Waleed Iqbal

Waleed Iqbal Advocate

Member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Constituency	NA-124 (Lahore-VII)
Personal details
Relations	Sir Muhammad Iqbal (grandfather) Yousuf Salahuddin (cousin)
Parents	Javed Iqbal (father) Nasira Iqbal (mother)
Residence	Gulberg, Lahore
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania University of Punjab Harvard University University of Cambridge
Occupation	Lawyer politician
Religion	Islam

Waleed Iqbal is a Pakistani politician, a prominent lawyer and a law professor. Waleed is the grandson of a popular poet and politician Muhammad Iqbal,^[1]^[2] and a son of philosopher and former judge Justice Javed Iqbal and Justice Nasira Iqbal in Pakistan. Waleed started his political career in 2011, when he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf^[3] and was party's candidate for National Assembly from NA-124 (Lahore-VII) in 2013 elections.^[4]^[5]^[6] He was defeated in election by Sheikh Rohail Asghar of PMLN.^[7]

Education

Waleed, after completing his high school from Aitchison College Lahore, went to USA for higher education. In 1988 he received Bachelor's degree in Economics from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. On his return, he got his Bachelor of Laws degree from University of Punjab in 1994 followed by Master of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1997. Waleed also has a Master of Philosophy degree from University of Cambridge.^[5]^[8]

Experience

Waleed specialises in cross-border and local M&A (mergers and acquisitions), privatisations, corporate and project finance (particularly in the power sector), financial institutions, investment management, joint ventures, energy and petroleum (both upstream and downstream business), asset finance, IT, telecommunications and software development, and corporate restructurings. Between 1997 and 2004, he worked for two leading international law firms, Sullivan & Cromwell, and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Waleed returned to Pakistan and restarted his law practice in Pakistan in January 2005. Waleed currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Business Law at the Suleman Dawood School of Business of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). He also is a nominee of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan on the board of directors of the Lahore Stock Exchange. Waleed is a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN).^[5]^[9]

Bar

Advocate, High Courts of Pakistan – 1996
Advocate, Pakistan – 1994
State of New York – 1998
Roll of Solicitors of England and Wales – 2004 (currently maintaining non-practicing status)

References

Muhammad Iqbal

Family	Javed Iqbal (son) Yousuf Salahuddin (grandson) Waleed Iqbal (grandson) Muneeb Iqbal (grandson)^[1]

Prose	The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam The Development of Metaphysics in Persia Ilm Al-Iqtisad

Poetry	Asrar-i-Khudi ("The Secrets of the Self") Rumuz-i-Bekhudi ("The Secrets of Selflessness") Payam-i-Mashriq ("Message from the East") Bang-i-Dara ("The Call Of The Marching Bell") Zabur-i-Ajam ("Persian Psalms") Javid Nama Bal-i-Jibril ("Gabriel's Wing") Zarb-i-Kalim ("The Rod of the Moses") Pas Chih Bayad Kard ("What should then be done O people of the East") Armaghan-i-Hijaz ("Gift from Hijaz")

Scholars	Annemarie Schimmel Arthur J. Arberry R.A. Nicholson Javid Iqbal Muhammad Munawwar Suheyl Umar more

Related topics	Bibliography Iqbal Academy Pakistan Iqbal Academy, UK Iqbal Cyber Library Iqbal Day Iqbal Review Pakistan Movement (Allahabad Address) Tomb

↑ http://www.dawn.com/news/1210802, Biography of Javed Iqbal and info on Muneeb Iqbal on Dawn, Karachi newspaper, Retrieved 30 April 2016

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