The Life of Barristers in Pakistan

WHO IS A BARRISTER?

A barrister is a skilled attorney with extensive legal adept, expertise of drafting legal pleadings of more impactful nature, broadened knowledge of law history and philosophy, experts in transactional legal work, extended experience, strong argumentation and justification followed by the exposure and familiarity with inferred and rational reasoning and skillfully conceptualizing the case providing portrayal and expert persuasion for the case.

BENEFITS OF BEING A BARRISTER IN PAKISTAN:

  1. The ability to stand in a Pakistani court and win cases for your client with great advocacy skills and prestige.

  2. You will develop your practical skills. Through active training and practicing law in accordance with the curriculum mandated by the regulatory body in the UK, you will develop practical skills needed to become a successful barrister. 

  3. Be skilled with the requisite adroitness of a litigator including acknowledgement of any case, witness handling which is the primary evidence in any case, self-representation as a litigator in the court which include the formal procedure followed in the court from how will you sit, stand, gestures, pitch of the voice in the courtroom to how to response to the criticism of witness, which are the primary aspects grounding the success despite the examination in chief, cross examination, argumentation, which ensure the successful pleading and winning of the case.

OPPORTUNITIES

Barristers in Pakistan typically assist the Ministry of Human Rights with drafting various bills i.e formation of national commission of Human Rights. Barristers in Pakistan are appointed by the State to assist drafting Pakistan's report to UNHCR under ICCPR.

Further, barristers in Pakistan are usually appointed by the Lahore High Court as Amicus Curiae in cases involving questions of constitutional interpretation and human rights.

Now that you know about the life of barristers in Pakistan along with the perks associated with doing Bar-At-Law in Pakistan, you must be thinking about the way forward. If you want to do Bar-At-Law while being in Pakistan, then you should enroll yourself in the Bar Transfer Course that is being offered at Blackstone School of Law at an incredibly affordable cost.