Barrister SAJEEL SHERYAR

Barrister Sajeel generally practices in all major areas of law and has advised and represented major players in the commercial sector like British American Tobacco, Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, Huawei Technologies etc. He has recently been appointed by the Government of Pakistan to act as 'Public Prosecutor' in the infamous trial of General (r) Pervez Musharraf for High Treason. Previously, Barrister Sajeel had been part of the team which acted for Mansoor Ijaz, an American citizen, in the case popularly known as 'MemoGate Scandal' case wherein the veracity of a Memorandum written by Pakistan's Ambassador to United States of Amercia, Hussain Haqqani, was in question, whereby allegedly Mr. Haqqani had sought help of the American Government to intervene in Pakistan's national affairs. With more than a dozen of reported cases in reputed law journals, Barrister Sajeel had been an obvious choice in recent times for clients seeking pragmatic legal solutions. Barrister Sajeel holds LLB and LLM (in commercial law) from the Universities of London and Bristol, U.K., respectively and is an Advocate of the High Court and Barrister of England & Wales having been called to bar by the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn. Few of the reported cases include:  Sindh High Court Bar Association v Federation of Pakistan (PLD 2009 SC 879) � one of the most important cases in constitutional history of Pakistan in which imposition of emergency by General Pervaiz Musharaf was declared unconstitutional  Nadeem Ahmed v Federation of Pakistan (PLD 2010 SC 1165) � case involving the vires of the 18th constitutional amendment  Ashraf Tiwana v Federation of Pakistan (2013 SCMR 836) � case involving constitutionality of appointment of the Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP)  Tariq Aziz ud Din v Federation of Pakistan (2010 SCMR 1301) � case involving top bureaucracy of Pakistan in which the promotions to grade 22 were declared unlawful  Ehsan Ullah Reki v Lt. Gen. Qadir Baloch (2010 SCMR 1271) � election matter  Nadeem Ahmad v Federation of Pakistan (2013 SCMR 1062) � matter dealing with appointment of Islamabad High Court judges High Courts:  Rizwan Ahmed Bhatti v FOP (2012 PLC (CS) 681) � contractual matter  Muhammad Saleem v ADJ (2012 CLC 1158) � enforcement of lease agreement Zhange Guogen v Mst. Jahanzeba (2013 CLC 963) � rent matter