Our Firm
Providing the finest legal solutions
Ashtar Ali & Rahim LLP is among Pakistan’s leading law firms, recognised for excellence in dispute resolution – including complex litigation and international arbitration – and for cutting-edge corporate advisory services.
With offices in Lahore and Islamabad, we advise domestic and international clients across key sectors of the economy, as well as government bodies, public authorities, and state-owned enterprises on legislation, transactions, and high-stakes contentious matters.
Our advocates appear regularly before the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the High Courts, specialised tribunals, and regulatory authorities nationwide. We are committed to providing strategic, results-driven representation and high-quality legal counsel grounded in clarity and respect.
With a track record spanning four decades, our firm combines deep experience with modern legal insight to deliver solutions that meet our clients’ highest standards.
Our History
Founded as Ashtar Ali & Co. in Lahore, partner Ashtar Ausaf Ali quickly earned a reputation as one of the country’s leading litigators across trial work and tax advisory services.
After succeeding in a series of high-profile cases, the firm expanded to handle litigation in all areas of the law, opening multiple offices in Lahore.
From the start, the firm emphasized openness and honesty with clients, while maintaining the highest ethical standards. These core values would endure as the firm’s work progressed.
The firm continued to distinguish itself in the constitutional arena, successfully representing the deposed Prime Minister of Pakistan before the Supreme Court against the dissolution of parliament by the President in 1993. This resulted in a landmark decision restoring the National Assembly for the first time in the country’s history.
The scope of Ashtar Ali & Co.’s work also continued to expand across all appellate fora; this included tax, banking, company, service, and regulatory matters. The firm also became a principal source of legislative advice for the federal and provincial governments.
In 1998, Ashtar Ausaf Ali was appointed Advocate-General of Punjab province. After the imposition of military rule in 1999, he supported the movement for the restoration of the judiciary.
Over the years, the firm established itself as one of the country’s leading litigation practices, before adding all significant aspects of corporate and transactional law to its services.
From 2012 onwards, Ashtar Ausaf Ali was appointed Prosecutor-General of Punjab, Advocate-General of Punjab, and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Law.
Barrister Asad Rahim Khan joined the firm’s dispute resolution and arbitration desk in 2014.
In 2016, Ashtar Ausaf Ali was appointed Attorney-General for Pakistan, where he was charged with drafting the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution, merging the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He resigned as the country’s principal law officer after the announcement of general elections in 2018, and returned to private practice.
In 2019, Ashtar Ali & Co. became Ashtar Ali LLP, with partners Ashtar Ausaf Ali and Asad Rahim Khan. The firm established a full-time office in Islamabad the same year, led by Barrister M. Usama Rauf.
On 4 March 2025, forty years after its founding, Ashtar Ali LLP became Ashtar Ali & Rahim LLP.
The change marked a new chapter in the firm’s story: shaped by institutional partnerships and a commitment to serving clients to the highest standards.
From its early years as a litigation chamber to its present standing as a leading Pakistan law firm, Ashtar Ali & Rahim LLP took each step of its journey alongside its clients.
Today, it works across corporate, commercial, regulatory, and transactional matters, while continuing to assist government bodies and private individuals.
The firm’s senior counsel appear regularly before the Supreme Court of Pakistan, contributing to some of the country’s most significant constitutional decisions.
With offices in Lahore and Islamabad, the firm’s history remains tied to the people and places that shaped it, and to the belief that good lawyering is foremost a public service.