Experience

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  Siddiqi, vawda, usman & memon law associates

  Apr 2019 - May 2022

  Associate

  • Worked on a vast areas of laws involving litigation including but not limited to constitutional petitions challenging decisions and actions of regulatory authorities, cases involving intellectual property, high profile criminal prosecution cases, and cases before the National Accountability Bureau. • Conducted legal research and drafted legal documents for court filings. • Reported as assisting counsel in a judgment reported 2021 SCMR page 873, for Mr. Siddiqi in the Daniel Pearl Kidnapping and Murder Case before the Supreme Court of Pakistan. • Reported as assisting counsel in a judgment reported in 2022 CLD page 61, in a revocation petition challenging the sealing of a patent of a combination drug ‘sacubitril/valsartan’, an essential drug for cardiovascular diseases and heart failure. • Reported as assisting counsel in an unreported judgment involving a constitution petition challenging the unconstitutional and illegal exercise of powers by PEMRA under Section 13 of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002. Show less

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  Rasheed razvi centre for constitutional & human rights

  Apr 2019 - May 2022

  Team member

  • Conducted legal research and assisted in a constitution petition filed against K-Electric for its failure to ensure that safe electric cables and poles were installed which resulted in the loss of 35 lives during the monsoon season in Karachi.• Worked on a Suo Moto Human Rights Case before the Supreme Court of Pakistan, regarding death of a 10-year-old, Amal Umer, who was shot and killed in a police shootout at a busy traffic signal. • Conducted legal research and collected factual information for a constitution petition challenging the unconstitutional and illegal denial of basic minimum wage to the janitorial staff employed by Clifton Cantonment Board.• Researched and assisted in a constitution petition challenging the evictions of thousands of families residing along the banks of Gujjar Nala.• Researched and assisted in a Suo Moto Human Rights Case before the Supreme Court relating to the death of 400 infants in Tharparkar caused by malnutrition and diseases which resulted from the Government inaction pertaining to providing of basic facilities such as clean drinking water. • Conducted legal research and assisted in the Naqeebullah Murder Case, victim of an extrajudicial fake encounter by SSP Rao Anwar who has been reported to have carried out 444 of such extrajudicial encounters. • Conducted legal research and assisted on the Intezar murder trial, result of an illegal and negligent police encounter. • Conducted legal research and assisted in the murder trial of late Perween Rahman, a social worker who devoted her life for the rights of the poor and exposed the land grabbing mafia in Karachi. Show less

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  Legal aid foundation for victims of rape & sexual assault

  Apr 2019 - May 2022

  Team member

  • Conducted meetings with victims and their families and prepared them for their statements before the trial court and the police. • Drafted and filed criminal acquittal appeals before the High Courts and the Supreme Court of Pakistan. • Conducted case law research on evidential issues arising out of each trial. • Collected information directly from victims and with aid of civil society organizations and NGOs to identify issues to be tackled through public interest litigation. Show less

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  Riaa barker gillette global alliance

  Jun 2022 - Aug 2023

  Associate

  • Routinely assist and advise corporate clients in relation to corporate and regulatory compliance, legal queries pertaining to Pakistan law including but not limited to intellectual property laws, drug laws, defamation, companies laws, competition laws, foreign companies laws, foreign exchange laws, companies incorporation and winding up, insurance laws, tax laws, food and labelling laws, public procurement laws, employees and labour laws, consumer protection laws. • Experienced in drafting contractual agreements, rendering legal opinions, drafting memorandums and legal notices. Show less