[26] and PLD [27] and Pakistan Today.[28] [29]
Controversy
Ashtar Ausaf Ali, Advocate General Punjab, officially sent a summary in March 2012 for the appointment of Kureshy as Additional Advocate General Punjab to the Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif in April 2012. Sharif did not approve that summary on the ground that Kureshy belonged to the Chamber of Ijaz Husain Batalvi, who broke the secret of the Sharif family's Exile Agreement[vague] with General Pervez Musharraf.[30][31] According to the Sharif family, the exile agreement was for five years, whereas ex-Prime Minister Shujaat Hussain and Federal Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad gave interviews on Geo News that the exile agreement was of ten years as Ijaz Hussain Batalvi himself had told them.[32][30][33] Either the exile agreement was for five years or ten years but this controversy victimized Akhtar Aly Kureshy, however, the Batalvi family rejected both versions.[34][35][30][36]
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- ^ "American Center". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Pakistan.
- ^ "Reformation of the Judicial System". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Pakistan Today.
- ^ "Judgment Lahore High Court | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | Pakistan Peoples Party". Scribd.
- ^ "Sharif defense lawyers quit over threat of reporting ban". the Guardian. 28 February 2000.
- ^ a b "All Faculty and Staff". Superior College Of Law. 25 June 2020.
- ^ "Lahore High Court". Lhc.gov.pk. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Office of Attorney-General of Pakistan (AGFP)". AGFP.
- ^ "Akhtar Aly Kureshy".
- ^ "..: Ijaz Batalvi :.. Memories - Epitaps - Akthar Ali Kureshi". ijazbatalvi.com.
- ^ Goldenberg, Suzanne (15 October 1999). "Martial law declared in Pakistan" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Superior College Of Law". 8 April 2015.
- ^ "Nawaz Sharif - September 10, 2007 | Important Events on September 10th in History - CalendarZ". 16 September 2022.
- ^ "IBA - The global voice of the legal profession". www.ibanet.org.
- ^ "Commonwealth Lawyers Association". Commonwealth Lawyers Association.
- ^ "HRCP Official website". hrcp-web.org. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Bio". Marquis Who's Who. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Civil Services Academy – A Premier Training Institute". Csa.gov.pk. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2021/01/16/cold-justice/
- ^ https://pbbarcouncil.com/punjab-law-journal/
- ^ https://www.pldpublishers.com/
- ^ "akhtar aly kureshy - Google Search". www.google.com.
- ^ https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2021/01/01/missing-justice/}
- ^ a b c correspondent, Luke Harding South Asia (11 December 2000). "Pakistan frees Sharif to exile in Saudi Arabia" – via www.theguardian.com.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Pakistan - The Pervez Musharraf government". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ^ Gardner, Simon (25 November 2007). "Sharif returns to Pakistan from exile". Reuters – via www.reuters.com.
- ^ "Sharif defence lawyers quit over threat of reporting ban". the Guardian. 28 February 2000.
- ^ "FACTBOX: Five facts on Pakistan's ex-leader Nawaz Sharif". Reuters. 26 November 2007 – via www.reuters.com.
- ^ "Nawaz Sharif begins exile". 10 December 2000 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (16 June 2015). "Sharif-Musharraf exile agreement sought". DAWN.COM.
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