Ashtar Ausaf Ali
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Ashtar Ausaf Ali (Urdu: اشتر اوصاف علی) is former Advocate General of Punjab, Pakistan. Ashtar Ausaf Ali is the lawyer representing Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister of Pakistan. Nawaz Sharif has challenged the petition filed by the federal government against the acceptance of Mr Sharif’s candidature for National Assembly seat-121.[1] Ashtar Ausaf Ali, former Advocate General of Punjab, is the lawyer representing Nawaz Sharif.
Ashtar Ausaf Ali was admitted in the Supreme Court Bar in the year 1995. He became a member of the Lahore Bar in 1986 and was enrolled as an advocate for the high courts in 1982. Mr. Ali obtained a MCL in 1981 from George Washington University, and is a member of Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity. He completed his BA in 1975 from the Forman Christian College, Lahore, and his LLB in 1980 from Punjab University.
Mr. Ali was an adjunct lecturer in law from 1984 to 1988 at the Punjab University. He has also been a member of the panel of arbitrators at the American Arbitration Association since 1981. Mr. Ali is a visiting speaker at the Federal Judicial Academy at Islamabad and the National Institute of Public Administration. He also acted as an advisor on human rights for the government of Pakistan during 1997 and 1998. Mr. Ali was appointed the Advocate General for the Province of Punjab from 1998 to 1999. He enjoys life memberships of the Supreme Court Bar Association, the High Court Bar Association and the Lahore Bar Association.
