Akhtar Abbas

Mr. Akhtar Abbas is a highly competent lawyer and human right activist. He is serving the community for almost two decades through his untiring passion and commitment towards his profession. He has a degree in Law from International Islamic University, Islamabad with a special focus on comparative study of Sharia and Common Law. As an advocate High Court, he has participated and played a pivotal role in several cases of public and constitutional importance throughout his career.

He has recently worked as Assistant Advocate General with Government of Punjab. He has also worked as Legislative Consultant to the Senate of Pakistan, where he has worked with Standing Committee on Law & Justice. He also assisted Chairman of the Committee Senator Muhammad Javed Abbasi in research, drafting and comparative study of different laws in proposing new legislation through private member bill. Other than his legal services, he has been teaching various law subjects at top universities of the country including COMSATS University Islamabad and Bahria University Islamabad as a visiting faculty member. He also appears regularly in TV shows as legal & political analyst.

He has also attended numerous trainings, workshops, and seminars of significant importance including but not limited to National Security Workshop (NSW-12); the highest course on the subject in the country offered by National Defence University and National Media Workshop (NMW-7) from the same university. He is also graduate from Pakistan Naval War College Lahore where he attended Maritime Security Workshop (MARSEW-19). He has also attended a training course on Eco-Tourism held in Philippine organized by Asian Productivity Organization, Japan. He also received two diplomas from European Academy of Diplomacy, Poland. He has been teaching law as Visiting Faculty Member at Bahria University and COMSATS University Islamabad.