The Supreme Court Bar Association ( ur, )(SCBAP) is an association established in 1989 comprising the

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. The Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act 1973 provides for the forming, recognition and functioning of Bar Associations for supreme court lawyers working under the control of

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. It is an independent Bar association whose aim is to uphold the rule of law and the cause of

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and protect and promote the interest of the legal profession as well as that of the public. The Rules of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan, 1989 provide the detailed provisions for elections, meetings, its committees, disciplinary proceedings, powers and functions of the executive committee of the Bar Association etc. The SCBAP has 22 members, who are elected annually to manage the affairs and execute the functions of the SCBAP. The Executive Committee consisting of the President, Four Vice-Presidents (one from each Province), Secretary and Additional Secretary, Finance Secretary from Islamabad. Fourteen executive members elected from throughout Pakistan (at least two from each Province) by way of balloting.

Notable Presidents

Abid Hassan Minto Abid Hassan Minto also known as Abid Minto ( ur, عابد حسن منٹو) (born 3 February 1932) is a constitutional expert and senior lawyer of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and former president of the Awami Workers Party. He is also a lite ...

* Akram Sheikh * Hamid Khan * Justice Tariq Mahmood *

Malik Mohammad Qayyum Malik Mohammad Qayyum ( ur, ; born 18 January 1944), Senior Advocate Supreme Court, is the former Attorney General of Pakistan, who was replaced with Senator Latif Khosa when President Pervez Musharraf resigned on 18 August 2008. He became At ...

Ali Ahmad Kurd Ali Ahmad Kurd ( ur, ), is a Pakistani lawyer who has been president of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan and is prominent in the Lawyers' Movement in that country. He opposed former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. Activism W ...

Aitzaz Ahsan Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan ( ur, ; born 27 September 1945) is a Pakistani politician and lawyer. He served two times as the Leader of the House in the Senate of Pakistan from 1994 to 1997 and again from 2012 to 2015. He also served as the Leader o ...

Munir A. Malik Munir A. Malik (sometimes spelled Muneer) is a Pakistani lawyer who has served as the 30th Attorney General of Pakistan. He was a key leader of the Lawyers' Movement in Pakistan. He is the former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of ...

Qazi Anwar Qazi Anwar or Qazi Muhammad Anwar ( ur, ) is a former attorney general, constitutional lawyer, president of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (SCBAP) and former senator. A former activist in the Pakistan Peoples Party, he joined the Awa ...

Asma Jahangir Asma Jilani Jahangir ( ur, , ''ʿĀṣimah Jahāṉgīr''; 27 January 1952 – 11 February 2018) was a Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Jahangir was known ...

Asrar-ul-Haq Mian Asrar-ul-Haq Mian (Urdu: اسرار الحق میاں) was a Pakistani lawyer and Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He was the 15th President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. He previously served as three-time m ...

Kamran Murtaza Kamran Murtaza is a Pakistani politician and has the status of a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He is currently serving as Senator of Pakistan from Balochistan Province for the term 2021 - 2027. He also remained in office as ...

* Rasheed A Rizvi * Syed Ali Zafar * Amanullah Kanrani *

Latif Afridi Abdul Latif Afridi (Pashto/ ur, ), also known as Latif Lala (), is a lawyer and Pashtun nationalist politician who was formerly the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. He is a senior leader of the National Democratic Mo ...

Notable Secretaries

* Ali Akbar Qureshi * M A Zafar * Aftab Bajwa * Aslam Zar * Ameen Javaid * Asad Manzoor Butt * Shamim ur Rahman Malik * Muqtadir Akhtar Shabbir

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Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan
Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan Bar Councils in Pakistan Supreme Court of Pakistan Bar associations of Asia {{Pakistan-org-stub

Notable Presidents

Notable Secretaries

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