OUR PEOPLE
Syed Mansoor Ali Shah

Yahya Khan Afridi

Athar Minallah

Syed Zafar Ali

Sajid Mehmood Sheikh

Saima Amin Khawaja

Syed Moazzam Ali Shah

Irum Ahsan

Mehnaz Shiraz

Masooma Nadir

Nadia Nabi

Nusrat Jehan Nabeela

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Lahore Corporate Office:
15/2 FCC, Syed Maratab Ali Road,
Gulberg-4, Lahore
Tel: 5870300-3 Fax: 5870304
Email: manlive@brain.net.pk
www.asmlaw.com

Lahore Litigation office:
2nd Floor, Abdul Aziz Building,
1-Turner Road, Lahore
Tel: 92-42-7221293 & 7239485 & 7225088
Fax:92-42-7351543

Islamabad office:
1st Floor, Beverly Centre,
Blue Area, Islamabad.
Tel: 92-51-278253-4
Fax: 92-51-278257

Peshawar office:
no. 37, 2nd Floor, Cantonment Plaza,
Saddar Road, Peshawar
Tel: 92-91-270347
Fax: 92-91-272741
E-mail: yahyak@paknet1.ptc.pk

COMPANY PROFILE     



WHAT IS ASM ?
AFRIDI, SHAH & MINALLAH (ASM) started in the year 1997 with the aim of rendering legal services having integrity and scholarship as its primary pillars. Corporate and civil litigation was the foundational core expertise of the firm which later on flourished into criminal litigation, transactional work and consultancy relating to legal reform and development. Now the firm boasts of 30 members spread over Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar. A number of young lawyers have been trained by ASM who are on their own and have taken important legal assignments within the corporate and government sector. One of the core values of the firm is its dedication to legal education, reform and training. All the partners and a majority of associates teach at various law schools and conduct advocacy training all over Pakistan. ASM has also taken a lead role in public interest litigation pertaining to human rights and environmental issues. At ASM we feel that the real purpose of the law firm is to make a wholesome contribution to the



society and our multidimensional efforts is our small contribution to socio-economic development of our country.


SYED MANSOOR ALI SHAH
Syed Mansoor Ali Shah is an advocate at the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He has advised, taught and litigated in areas of Judicial Review, Constitution, Civil, Corporate Governance, Banking, Arbitration (ADR), Privatization, Taxation: Sales Tax, Customs, Excise, Income Tax, Insurance, Environment, Finance, Foreign Investment, Intellectual Property, WTO- Trade Defense Laws i.e., Anti-Dumping, Safeguards, Subsidies and Countervailing, Energy, Information Technology, Telecommunication, Social Sector Development, Empowerment of the Civil Society, Legal Education and Reform, Transparency, Devolution, Tax Reform, Legal & Judicial Reform, Micro Finance & Not-for-Profit Laws.
He is on the adjunct faculty in Business law at the Lahore University of Management Science (LUMS) and program director of executive legal courses offered at Rausing Executive Development Centre at LUMS. He also lectures in Constitution and Administrative law at the Civil Service Academy at Lahore. He renders free legal service for Public Interest litigation and is the Vice President (Punjab) of the Pakistan Environmental Law Association. He has served on the Board of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited and U-phone (PMCL) as an independent director. Another voluntary service is to serve as a Chairman of Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee (ADRC) constituted by the Central Board of Revenue for settlement of tax disputes under the tax law. The sole focus over the years has been to contribute to the development of law and the society at large.

YAHYA AFRIDI
Yahya Afridi is an advocate at the Supreme Court of Pakistan. His areas of practice are admin law, accountability, banking, company, civil , criminal, intellectual property & taxation. He has advised Government of NWFP on various legal matters and has held a position in the NWFP Advocate General’s office. He lectures at the University of Peshawar in Admin law since 1991. Yahya is the founding member of Pakistan environmental lawyers Association (PELA). His legal services extend to Afghanistan in the area of intellectual property and corporate structuring.

ATHAR MINALLAH
Athar Minallah joined the prestigious Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP) and after serving for 10 years left the post of Additional Collector Customs to join the firm as a partner. Athar Minallah brings not only rich taxation experience but also valuable scholastic input. Athar completed his law degree from the International Islamic University (Islamabad) and his LLM from University of Cambridge, UK. And his areas of interest are taxation, judicial review, Athar was appointed Minister for Law, Local Government, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights by the Provincial Government of NWFP (2000-2002). He also was the member of the Task Force constituted by the Federal Government for revamping the Taxation regime in Pakistan. Currently he is the member of the Policy Board of Intellectual Property of Pakistan and Chairman of Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee (ADRC) for Sales Tax constituted by the Central Board of Revenue.