Syed Ali Zafar

Syed Ali Zafar
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
Assumed office
March 2021
PresidentArif Alvi
Asif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Shehbaz Sharif
Federal Minister for Law and Justice
In office
5 June 2018 – 15 August 2018
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterNasirul Mulk
Preceded byBashir Virk
Succeeded byFarogh Naseem
President Supreme Court of Pakistan
In office
2015–2016
Personal details
BornLahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Political partyPTI (2019-present)
Parent
Alma materLondon School of Economics
ProfessionBarrister, advisor and consultant

Syed Ali Zafar (Urdu: علی ظفر ) is a Pakistani senator and barrister who was born and grew up in Lahore.[1] He was President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan from 2015 to 2016 and also was acting as Minister for Law and Justice of Pakistan from 5th June to 15th August in 2018. He remained President of the Pakistan chapter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Law and a senior partner of Mandviwalla & Zafar, legal consultants. He is associated [vague] as vice-president of the Human Rights Society of Pakistan. He earned his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the London School of Economics in 1983 and was called to the Bar in England and Wales in 1984. He is also a political analyst and regularly writes in The Express Tribune on various political, social and legal issues of Pakistan.[2] He joined the present ruling party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), in 2019.[3]

Lahore High Court
  1. ^ "11 senators elected unopposed from Punjab". www.thenews.com.pk.
  2. ^ "Profile Of Barrister Syed Ali Zafar". www.urdupoint.com.
  3. ^ "Barrister Ali Zafar joins PTI". 11 July 2019.