Asad Rahim Khan is a barrister and Advocate of the High Courts based in Lahore, Pakistan. He is a partner at Ashtar Ali LLP, where he focuses on constitutional law, international arbitration, and commercial litigation. He regularly appears in courts across Pakistan, and has been appointed amicus curiae by the Lahore High Court on constitutional matters.
In 2021, he represented Punjab’s local governments seeking to serve out their complete tenure after being unlawfully dissolved. In 2020, he was included in the Prime Minister’s Working Group of Experts on international investment treaty reforms.
He previously represented the Office of the Attorney-General from 2016 to 2018, where he assisted with drafting the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, merging the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
He is currently an adjunct faculty member of the Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, where he teaches legal reasoning. He is an op-ed columnist for Dawn; his writing has also appeared in Herald, Newsline, and the Express Tribune.
He holds an LLB (Hons.) from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and was called to the bar at Lincoln’s Inn. Before entering practice, he clerked for Justices Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Ijaz-ul-Ahsan at the Lahore High Court.
Reported Judgments
1. Northern Bottling v. Federation of Pakistan
2015 PTD 231 | Peshawar High Court
Hon. Afridi J: Capacity tax
2. Said Zaman Khan v. Federation of Pakistan
2017 SCMR 1249 | Supreme Court of Pakistan
Hon. Azmat J: Terrorism
3. Imran Khan v. Mian Nawaz Sharif
PLD 2017 SC 265 | Supreme Court of Pakistan
Hon. Ejaz Afzal J: Panama Papers I (20 April)
4. Imran Khan v. Mian Nawaz Sharif
PLD 2017 SC 692 | Supreme Court of Pakistan
Hon. Ejaz Afzal J: Panama Papers II (28 July)
5. Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta v. Federation of Pakistan
PLD 2018 SC 370 | Supreme Court of Pakistan
Hon. Nisar CJ: Party heads case
6. Sami Ullah Baloch v. Abdul Karim Nousherwani
PLD 2018 SC 405 | Supreme Court of Pakistan
Hon. Bandial J: Lifetime disqualification case
7. Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui v. Federation of Pakistan
PLD 2018 SC 538 | Supreme Court of Pakistan
Hon. Azmat J: Supreme Judicial Council proceedings
8. Sughran Bibi v. The State
PLD 2018 SC 595 | Supreme Court of Pakistan
Hon. Khosa J: Criminal investigation
9. Speaker National Assembly v. Habib Akram
PLD 2018 SC 678 | Supreme Court of Pakistan
Order of the Court: Electoral nomination forms
10. Suo Motu Re: Contempt Proceedings Against State Minister for Interior
PLD 2018 SC 773 | Supreme Court of Pakistan
Hon. Gulzar J: Contempt
11. Ali Anwar Gopang v. Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui
PLD 2018 SC 845 | Supreme Judicial Council
Hon. Nisar CJ: In-camera proceedings
12. Zafarullah Khan v. Federation of Pakistan
2018 SCMR 1621 | Supreme Court of Pakistan
Hon. Nisar CJ: Dam judgment
13. Bahria Town v. Government of Punjab
2018 SCMR 1864 | Supreme Court of Pakistan
Hon. Ejaz Afzal J: Encroachment on forestland
14. Pakistan Medical and Dental Council v. Muhammad Fahad Malik
2018 SCMR 1956 | Supreme Court of Pakistan
Hon. Nisar CJ: Validity of PMDC Ordinance, 1962
15. Re: Appointment of Managing Director, Pakistan Television Corporation
2019 SCMR 1 | Supreme Court of Pakistan
Hon. Nisar CJ: Illegal appointments
16. Farhat Javed Siddique v. Government of Pakistan
PLJ 2019 SC 77 | Supreme Court of Pakistan
Hon. Nisar CJ: Voting for overseas Pakistanis
17. Sohail Ahmed Ghauri v. The State
2020 MLD 1873 | Lahore High Court
Hon. Shahid Abbasi J: Bail
18. Allied Distributors v. Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PLJ 2020 Peshawar (Note) 188 | Peshawar High Court
Hon. Qaiser J: Maintainability; institution of suit; tender
19. Mubashir Javed v. Province of Punjab
2021 LHC 7944 | Lahore High Court
Hon. Jawad Hassan J: Tenure of restored local governments