Former Law Minister
Born: N/A
Profession: Lawyer
Affiliation(s): Khalid Anwer & Co
Citizenship: Pakistani
Profile Mr Khalid Anwer is an ‘eminent’ lawyer, and according to his legal firm profile: “Khalid Anwer & Co. is a premier law firm having a total strength of eleven lawyers in Karachi and associate firms in Lahore and Islamabad. It was formerly known as A.K. Brohi & Co. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious law firms in Pakistan.” Everybody who knows Pakistan’s history also knows that “the law of necessity” was basically the brainchild of Late A.K. Brohi who used this at the behest of General Zia/Jamat-e-Islami to commit the judicial murder of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. It is however a fact that human memory is very weak particularly of Jang Group/Kamran Khan when they discuss PPP/NRO/Zardari and that’s what happened during a talk show on NRO with the so called legal Wizard Mr Khalid Anwer. Khalid Anwer & Co. is a premier law firm having a total strength of eleven lawyers in Karachi and associate firms in Lahore and Islamabad. It was formerly known as A.K. Brohi & Co. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious law firms in Pakistan. The current senior partner, Mr Khalid Anwer has thirty eight (38) years standing as a High Court advocate. Although he specializes in commercial matters, he also argues constitutional matters in the Supreme Court. In 1993, he successfully persuaded the Supreme Court to take the unprecedented step of restoring a deposed Government to office. In 1996, he convinced the Supreme Court that the previous Government had been lawfully dismissed from office. In 1997, he was appointed the Federal Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights. While in office, he conceived and developed Pakistan’s request to the Asian Development Bank for assistance in revamping and over-hauling the entire legal system in Pakistan. This eventually culminated in the Asian Development Bank’s Access to Justice program which has a budget of $350,000,000. He returned to the firm following the military coup d’etat in October 1999.
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