Commercial Litigation
Ashtar Ali & Rahim LLP is among Pakistan’s leading law firms advising domestic and international clients across the full spectrum of commercial law.
Our lawyers in Lahore and Islamabad assist businesses with transactional structuring, commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, and the resolution of disputes arising from complex commercial relationships. We regularly advise on supply and distribution agreements, joint ventures, shareholder and investment agreements, franchising, services contracts, and sector-specific regulatory regimes across Pakistan’s major industries.
Key highlights include representing:
- Afiniti Ltd. in a dispute relating to breach of confidentiality
- Allied Bank Limited in appellate proceedings arising out of high-value recovery suits
- Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan Limited in a successful challenge to the vires of capacity tax before the Lahore High Court
- Frequency Allocation Board in a successful defence of writ proceedings brought by Zong before the Islamabad High Court regarding telecom licence 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
- Learning Alliance (Pvt.) Limited in intra-court appellate proceedings against the Lahore Development Authority in a dispute arising out of commercialisation
- Masood Textile Mills Limited in successful writ proceedings 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 tax liability
- Northern Bottling Company (Pvt.) Limited in a successful challenge to amendments to the capacity tax rules before the Peshawar High Court
- Pakistan Association of Medical Institutes against the Government of Punjab’s uniform admission policy to private institutions
- Punjab Expo Centre in matters relating to public procurement.
- Select Technologies (Pvt.) Limited in a challenge to the vires of various provisions of the Export Facilitation Scheme, 2021, relating to tax on input goods, before the Lahore High Court
- United Industries Limited in a successful defence against winding-up proceedings before the Lahore High Court, as well as related proceedings before the Islamabad High Court and the Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan
Key Lawyers
Founding Partner
Partner
Counsel
Senior Associate
Senior Associate
Senior Associate
Associate
Associate
Associate
Commercial Litigation Expertise
Extensive experience in contractual and shareholder disputes
Litigation strategy tailored to business and regulatory risk
Appear before all courts and tribunals in Pakistan
Sector-specific insights and government interfacing
Related Insights
Nimra Arshad and Mian Ali Tariq Rehman successfully represented a state-owned enterprise in an appeal before the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority.
Appeals filed by the firm in the Supreme Court concerning Section 4C of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, have been accepted.
The Islamabad High Court has admitted our challenge to the Pakistan Medical & Dental Council’s purported exercise of powers.
In a recent ruling, the Lahore High Court has upheld the principle that no coercive action can be taken against taxpayers until final determination of tax liability.