Asad Rahim Khan

Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

• Islamic Republic of Pakistan in a successful defence of a $500 million claim brought by al-Tuwairqi Steel Mills before the Permanent Court of Arbitration
• Jagran-II Hydro Power Consultants in an arbitration against the Azad Jammu & Kashmir Power Development Organization arising out of a consultancy and construction supervision agreement
• Lagan Construction Limited in a successful defence of a suit for recovery brought by the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority over the construction of Islamabad International Airport, despite arbitral jurisdiction
• Orient Power Company (Pvt.) Limited against Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited, in a successful determination arising out of take-or-pay clauses in a gas supply agreement
• Central Power Purchasing Agency in defence of claims brought by independent power producers under the Private Power Policy of 1994 before the ICC International Court of Arbitration 

Commercial Litigation & Tax

• Masood Textile Mills Limited in successful writs before the Lahore High Court, upholding the principle that no coercive action can be taken against taxpayers by the Federal Board of Revenue until final determination of liability
• Frequency Allocation Board in a successful defence of writ petitions brought by Zong (China Mobile Pakistan Limited) before the Islamabad High Court for telecom license renewal
• Ibrahim Holdings in a challenge to amendments withdrawing tax exemptions on inter-corporate dividends before the Lahore High Court
• Kohistan Corporation (Pvt.) Limited against the Punjab Cooperative Board for Liquidation in appellate proceedings before the Lahore High Court
• Select Technologies (Pvt.) Limited in a challenge to the vires of various provisions of the Export Facilitation Scheme, 2021, pertaining to duties on input goods, before the Lahore High Court
• Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan Limited in a successful challenge to the vires of capacity tax before the Lahore High Court
• Northern Bottling Company (Pvt.) Limited in a successful challenge to the amendment of capacity tax rules before the Peshawar High Court
• Allied Bank Limited in relation to appellate proceedings arising out of high-value recovery suits before the Lahore High Court
• Pakistan Association of Medical Institutes against the Government of Punjab’s uniform admission policy to private institutions
• Learning Alliance (Pvt.) Limited in intra-court appellate proceedings against Lahore Development Authority in a dispute arising out of commercialisation
• United Industries Limited in a successful defence against the company’s winding-up before the Lahore High Court as well as collateral proceedings before the Islamabad High Court and Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan

Constitutional Law & Human Rights

• Against the 27th Amendment to the Constitution: sought restraint of the amendment’s passage and challenged its constitutionality
• Against military trials of civilians as part of the petitioner’s legal team in Jawwad S. Khawaja v. Federation; the Supreme Court of Pakistan held all such trials to be unconstitutional
• 25th Amendment to the Constitution: helped draft the amendment merging the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Amicus curiae – appointed by the Lahore High Court as part of public interest litigation pertaining to the right to privacy
• Mayor of Lahore in a challenge to the abbreviated tenure of Punjab’s local governments post-restoration, before the Lahore High Court
• Beacon Impex Limited in successful quashment of FIRs, held by the Lahore High Court to be violative of fundamental rights
• Dawn Group of Newspapers in appellate proceedings before the Lahore High Court arising out of defamation claims
• A senior journalist challenging the constitutionality of the Punjab Defamation Act, 2024
• Various citizens in successful challenges to their placement on the Provisional National Identification List before the Islamabad High Court
• Federation of Pakistan and the Office of the Attorney-General for Pakistan in landmark Supreme Court cases in relation to:
  • The Panama Papers
  • Lifetime electoral disqualification
  • Voting by dissident members of parliament
  • Shahzeb Khan murder case
  • Settling the legal value of First Information Reports (FIRs)
  • Bahria Town’s illegal encroachment on Takht Pari forestland