Ashtar Ali & Rahim LLP is among Pakistan’s leading law firms in the field of constitutional and public interest litigation. We represent individuals, public officials, institutions, and civil society actors in matters involving fundamental rights, separation of powers, democratic governance, and administrative accountability.

Our advocates appear before the Supreme Court and High Courts in challenges to executive action, judicial review of regulatory decisions, and constitutional questions concerning federalism, due process, freedom of expression, and access to justice. Members of the firm have also been appointed amicus curiae by superior courts to assist on issues of public importance, reflecting a sustained engagement with Pakistan’s constitutional development.

We provide strategic advice on public-law disputes, legislative review, and institutional reform initiatives, including cases concerning electoral rights, detention and fair-trial guarantees, state authority, and institutional independence. With experience across sensitive constitutional matters and human-rights issues, the firm offers clear, principled counsel grounded in Pakistan’s constitutional framework and judicial precedent. From offices in Lahore and Islamabad, we support clients across the country in disputes that shape governance, rights, and the rule of law. 

Key highlights include representing or working on matters in relation to:

• Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the successful challenge to the dissolution of the National Assembly by the President, resulting in the Supreme Court of Pakistan restoring parliament for the first time
• Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution: helping draft the amendment merging the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Amicus curiae – appointed by the Lahore and Islamabad High Courts on various matters concerning constitutional development and fundamental rights
• 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 proceedings of FIRs, held by the Lahore High Court to be violative of fundamental rights
• Various citizens in successful challenges to their placement on the Provisional National Identification List before the Islamabad High Court