Barrister Khadija Yasmin Bokhari

Senior Legal Advisor

Called to the Bar of England and Wales, Lincoln’s Inn in 2014, Barrister Khadija Yasmin Bokhari is an Advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan with 10 years of experience in litigation and legal research. She has led several pro-bono litigation initiatives and development of legal research and interventions under various on-going rule of law programs.

Khadija has drafted laws and legislative amendments, developed a bench book for judges and training manuals for justice sector stakeholders, including government officials, parliamentarians and the judiciary and has trained prosecutors and legal aid lawyers in Punjab on gender-sensitization and constitutional protection of women’s rights. She has also worked as a Senior Counsel at IRFAN& IRFAN Attorneys-at-law, where Khadija represented several Fortune 500 companies before the High Courts of Lahore, Islamabad and Sindh. She has also been involved in key Constitutional cases before the High Courts as well as the Supreme Court.

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