Barrister Khadija Yasmin Bokhari

Called to the Bar of England and Wales, Lincoln’s Inn in 2014, Barrister Khadija Yasmin Bokhari is an Advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan with 10 years of experience in litigation and legal research. She is presently serving as Director Litigation & Advocacy at Musawi, leads Musawi’s pro-bono litigation initiative and development of legal research and interventions under various on-going programs. Ms. Bokhari has drafted laws and legislative amendments, developed a bench book for judges and training manuals for justice sector stakeholders, including government officials, parliamentarians and the judiciary and has trained prosecutors and legal aid lawyers in Punjab on gender-sensitization and constitutional protection of women’s rights. Previously, she worked as a Senior Counsel at IRFAN& IRFAN Attorneys-at-law, where Khadija represented a number of Fortune 500 companies before the High Courts of Lahore, Islamabad and Sindh. She has been involved in key Constitutional cases before the High Courts as well as the Supreme Court.