Salman Akram Raja

Salman Akram Raja is a Pakistani lawyer.[1][2]

Early life and education

Raja is the oldest son of Senior Advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan and leader of the Lahore Bar Association, Raja Muhammad Akram. Raja belongs to a notable family of village Arazi Hasnal, Tehsil Gujar Khan, Rawalpindi. In 1989, Raja graduated from Downing College, Cambridge, and, in 1994, he graduated from SOAS, University of London, also in England. In 2001, Raja earned an LL.M. from Harvard Law School in Massachusetts.[3]

Enrollment

Career

In 2009, he was counsel for Dr. Mubashir Hassan,[4][5][6][7] a founder of the Pakistan Peoples' Party, in the successful challenge brought by Hassan to the National Reconciliation Ordinance of 2007 that was issued by Pervez Musharraf as part of an understanding with the Pakistan People's Party leadership whereby all pending criminal cases against a large number of politicians were terminated.

Raja has also been a lecturer at the Law Faculty of the Lahore University of Management Sciences and the Government College University, Lahore.

Publications

Raja is an author of various op-ed columns published in DAWN.[8][9][10]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/03/09/world/asia/ap-as-pakistan-.html "Pakistani legal expert Salman Akram Raja said the decision puts Qadri..."
  2. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/world/asia/raja-pervez-ashraf-faces-contempt-charges-in-pakistan.html "...Salman Akram Raja, a Supreme Court lawyer."
  3. ↑ "Salman Akram Raja". ipr.org.pk. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Reactions: ‘New contempt law won’t save PM Ashraf’". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Associated Press Of Pakistan ( Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency ) SC seeks authentic lists of NRO beneficiaries". Associated Press of Pakistan. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2015. Salman Akram Raja, counsel for Dr Mobashir Hassan, argued that laws were... line feed character in |title= at position 65 (help)
  6. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/world/asia/16zardari.html
  7. ↑ "New contempt law won’t save PM Ashraf, say experts - Khaleej Times". Khaleej Times. 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Salman Akram Raja. "Constitutional conundrum". DAWN. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  9. ↑ Salman Akram Raja. "Corporate rehabilitation farce". DAWN. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "News stories for Salman Akram Raja - DAWN.COM". DAWN. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

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