IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN 
(Appellate Jurisdiction) 
 
 
PRESENT: 
MR. JUSTICE MIAN SAQIB NISAR, HCJ 
 
 
MR. JUSTICE UMAR ATA BANDIAL 
 
 
MR. JUSTICE IJAZ UL AHSAN 
 
CONSTITUTION PETITION NO.134 OF 2012 
AND 
CIVIL MISC. APPLICATION NO.1864 OF 2010  
IN CONSTITUTION PETITION NO.9 OF 2005 
AND 
CIVIL MISC. APPLICATIONS NO.1939 OF 2014, 5959 OF 2016, 4095, 1793, 
2876, 2996, 3014 AND 6672 OF 2018 IN CONSTITUTION PETITION NO.134 
OF 2012  
AND 
CIVIL MISC. APPLICATIONS NO.3034, 3048, 3051 AND 6247 OF 2018  
IN CIVIL MISC. APPLICATION NO.1864 OF 2010 
 
Const.P.134/2012: 
Pakistan Bar Council through its Chairman v. Federal 
Government through Establishment Division and others 
 
 
C.M.A.1864/2010: 
Article by Aredshir Cowasjee in Daily Dawn dated 
27.06.2010 
titled 
“Looking 
the 
Future” 
regarding 
standards of professional ethics in the legal profession.  
 
 
C.M.A.1939/2014: 
Application by Pakistan Bar Council for Impleading 
Universities as respondents.  
 
 
C.M.A.5959/2016: 
Application in Respect of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto 
University of Law (SZABUL) through its Registrar v. 
Federal Government through Establishment Division and 
others 
 
 
C.M.A.1793/2018: 
Impleadment application by Muhammad Amin Sandhila 
 
 
C.M.A.2876/2018: 
Concise Statement by KPK Law Colleges in reply to show 
cause notices issued vide order dated 6.3.2018. 
 
 
C.M.A.2996/2018: 
Impleadment application by Pakistan Bar Council 
through Chairman Legal Education Committee v. The 
Federal Government thr. Secretary Establishment and 
others 
 
 
C.M.A.3014/2018: 
Impleadment application by Islamabad Bar Council 
 
 
C.M.A.3034/2018: 
Concise Statement on behalf of respondent No.2 College 
of Legal & Ethical Studies (Coles), Abbottabad. 
 
 
C.M.A.3048/2018: 
Additional Documents (copies of show cause notices 
issued to the private law colleges of KPK) on behalf of 
respondent No.10. 
C.M.A.No.1864 of 2010 
 
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C.M.A.3051/2018: 
Impleadment application by Zahid Hussain 
 
 
C.M.A.4095/2018: 
Impleadment application by Muhammad Umar Jatoi 
 
 
C.M.A.6247/2018: 
Impleadment application by City Law College v. Federal 
Government through Secretary M/o Education etc. 
Islamabad and others 
 
 
C.M.A.6722/2018: 
Impleadment application by Muhammad Shafique 
 
In attendance: 
Mr. Hamid Khan, Sr. ASC 
Mr. M. Anwar Kamal, Sr. ASC 
Mr. Zafar Iqbal Kalanori, ASC 
Mr. Muhammad Arshad, Secy. PBC 
Mr. Muhammad Ahsan Bhoon, ASC 
Mr. M. Shoaib Shaheen, ASC 
Ch. Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan, ASC 
 
Ms. Bushra Qamar, ASC 
(Chairperson Executive Committee,  
Punjab Bar Council) 
 
Mr. Bilal Ahmed Qazi, ASC 
(For Islamia University BWP) 
 
Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gillani, Sr. ASC 
Mr. M. Akhtar Ali, ASC 
(For K.P. Private Law Colleges) 
 
Mr. Zafar Iqbal, Ch. ASC 
(Topper Law College) 
 
Rai Bashir Ahmed, ASC 
(In CMAs 1844 & 6247/2018) 
 
Rai M. Nawaz Kharral, ASC 
(CMA. No. 6722/18)  
 
Mr. Zafarullah Khan Khakwani, ASC 
Dr. Amanullah, Chairman, Affiliation Committee, BZU 
Ch. Muhammad Umar, Registrar BZU 
(For BZU) 
 
Mr. Munir Ahmed Khan Kakar, ASC 
Raja Abdul Rehman, ASC 
(For Zargoon Law College) 
 
Mr. Riasat Ali Azad, ASC 
(Alfalah Law College/Kashmor Law College) 
 
Mr. M. Ikram Chaudhry, Sr. ASC 
(In C.M.As.4012 & 4013/2018) 
 
Mr. M. Qasim Mirjat, AOR 
(In C.M.A.4094/2018) 
 
 
C.M.A.No.1864 of 2010 
 
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Mr. Junaid Akhtar, ASC 
(In C.M.A.2996/2018) 
 
Mr. Waseem-ud-Din Khattak, ASC 
(for University of Peshawar) 
 
Mr. Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, ASC 
(For Pakistan College of Law) 
 
Mr. M. Amin Sandhela, in-person  
(In CMA 1793/2018) 
 
Mr. Fawad Saleh, ASC 
(For Coles Law College) 
 
Mr. Shaukat Ali, Principal,  
(Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Law College,  
Nausheroferoz). 
 
Mr. Abdul Ali, Owner of Ali Law College Sanghar, 
Sindh. (CMA-6898/18) 
 
Mr. M. Faseeh ud Din Wardag, ASC 
(For Jalawan Law College, Khuzdar) 
 
Mr. Amanullah Qazi, Director,  
Intelligence Law College, Moro, Sindh 
 
Mr. Faisal Javed, VC School of Law, Lahore 
 
Mr. Hassan Fareed, Legal Advisor,  
University of Management & Technology, Lahore.  
 
Mr. Saleem Akhtar Warraich, ASC 
 
Mr. Aftab Sohail, College of Law, Gujranwala.  
 
Mr. M. Afzal Khan, ASC 
(For Pakistan Law College, Lahore) 
 
Mr. Nafeer A. Malik, ASC  
(Principal Quaid e Azam Law College, Lahore.) 
 
Rana Ali Akbar, Adv. 
(For Topper Law College) 
 
Mr. Mushtaq Ahmed Mohal, ASC 
 
Sh. Irfan Akram ,ASC 
Mrs. Tasneem Amin, AOR 
(For Institute of Law) 
 
Mr. Ahmed Qayyum, ASC  
(For Lahore Law College) 
 
Mr. Abbas Mirza, ASC 
(For Farabee Law College) 
 
 
C.M.A.No.1864 of 2010 
 
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Dr. Khalid Ranjha, Sr. ASC 
(For Punjab University) 
 
Mr. Anwar ul Haq Pannu, ASC 
 
Mr. Qaiser Amin Rana, ASC 
 
Mian Tariq Manzoor, ASC 
 
Sardar Muhammad Aslam, ASC 
Mr. Faiz Ahmed Jandran, ASC 
Mr. Kifayat Ali Jaskani, Principal Shan-e-Ali Law 
College, Tando Adam 
 
Barrister Adnan Sheikh, ASC  
(For Topper Law College, Lhr.) 
 
Mr. Mushtaq Ahmed Mohal, ASC 
(For PSC) 
 
Malik Matiullah, ASC 
(For Asian Law College) 
 
Malik Anique Khattana, ASC 
(CMA-3046/18) 
 
Rana M. Arif, ASC 
(CMA-2475-L/18) 
 
Mr. Ashfaq Bhullar, ASC 
 
Rai M. Nawaz Khan Kharral, ASC 
(For Qarakuram Law College/CMA-6722/18)  
 
Usama Shafique, Assistant Registrar,  
University of South Asia. 
 
 
On Notice: 
Mr. Sajid Ilyas Bhatti, Addl.Attorney General for 
Pakistan.   
assisted by: 
Barrister Menal Tariq 
Mr. Qasim Ali Chohan, Addl. A.G. Pb. 
Mr. Shehryar Qazi, Addl. A.G. Sindh 
Malik Akhtar Hussain Awan, Addl. A.G. KP 
Mr. Ayaz Swati, Addl. A.G. Balochistan 
Syed Naveed Abbas, ASC 
Mr. Aftab Mustafa, ASC  
(for respondent No.7) 
 
Mr. Waseem Hashmi, Advisor, HECP 
Mr. Asif Munir, Director, HECP 
Raja Abdul Ghafoor, AOR 
(For HECP) 
 
 
Date of hearing: 
20.08.2018 & 24.8.2018 at Lahore and  
28.8.2018 at Islamabad. 
 
 
C.M.A.No.1864 of 2010 
 
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O R D E R 
 
 
Umar Ata Bandial, J. – CONSTITUTION PETITION NO.134 OF 
2012 & CIVIL MISC. APPLICATION NO.1864 OF 2010 IN CONSTITUTION 
PETITION NO.9 OF 2005. The Rule of law in our country is a bedrock of the 
Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 (“Constitution”). The 
Judicature has a Constitutional duty to enforce the Rule of law to safeguard the 
Constitution. In our legal system the Courts perform dispute resolution in 
accordance with the Constitution and the substantive and procedural law laid 
down thereunder. The system flourishes by positive and productive cooperation 
between the Bar and the Bench for the ascertainment of the truth and decision of 
controversies according to the relevant and applicable law. An independent, 
competent, honest and industrious Judicature requires an equally independent, 
dynamic, honest and dedicated Bar in order to effectively provide justice in 
accordance with law to all members of the society.  
2. 
 
Over the years, the legal profession has attracted more and more 
people as a career of choice. This has led to a growing demand for institutions 
imparting legal education to train lawyers for the Bar and the Judiciary. 
Notwithstanding that the standards of proficiency for entry to the Bar since the 
last 45 years is regulated by Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973 
(“Act”), careful monitoring, supervision and enforcement of such standards has 
been lacking due to complacency and neglect. It was in these circumstances that 
this Court considered the matter of declining standards of legal education in  
Pakistan Bar Council  vs.  The Federal Government & Others (PLD 2007 SC 
394) (“PBC Judgment”) and delivered a momentous judgment mandating sound 
professional training and skill in both academic and vocational disciplines to be 
essential attributes for ensuring good advocacy. In this behalf, it was identified 
that the Pakistan Bar Council (“PBC”) established under the Act and the Higher 
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Education Commission of Pakistan (“HECP”) established under the Higher 
Education Commission Ordinance, 2002 are the key regulators to supervise and 
enforce professional standards in legal education.  
3. 
 
Pursuant to the views expressed in the PBC Judgment and based 
upon its own deliberations, the PBC framed the Pakistan Bar Council Legal 
Education Rules, 2015 (“Rules”). These Rules lay down detailed provisions on 
several matters concerning legal education in particular, criteria for recognition 
of degree awarding institutions and for affiliation of law colleges thereto. It may 
be observed that the Rules were framed during the proceedings for the 
implementation of the aforementioned PBC Judgment of this Court. The Rules 
lay down, inter alia, the eligibility for admission to LL.B programme, inspection 
of law faculties and departments of law colleges for establishing their qualifying 
status as affiliates of recognized degree awarding university or their disaffiliation 
for failing to comply with the Rules. It is in the said backdrop that by order dated 
21.01.2018 of this Court, the PBC constituted a Special Committee for Structural 
Reforms in Legal Education. Four Provincial commissions and one for Islamabad 
Capital Territory (“ICT”) were formed for this purpose by the Court. Their task 
was to inspect affiliated law colleges that have mushroomed in the market and to 
report on the standard of legal education, training and services imparted by 
them. Based on the findings of these inspections, the Special Committee of the 
PBC has submitted recommendations to the Court. These recommendations were 
examined, deliberated, considered by the Court during the proceedings held at 
the Branch Registry at Lahore on 20.08.2018 & 24.08.2018 and at the Principal 
Seat on 28.08.2018. The recommendations are well thought out and have been 
approved by this Court with minor modifications.  
4. 
 
For the reasons to be recorded later CONSTITUTION PETITION 
NO. 134 OF 2012 & CIVIL MISC. APPLICATION NO.1864 OF 2010  IN 
C.M.A.No.1864 of 2010 
 
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CONSTITUTION PETITION NO.9 OF 2005 stands disposed of and the 
following declarations and directions are issued in light of the recommendations 
submitted by the Special Committee of PBC: 
 
Court’s declarations & directions: 
 
1. 
Restoration of Bar Entrance Examination [Law Graduate Assessment 
Test (LAW-GAT)]. 
 
 
A Law Graduate Assessment Test (LAW-GAT) of law graduates seeking 
enrollment to the Bar shall be held on quarterly basis by HECP as the 
executing institution throughout Pakistan based on a question bank 
prepared for the Assessment Test.  
 
2. 
Test for Entry to Law College (Law Admission Test) (LAT). 
 
 
A law admission test for all law colleges in Pakistan shall be held  
biannually by the HECP. The outline of such a law admission test is given 
below: 
“LAW ADMISSION TEST (LAT) 
 
Division of Questions 
Marks 
Nature of Questions 
Essay (either in English or Urdu) 
15 
200 words maximum 
Personal Statement (either in English or 
Urdu) 
10 
200 words maximum 
MCQs: 
 
 
MCQs: English 
20 
Synonyms/Antonyms/Pre-
positions 
MCQs: General Knowledge 
20 
 
MCQs: Islamic Studies 
10 
 
MCQs: Pak Studies 
10 
 
MCQs: Urdu 
10 
Vocabulary  
MCQs: Math 
05 
Basic Math 
                                      Total Marks 
100 
 
 
3. 
Specification of Affiliating Universities and their territorial jurisdiction. 
 
 
The following universities are recognized and authorised by the PBC 
under the Rules to be law degree awarding institutions. The territorial 
jurisdiction of each such university is indicated against its name: 
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Sr. No. 
Affiliating University 
Area of Jurisdiction 
1. 
University of Baluchistan 
Whole of the Province 
2. 
University of Peshawar 
Districts & Civil Divisions of Peshawar, 
Malakand and Mardan. 
3. 
Gomal University, D.I.K 
Districts & Civil Divisions of D.I.Khan, 
Bannu and Kohat. 
4. 
University of Hazara, 
Mansehra 
All the District of Hazara Division. 
5. 
University of the Punjab, 
Lahore 
Districts & Civil Divisions of Lahore, 
Gujranwala, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Sahiwal 
and Rawalpindi.  
6. 
BahauddinZakriya 
University, Multan 
District & Civil Divisions of Multan and 
Dera Ghazi Khan. 
7. 
Islamia University, 
Bahawalpur 
All Districts of Bahawalpur Division. 
8. 
Karachi University 
All Districts & Civil Division of Karachi. 
9. 
University of Sindh, 
Hyderabad 
All Districts & Civil Divisions of Hyderabad, 
Mirpur Khas and Shaheed Benazirabad. 
10. 
Shah Abdul Latif 
University, Khairpur 
Districts & Civil Divisions of Sukkur and 
Larkana. 
11. 
Quaid-e-Azam University, 
Islamabad. 
Islamabad Capital Territory.   
 
4. 
Ban against conducting LL.M and Ph.D. in law classes by the 
Universities / Colleges / institutions that are not allowed to hold LL.B. 
classes. 
 
 
The universities and institutions that are not recognized and authorised 
by the PBC to confer LL.B degree shall not impart legal education to 
students at LL.M and Ph.D levels or to admit students to either of such 
programmes. The same rule applies to law colleges affiliated to such 
universities and institutions.  
 
5. 
Limit on admission to LL.M. and Ph.D. programmes in law and ban on 
mushroom admissions to these programmes as per criteria of HECP. 
 
 
Admission to LL.M. and Ph.D. programmes by an authorised law college/ 
university/institution shall be granted on the criteria laid down by HECP, 
including, the ceiling on the number of students fixed for admission to 
such programmes.  
6. 
Designing of Curriculum for five year LL.B. Programme – annual and 
semester. 
 
 
The HECP National Curriculum Review Committee alongwith the 
representative of the PBC sub-committee shall finalize the Curriculum for 
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five years LL.B programme to be run on the basis of an annual or semester 
system of examinations. The salient aspects of such Curriculum shall be 
stated in the detailed reasons.  
7. 
Qualification of faculty (permanent and visiting) at law colleges. 
The university/Degree Awarding institution/law college imparting legal 
education at the level of LL.B programme shall hire law faculty 
members/teachers as under: 
(i) 
The Dean Law Faculty/Head of Law Department/Principal of law 
college shall be Ph.D. in law with 8 years law teaching 
experience/practice experience in High Court or Masters Degree in 
Law with 15 years law teaching experience/practice experience in 
High Court or a retired Judge of the Supreme Court or a High 
Court or a retired District & Sessions Judge having 5 years of 
judicial service to his credit; 
(ii) 
At least five permanent/whole time faculty members/teachers 
having a Masters degree in law with 5 years law teaching 
experience/practice experience in High Court or having a 
Bachelors degree in law with 10 years law teaching experience/ 
practice experience in High Court; & 
(iii) 
There shall be at least five part time/visiting faculty members/ 
teachers having 5 years standing as Advocates of High Court. 
(ii) 
The above standard ratio of permanent and visiting faculty shall be 
followed to meet the needs of upto 100 students. Additional students shall be 
catered by increasing faculty strength according to the said ratio.   
 
8. 
Affiliating Universities to constitute separate Affiliating Committees 
for law colleges within their territorial jurisdiction. 
 
 
Every affiliating university shall constitute a separate Affiliating 
Committee for initial and annual inspection of its affiliate law colleges and 
to take immediate action against those affiliate law colleges which are 
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non-compliant with the rules framed by the PBC and the applicable rules 
of the affiliating university itself. 
9. 
Ban on admission to 3 year LL.B. programme. 
 
 
A five years LL.B. programme shall be introduced in September, 2019. The 
current three years LL.B. programme shall be phased out and law colleges 
throughout Pakistan shall not admit students to their three years LL.B. 
programme after 31 December 2018. 
10. 
Ban against holding of evening classes Colleges/Universities. 
 
 
There shall be a complete ban on evening classes being offered at all law 
colleges/universities across Pakistan. 
11. 
Introduction of Special Equivalence Examination for Law Graduates of 
foreign universities (by HECP). 
 
 
No law graduate from any foreign university recognized by the Punjab 
Bar Council shall be allowed to take the Law Graduate Assessment Test 
(LAW–GAT) unless he or she passes a Special Equivalence Examination 
for law graduates of foreign universities which shall be held periodically 
by HECP in the following five subjects: 
1) 
Constitution of Pakistan 
2) 
Civil Procedure Code 
3) 
Criminal Procedure Code 
4) 
Qanoon-e-Shahadat 
5) 
Specific Relief Act 
 
12. 
Bar Vocational Course: 
 
The Provincial/Islamabad Bar Councils may introduce “Two Weeks Bar 
Vocational Course” during the six months training/pupillage period that a 
law graduate intending to join the legal profession must undergo for 
being enrolled as an Advocate for practicing law. The Provincial/ 
Islamabad Bar Councils may, however, consider and decide modalities for 
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introducing the said course through respective Federal/Provincial Judicial 
Academies. 
13. 
Allocation of Funds in Federal and Provincial Budgets for promotion of 
legal education: 
 
The Federal and Provincial Governments may be canvassed by the PBC 
and Provincial/ICT Bar Councils for allocation of substantial funds in the 
annual Federal and Provincial Budgets for promotion of legal education 
by the PBC. 
14. 
Salary package and payment of non-practicing allowance for permanent 
members law faculties: 
 
For securing services of competent and experienced law faculty on a 
permanent basis, concerned authorities in the Federal and Provincial 
Governments and the universities and law colleges shall ensure that a 
reasonable salary package and non-practicing allowance is paid to the 
qualified law teachers in the respective universities/law colleges. This is 
necessary for enhancing and maintaining the standard and quality of legal 
instruction. The HECP being the apex regulatory authority of the 
recognized and authorised universities shall play a guiding role in the 
foregoing regard. 
15. 
Assessment/Evaluation of Examination: 
The HECP shall, in collaboration with universities imparting legal 
education and the PBC, shall consider the matter of assessment/ 
evaluation of the examinations for LL.B classes exhaustively and make 
recommendations for updating and improving the current system of such 
examination to make it more relevant, practicable and reflective of the real 
talent and potential of candidates.  
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16. 
Establishment of autonomous Secretariat/Directorate of Legal Education 
in the Pakistan Bar Council: 
 
For improvement of the standard and quality of legal education in the 
country, concerted and well planned efforts shall be made to establish a 
full-fledged 
and 
adequately 
equipped 
autonomous 
Secretariat/ 
Directorate of Legal Education in the PBC. For this purpose active and 
meaningful logistic and financial support of the Federal Government shall 
be secured by the PBC. The Supreme Court of Pakistan shall for this 
purpose endeavour to project the need for an autonomous Secretariat/ 
Directorate of Legal Education. 
17. 
Constitution of Implementation/Monitoring Committee: 
 
An Implementation/Monitoring Committee for enforcing the directions 
given herein shall be constituted by the PBC which shall be chaired by 
Chairman, HECP or a senior functionary nominated by him.  
18. 
Immediate closing down of unauthorised law colleges: 
 
A university that neither offers a law programme nor is recognized by the 
PBC shall not unauthorisedly grant affiliation to any institution 
pretending to be a law college. Accordingly, the following law colleges 
shall immediately be closed down for the reason that their affiliating 
university/Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Benazirabad is not 
recognized or authorised by the PBC to offer a LL.B programme:   
(1) 
Leons Law College, Shaheed Benazirabad. 
(2) 
Intelligentia Law College, Moro. 
(3) 
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Law College, NaushahroFeroze. 
(4) 
Ali Law College, Sanghar. 
(5) 
Shah-e-Ali Law College, Tando Adam. 
 
19. 
Disaffiliation of sub-standard law colleges: 
 
 
The following law colleges affiliated to their corresponding universities 
having been found below the mark and for being outside the territory of 
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their affiliating university have been recommended by the special 
Committee of PBC to be disaffiliated: 
 
(a) 
University of Peshawar: 
 
(1) 
Abbot Law College, Abbottabad. 
(2) 
Abbott Law College, Mansehra. 
(3) 
Ayub Law College, Hairpur. 
(4) 
Frontier Law College, Peshawar. 
(5) 
Islamia Law College, Peshawar. 
(6) 
Jinnah Law College, Peshawar. 
(7) 
Justice Law College, Abbottabad. 
(8) 
Kohat Law College, Kohat.  
(9) 
Mardan Law College, Mardan. 
(10) 
Muslim Law College, Swat. 
(11) 
Peshawar Law College, Peshawar. . 
(12) 
Quaid-e-Azam Institute of Legal Studies, Nowshera. 
(13) 
Sanni Islamia Law College, Haripur. 
(14) 
Supreme Law College, Peshawar.  
(15) 
Swabi Law College, Swabi. 
 
 
(b) 
University of Hazara, Mansehra: 
 
 
 
 
 
COLES-College of Legal & Ethical Studies, Abbottabad. 
 
 
 
(c) 
Gomal University, D.I. Khan: 
 
(1) 
Danish Kada Law College, Miryan Gate Bannu. 
(2) 
Frontier Law College, D.I. Khan. 
(3) 
Institute of Legal and Management Sciences, Islamabad. 
(4) 
Luqman Law College, D.I. Khan. 
 
(d) 
University of Baluchistan, Quetta: 
 
(1) 
Zarghoon Law College, Quetta. 
(2) 
Jhalawan Law College, Khuzdar. 
 
 
(e) 
University of Sindh, Hyderabad: 
 
 
 
(1) 
Everest Law College, Hyderabad. 
(2) 
SISTEC, Sukkur. 
(f) 
Shah Abdul Lateef University, Khairpur: 
 
 
(1) 
Al-Falah Law College, Kashmore. 
(2) 
Abdul Wahid Soomro Law College, Kashmore. 
(3) 
Mirza Khan Law College, Panu Aqil. 
(4) 
Mashal Law College, Dahrki, Dahrki. 
(5) 
Bilawal Bhutto Law College, Jaccobabad. 
(6) 
Faiz Muhammad Sehto College, Kandiaro. 
(7) 
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Law College, Qambhar. 
 
 
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(g) 
BahauddinZakriya University, Multan: 
 
(1) 
South Punjab Law College, Multan, 
(2) 
Professional Law College, Multan, 
(3) 
Multan Law College, Multan, 
(4) 
Times Institute, Multan, 
(5) 
Muhammadan Law College, Multan, 
(6) 
Central Law College, Multan, 
(7) 
Merit Law College, Multan,  
(8) 
Pakistan Law College, Multan, 
(9) 
Sargodha Toppers Law College, Multan, 
(10) 
Kaims International Law College, Multan, 
(11) 
Ayan Law College, Multan, 
(12) 
Sir Syed Law College, Multan, 
(13) 
Justice Law & Education College, Multan, 
(14) 
International Law College, Multan, 
(15) 
Noor Law College, Multan, 
(16) 
Quaid-e-Azam Law College, Sahiwal, 
(17) 
Montgomery Law College, Sahiwal, 
(18) 
Muhammadan Law College, Sahiwal, 
(19) 
Command Law College, Sahiwal, 
(20) 
Multan Law College, Sahiwal, 
(21) 
Johar Law College, Sahiwal, 
(22) 
Limit Law College, Sahiwal, 
(23) 
Leads Universal Law College, Khanewal, 
(24) 
Progressive Law College, Vehari, 
(25) 
Askari Law College, Burewala, 
(26) 
Justice Law College, Pakpattan, 
(27) 
Pakistan Law College, Pakpattan, 
(28) 
Jinnah Law College, Dera Ghazi Khan, 
(29) 
Multan Law College, Dera Ghazi Khan, 
(30) 
Ghazi Khan Law College, Dera Ghazi Khan, 
(31) 
Indus Law College, Dera Ghazi Khan, 
(32) 
Justice Law & Education College, Muzaffargarh. 
 
(h) 
University of the Punjab, Lahore: 
(1) 
Capital Law College, 313-A, Murree Road, Rawalpindi. 
(2) 
Muslim Law College, 89-A, Satellite Town, Rawalpindi. 
(3) 
East & West Education System, Department of Legal Studies, 
House# 18, Street # 60, -11/4, Islamabad. 
(4) 
Islam Law College, Pasrur Road, Sialkot. 
(5) 
The College of Law, G.T. Road, Gujranwala. 
(6) 
Muhammadan Law College, Sharqpur Road, Sheikhupura. 
(7) 
Muhammadan 
Law 
College, 
3-Km 
Sargodha 
Road, 
Sheikhupura. 
(8) 
The Jurists College of Law Gulberg Town, Opp. Honda 
Show Room, Lahore Road, Sargodha. 
(9) 
Chenab Law College, Jalalpur Jattan Road, Gujrat. 
(10) 
The College of Law, Kanjrur Road, Narowal. 
(11) 
CIMS School of Law, Lahore. 
(12) 
Leads Law College, Township, Lahore. 
(13) 
PSE Law College, Nain Sukh, Saqian, Lahore. 
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(14) 
Farabee Law College, Hafizabad. 
(15) 
Allama Iqbal Law College, Sialkot. 
(16) 
Premier Law College, Gujranwala. 
(17) 
Quaid-e-Azam Law College, Okara. 
(18) 
National Law College, Lahore. 
(19) 
Global Law College, Shahdara, Lahore. 
(20) 
Institute of Law, Gulberg, Lahore. 
(21) 
Asian Law College, Gulberg Town, Lahore. 
(22) 
City Law College, Allama Iqbal Road, Lahore. 
(23) 
Lahore Law College, Gulberg, Lahore. 
(24) 
Shams Tabriz Law College, Ferozepur Interchange, Lahore. 
(25) 
The National Institute of Legal Studies, Attock. 
 
(i) 
Islamia University, Bahawalpur: 
 
(1) 
Narowal Law College, Narowal,  
(2) 
Heritage International College, Hafizabad 
(3) 
Cambridge Law College, Wazirabad 
(4) 
M.A. Law College, Gujrat 
(5) 
Al-Mizan Institute of Legal Studies, Islamabad 
(6) 
Jinnah Muslim Law College, Islamabad 
(7) 
Cornelius Law College, Sargodha 
(8) 
Zain Law College, Bhakkar 
 
(j) 
Before disaffiliation of any of the above said colleges is 
implemented, they shall be issued notice of fault or deficiency by 
the concerned affiliating university thereby granting them 
opportunity to be heard and being provided with reasons of the 
order passed by the concerned university in accordance with its 
rules of affiliation that are available to law colleges established and 
functioning within the territorial limits prescribed hereinabove.    
 
20. 
Accommodation of law students in eventuality of disaffiliation of some 
law colleges:  
 
The adjustment of law students who are affected by the disaffiliation of 
their law colleges shall be pursued by the concerned affiliating 
universities which shall be responsible to assure that such students are 
enabled to pursue their ongoing LL.B programme till completion.  
 
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21. 
Law departments of Universities and law colleges which need 
improvements in their weak areas within six months: 
 
The following law colleges which are run by or affiliated to universities 
need to overcome weak areas of their LL.B programmes offered by them 
are given six months for doing so: 
(a) 
University of Baluchistan: 
(1) 
City Law College, Quetta; 
(2) 
University of Baluchistan Law College Peshin Campus 
(3) 
School of Law, University of Turbat; and 
(4) 
Law College of University of Balochistan Kharan Campus. 
 
 
(b) 
University of Karachi: 
(1) 
Department of Law, University of Karachi. 
(2) 
Government Islamia Law College, Karachi. 
 
(c) 
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, University, Malir-Karachi: 
 
(1) 
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Law College, Malir. 
 
(d) 
University of Sindh: 
 
(1) 
Dinsh Mehran Institute of Law (SMIL), Jamshoro. 
 
(e) 
Shah Abdul Lateef University, Khairpur: 
 
(1) 
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, College of Law, Khairpur. 
(2) 
Qazi Mian Ahmed Law College, Moro. 
(3) 
Law College, Ghotki, 
(4) 
SDK Law College, Jaccobabad. 
 
(f) 
Federal Urdu University, Karachi: 
 
The Federal Urdu University having violated Rules and 
instructions of the Pakistan Bar Council was firstly placed under 
suspension and then was de-recognized; it is presently non-
functional. It shall remain suspended till its application for 
restoration of recognition by the Pakistan Bar Council is decided by 
the Legal Education Committee of the Pakistan Bar Council. The 
following campuses have been found lacking: 
(1) 
Department of law, Gulshan Campus. 
(2) 
Department of law, Abdul-Haq Campus 
 
 
(g) 
University of the Punjab: 
 
(1) 
The Best Law College, Rawalpindi. 
(2) 
Rawalpindi Law College, Rawalpindi. 
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(3) 
Himat-i-Islam Law College, Lahore. 
(4) 
Superior College of Law, Lahore. 
(5) 
Toppers Law College, Gulberg, Lahore. 
(6) 
Gujrat Law College, Gujrat. 
(7) 
Institute of Legal Studies, Gulberg, Lahore. 
(8) 
Faisalabad College of Law, Faisalabad. 
(9) 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah Law College, Gujranwala. 
 
22. 
Sole recourse before the Supreme Court: 
Any university or affiliated college that is aggrieved by a final order/ 
action taken in pursuance of these directions after exhausting any remedy 
under the University Rules shall avail as the first judicial remedy, 
appropriate relief from this Court. Recourse to any other judicial forum 
without permission of this Court is barred.  
5. 
 
All the ancillary Misc. Applications to this matter and listed in the 
title of this case also stands disposed of accordingly.  
 
 
 
CHIEF JUSTICE 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Islamabad, the 
31st of August, 2018. 
 
 
 
 
JUDGE 
 
 
 
JUDGE 
Irshad Hussain/* 
 
 
 
NOT APPROVED FOR REPORTING.