Ahmer Bilal Soofi
Ahmer Bilal Soofi is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and founder of ABS & Co., one of Pakistan’s leading law firms. He is the founding President of the Research Society of International Law and a Member of the Panel of Eminent Experts of the OIC. He also serves on the Board of the Pakistan Nuclear Society.
In 2013, he was the Federal Minister for Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs during the caretaker setup and chaired the Advisory Council of the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva. He is a member of the ICC International Court (2021-24) and the IDLO’s Board of Advisors, and a trustee of the OIC Arbitration Center.
Mr Soofi has represented Pakistan in international courts, notably winning the RMI case before the ICJ. He advises the Centre of Excellence for International Law at NDU, Islamabad, and lectures at various military and academic institutions.
He founded the Quran Covenant Center to emphasize the sanctity of contracts and international treaties. He was a visiting Professor of International Law at Punjab University for over 10 years and has published over 100 articles and edited two books. He graduated from Government College Lahore and holds an LLB from Punjab University and an LLM from the University of Cambridge, UK.