34 Facts About Irfan Qadir

Irfan Qadir is a Pakistani lawyer and jurist who is incumbent Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Law since 30 April 2024.

Irfan Qadir served as the 29th Attorney-General for Pakistan from April 2012 to June 2013, and was a Justice of the Lahore High Court in 2009.

Irfan Qadir was born in 1956 in Lahore, West Pakistan to a Punjabi Muslim family.

Irfan Qadir's father, Mian Abdul Qadir was a bureaucrat and served as the chairman of Pakistan Railways.

Irfan Qadir did his graduation BA, LLB from University of the Punjab in Lahore.

Irfan Qadir is the son in law of late Justice Aslam Riaz Hussain.

Irfan Qadir began his legal career in 1982 and enrolled as a High Court Advocate in 1985.

Irfan Qadir is one of the original members of the 2006 Beijing-founded International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities.

Irfan Qadir gained knowledge in every area of the legal field, including that of a successful lawyer, superior court judge, high-ranking law officer, and top bureaucrat.

Irfan Qadir has handled a significant number of important cases in the Supreme Court and the High Court over the last three decades, giving him extensive experience in nearly all key areas of law.

In Second Shehbaz Sharif's ministry Irfan Qadir, is appointed to the position of Special Assistant to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for law with the status of Federal Minister on 30 April 2024.

The News reported that because Irfan Qadir has an exceptional legal background, his inclusion in the federal government would strengthen the legal and prosecution side of the administration of law.

Irfan Qadir was appointed Prosecutor General of National Accountability Bureau by President Asif Ali Zardari in 2010 but Supreme Court ruled that NAB, Irfan Qadir's appointments as prosecutor general were unlawful.

Irfan Qadir added that the PM, who is in charge of the NAB, makes the decisions and challenged the Supreme Court's ruling regarding his removal.

Prosecutor General of the National Accountability Bureau, Irfan Qadir submitted his resignation to President Asif Ali Zardari on September 8,2010, after contesting the Supreme Court's directives for his dismissal but he did not withdraw his appeal filed before the apex court challenging its order which had declared his appointment as illegal, on instructions of the president.

President Asif Ali Zardari nominated 16 additional judges to the Lahore High Court in February 2009, bringing the total number of justices on the high court up to 52 and Irfan Qadir was one of them.

Irfan Qadir had worked for the NAB's Prosecutor General Accountability between 2003 and 2006.

Irfan Qadir did an active law practice from 1997 to 2003 in different High Courts of Pakistan and Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Irfan Qadir served as Acting Advocate General Punjab from 1996 to 1997.

Irfan Qadir has been consistently participating in significant matters at the Supreme Court for the past more than 30 years.

Irfan Qadir has a number of recorded cases in Pakistan's higher courts to his credit in terms of his career as a lawyer.

The Mazari's decision, which allowed Hamza Shahbaz to continue serving as the province's chief minister, was challenged by the PML-Q in a petition that was submitted on Saturday 23 July 2022 through the PML-Q attorney Amir Saeed Rawn and the Irfan Qadir was the attorney from the deputy speaker Dost Mazari.

Irfan Qadir urged the court to reverse the deputy speaker's ruling about the CM election vote count in his appeal.

Irfan Qadir asserted that because of his illegal and unconstitutional order, the deputy speaker did not count the votes cast by the PML-Q.

Irfan Qadir maintained that the decision went against the Supreme Court's directive.

Irfan Qadir was appointed legal affairs consultant to Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari in March 2012.

Irfan Qadir was appointed as the Pakistan Cricket Board's Appellate Authority in 2010.

The court had further noted that there was no Wakalat Nama filed authorizing Irfan Qadir to appear in this case.

The court had instructed its office to contact the Karachi Registry to determine whether any of the attorneys on file had submitted a Wakalat Nama allowing Irfan Qadir to appear in court in the current case.

Irfan Qadir has appeared in this matter for the last 11 hearings, and the court has expressed concerns about how and on what grounds he has done so.

Irfan Qadir was ordered by the court to appear before it on next hearing to give an explanation for remarks he made earlier before the bench, and the court ordered its office to send a copy of the order to him.

In February 2019 Irfan Qadir's practicing license was reinstated by the Supreme Court after a nearly four-year absence.

Irfan Qadir claimed that since the petitioner was not in court and no request for an adjournment had been made by him, the case could no longer be continued.

Irfan Qadir is a founding member of the Beijing-based International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities, which was founded in 2006.