LAHORE: A total of 59 candidates filed their nomination papers on Thursday for the upcoming election of 23 members of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), the top regulatory body for lawyers in the country. Prominent among them were Federal Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar, PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja, former SCBA president Ahsan Bhoon, and PPP Senator Farooq H Naek.
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For Punjab’s 11 seats, 27 candidates submitted papers, including Mr Tarar, Mr Raja, Mr Bhoon, Syed Qalb-i-Hassan, Tahir Nasrullah Warraich, Hafeezur Rehman Chaudhry, Pir Masood Chishti, and Maqsood Buttar among others. Sindh has six seats with 14 candidates in the race, such as Munir Ahmed Malik, Farooq Hamid Naek, Salahuddin Ahmed, Muhammad Lutfullah Arain, and Shahab Sarki.
November 27, 2025
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Pakistan Bar Council Election 2025
Total 59 (Fifty Nine) Candidates have submitted their Nomination Papers for election of Members of the Pakistan Bar Council from throughout the Country, by the last date and time fixed for submission of such…
— Matiullah Jan (@Matiullahjan919) November 27, 2025
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s four seats saw 11 candidates including Syed Amjad Shah, former Senator Noor Alam Khan, Qazi Muhammad Arshad, Khush Dil Khan, Rehmanullah, and Atlas Khan. Balochistan’s single seat attracted five aspirants, while Islamabad Capital Territory has two contenders — Raja Rizwan Abbasi and Syed Qamar Hussain Shah Sabzwari.
Most candidates are current or former members of the PBC, with the main contest expected between the Hamid Khan-led group and the Ahsan Bhoon-led independent faction, also known as the Asma Jahangir group, which holds a majority in the outgoing cabinet.
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The election will be conducted by the members of the provincial and Islamabad bar councils, who form the electoral college for the PBC. Scrutiny of nomination papers is scheduled for December 2 at 10am at the office of the Attorney General of Pakistan in Islamabad. Polling will be held on December 13 at the advocate general offices in the four provincial capitals and Islamabad.