Partner
FLC & Associates LLP
Multan, Lahore and Islamabad
Earlier at the firm: Intern, July 2025 to May 2026. Corporate drafting, legal research, criminal litigation, court filings and court appearances.
Profile
Practice, scholarship and teaching
Ghalib Naseer is a legal scholar. He is a Partner at FLC & Associates LLP, Regional Partner at HS Legal LLP, and Visiting Faculty and Head of Moot Courts and Advocacy Initiatives at The Millennium Universal College (TMUC), Multan. He is a barrister under training at the Middle Temple.
His research covers constitutionalism, international law, jurisprudence and legal theory. He has published on the basic structure doctrine and the Twenty-Seventh Amendment, judicial activism in Pakistan, bail and pre-trial detention, the enforcement of jus cogens, outer-space resources, water conflict in the Indus Basin and the rights of intersex persons. He writes for The Friday Times, LEAP Pakistan and The Monthly Wukkla Ittehad.
He holds an LLB (Hons) from the University of London, which he studied for at Pakistan College of Law, Lahore. His dissertation, on Pakistan’s constitutional crises read through the Hart–Fuller debate, received a High Distinction. He has been a Researcher at the Centre of Excellence in International Law, ISSRA, National Defence University, and was the first student across The Institute of Legal Studies (TILS) campuses to be appointed Research Fellow, where he revived the TILS Law Review after ten years.
He is active in mooting as a competitor, judge, coach and organiser, and was Director General of the High Court Bar Association Multan Moot Committee, which held Pakistan’s first moot court competition inside a High Court. He co-founded Spark of Hope, a student-led relief initiative that began after the 2022 floods.
Appointments
Current positions
Practice and faculty
Regional Partner
HS Legal LLP
Islamabad
Visiting Faculty; Head of Moot Courts and Advocacy Initiatives
The Millennium Universal College (TMUC)
Multan
Trains law students in legal research, drafting and oral advocacy, and coaches teams for international moot competitions.
Boards and memberships
Director, Board of Directors
Law Students Commission Pakistan
Earlier: Director of Student Affairs, October 2025 to May 2026. Led training workshops and guest lectures on oral advocacy and legal drafting.
Member, Young Arbitrators Group
Center for International Investment and Commercial Arbitration (CIICA)
April 2025: Head of Protocols at the CIICA 10th Anniversary Conference, Islamabad, which hosted delegates from the ICC, the PCA, international arbitration firms, government and the judiciary.
Previous appointments
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Aug – Sep 2026
Researcher
Centre of Excellence in International Law (CEIL), ISSRA, National Defence University, Islamabad
An interactive visual study of transboundary water systems and state practice on the rights of lower riparian states, and a research insight on algorithmic governance under the EU Digital Services Act.
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Nov 2024 – Sep 2026
Student Ambassador
University of London
Liaison between the University, its teaching centres and students in Pakistan. Co-authored the first Student Ambassador Handbook.
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Aug 2021 – Aug 2026
Co-founder and Director General
Spark of Hope, Lahore
A student-led nationwide non-profit that began as a relief effort after the 2022 floods. Ran medical camps and distributed clothes, supplies and rations, surveying 17 flood-affected sites in person. Led eight projects, including safe drinking water campaigns in the Thal Desert, education initiatives for children in rural areas and ration drives.
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Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Managing Editor
LEAP Pakistan (Legal Education Access Portal)
Led national research initiatives, article reviews and publication projects.
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Sep 2025 – Apr 2026
Teaching Assistant, Public Law; Vice President, International Humanitarian Law Society
Pakistan College of Law, Lahore
Tutorials on the Level 4 Public Law module of the University of London LLB. Ran IHL seminars, coached IHL moot teams and gave IHL workshops for A Level students across Lahore.
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Feb 2025 – Feb 2026
Managing Editor
The Monthly Wukkla Ittehad, Multan
Edited around 50 op-eds by senior lawyers and legal academics for one of South Punjab’s largest lawyer-focused newspapers.
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Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
Research Fellow; President, Law Review Society; Managing Editor
The Institute of Legal Studies (TILS), Lahore
The first student across all TILS campuses appointed Research Fellow. Revived the TILS Law Review after ten years, was a founding member of the TILS Journal of Law and Social Sciences, and reviewed around 60 submissions across two editions.
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May 2024 – May 2025
Intern
Law Office of Mirza Aziz Akbar Baig, former Vice-Chairman, Pakistan Bar Council, Multan
Drafting and litigation support before the District Courts, the High Court and the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Scholarship
Journal articles and papers
Published work on constitutional amendment, judicial power, international law and legal theory.
Latest article
2026
Pakistan Journal of Law, Analysis and Wisdom, vol 5, issue 3, pp 141–164
Unmaking the Constitution’s Core: The Twenty-Seventh Amendment, Judicial Independence and the Basic Structure Doctrine in Pakistan
Traces the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s move from rejecting the basic structure doctrine to recognising enforceable limits on Parliament’s constituent power, compares India, Bangladesh, Germany and Turkey, and uses the Twenty-Seventh Amendment as a stress test for judicial independence, separation of powers and civilian supremacy.
Journal articles
- 2025
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2025
The Rhizomatic Enforcement of Jus Cogens: A Critical Appraisal through Doctrinal, TWAIL, and Postcolonial Lenses
- 2025
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2025
Sovereignty Beyond Earth in Equitable Space Resource Regimes
Cite (OSCOLA)
Ghalib Naseer, ‘Sovereignty Beyond Earth in Equitable Space Resource Regimes’ (2025) 3(2) TILS Law Review
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2025
The Cost of Injustice: Reforming Pakistan’s Bail and Pre-Trial Practices in the Context of Legal Fidelity and Moral Imperatives in Law
Cite (OSCOLA)
Ghalib Naseer, ‘The Cost of Injustice: Reforming Pakistan’s Bail and Pre-Trial Practices in the Context of Legal Fidelity and Moral Imperatives in Law’ (2025) 3(1) TILS Law Review 15
- 2025
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2025
The Tyranny of the Headline: The Influence of Yellow Journalism on Public Perception and Political Propaganda
Cite (OSCOLA)
Ghalib Naseer and Saad Mansoor, ‘The Tyranny of the Headline: The Influence of Yellow Journalism on Public Perception and Political Propaganda’ (2025) 4(3) Pakistan Journal of Law, Analysis and Wisdom 1
- 2024
Submissions and conference papers
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2025
Combating Discrimination, Violence and Harmful Practices against Intersex Persons: Input for the High Commissioner’s Report pursuant to Human Rights Council Resolution 55/14
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2024
The Bail Dilemma in Pakistan: Addressing Pre-Trial Detention through Legal Reform
Citations follow OSCOLA, the Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities.
Commentary
Columns and op-eds
Writing for general readers on the constitution, international law, security and the legal profession.
The Friday Times
Contributor page- Shakespeare, Agincourt and the Making of Modern War LawRead
- The Taxonomy of PrivilegeRead
- How Shakespeare Foreshadowed Colonial International LawRead
- The Islamabad Framework: Pakistan and the Recalibration of West Asian SecurityRead
- How Modern Media Shapes Morality and Challenges the Legitimacy of Law in SocietyRead
- The Tehran Aftershock: Pakistan’s High-Stakes Balancing ActRead
LEAP Pakistan
Legal Education Access PortalThe Monthly Wukkla Ittehad
Multan- International Criminal Law and Pakistan: Beyond Global Norms and Domestic Gaps
- The Return of Power Politics and Strain on International Law
- Floods in Pakistan: A Crisis of Governance, Not Just Nature
- Why Pakistani Lawyers Remain Absent from the ICJ and ICC
- The Juridical Entrenchment of Religious Division in Pakistan: Legal Foundations and Social Ramifications
- Sovereignty in Islamic Political Thought
- Decolonizing International Law through a Postcolonial Lens
- Regulation of Legal Ethics: Why Pakistan Needs a Stronger Bar Council Framework
- The Media’s Gavel: When Journalism Becomes Judgment
- Reforming the Judicial System of Pakistan
Advocacy
Moot courts: competing, judging and organising
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Mar 2026
Participant, 50th Jean-Pictet Competition
A week of international humanitarian law training and simulations in Batam, Indonesia and Singapore.
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Feb 2026
Adjudicator, 1st MDL Tax Law International Moot Court Competition
Judged the preliminary and quarter-final rounds, held with the Federal Tax Ombudsman.
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Jan – Feb 2026
Director General Management, 13th PCL National Law Moot
Pakistan College of Law, Lahore.
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Sep 2025 – Apr 2026
Moot Supervisor, University of Southern Punjab
Trained students for national moot court competitions.
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2025
Director General, High Court Bar Association Multan Moot Committee
Inaugural Director General. Organised Pakistan’s first moot court competition held inside a High Court, argued in real courtrooms before sitting judges. Wrote the moot problem, oversaw ten directorates and hosted 30 teams from across Pakistan.
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Feb 2025
Director General, 3rd National TILS Lahore Law Moot Court Competition
Organised the competition and drafted the moot problem.
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Jan 2025
Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, Pakistan National Rounds
Top six teams in Pakistan, Best Memorial Award, and ranked among the top five individual speakers.
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Nov 2024
Winner and Best Speaker, 2nd Intra TILS Lahore Law Moot Court Competition
Recognition
Honours and awards
- Shield of Honour, High Court Bar Association MultanFor serving as Director General of the HCBAM Mooting Committee and conducting the 2025 National Law Moot Court Competition.
- Best Memorial Award, Philip C. Jessup Moot, Pakistan National Rounds 2025Also ranked among the top five individual speakers in Pakistan.
- Certificate of Adjudication, Federal Tax Ombudsman and Magister De LegumFor judging the International Tax Law Moot Competition.
- Awards of Excellence, The Institute of Legal Studies (TILS), LahoreFirst in cohort in Public Law and in Contract Law.
- Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing, Asian Journal of Arts and Social SciencesFor contributions to peer review.
- Certificate of Excellence, Kahuta Law College and International Islamic University IslamabadFor presenting research at the 1st International Law Conference.
- Awards of Appreciation, Southern School of Law (USP) and Denning Law School, MultanKey speaker at mooting and oral advocacy workshops.
- Certificates of Honour and Appreciation, District Bar Association Dera Ghazi Khan and High Court Bar Association MultanFor lectures on legal research, drafting, academia and advocacy.