- He is an associate at Rizwan Law Associates (RLA) handling multifaceted corporate affairs, company laws, banking laws, documentation, civil laws, criminal laws, and international and intellectual property laws.
- Raja Rizwan Abbasi also appeared as Special Prosecutor in the case against Shahbaz Gill, the Chief of Staff of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
- Rizwan Abbasi had represented some accused in the brutal murder of Noor Mukadam which had sent shockwaves across the nation.
Raja Rizwan Abbasi is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. While Rizwan Abbasi has had a flourishing career as a lawyer and legal counsel, his choices of defending the most horrifying criminal offences in recent times garnered a lot of criticism from the mass media as well as the legal fraternity. Some of his notorious representations include Zakir Jaffer, father and alleged accomplice of the convicted murderer Zahir Jaffer in the Noor Muqaddam murder case.
He is an associate at Rizwan Law Associates (RLA) handling multifaceted corporate affairs, company laws, banking laws, documentation, civil laws, criminal laws, and international and intellectual property laws.
Controversial Cases
Role in Noor Muqaddam Case
Advocate Rizwan Abbasi claims to fight for human rights and has been a legal counsel in some high-profile cases. Rizwan Abbasi had represented some accused in the brutal murder of Noor Mukadam which had sent shockwaves across the nation.
Noor Muqaddam was murdered on 20 July 2021 by Zahir Jaffer. The accused was sentenced to death in February 2022. During the case, Raja Rizwan represented Zakir Jaffer, the father of the prime accused, who was also a suspect in the high-profile case
Role in Prosecution of Shehbaz Gill
Raja Rizwan Abbasi also appeared as Special Prosecutor in the case against Shahbaz Gill, the Chief of Staff of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Shahbaz Gill was arrested on August 9, 2022 and a sedition case was lodged against him for inciting members of the armed forces. He was also allegedly tortured while being remanded in police custody.
Raja Rizwan Abbasi was the Special Prosecutor who sought the trial of Shahbaz Gill and argued that sedition had been committed. He also opposed Gill’s bail and accused him of deliberately making the comments aired during a TV show.
BOL News has exposed Rizwan Abbasi’s for fighting cases against the victims of violence such as Noor Muqaddam and victims of torture such as Shahbaz Gill.
Role in Conspiring to Over-turn the Judgment in the Axact Case
Raja Rizwan Abbasi, who served as the legal counsel for Axact played a controversial role by aiding in the over-turning of the October 2016 judgment which acquitted Axact officials.
The presiding judge who acquitted Axact officials has been falsely accused of receiving a bribe from a serving Brigadier for passing the judgment.
It has now been revealed that Advocate Raja Rizwan Abbasi, who was the legal counsel for Axact, failed to raise an objection over the appeal by authorities against the acquittal judgment. The authorities had demanded that the case should be tried afresh.
According to sources for Bol News, Advocate Rizwan Abbasi advised the relevant authority to file an appeal against the acquittal judgment dated 31 October 2016 which was passed on merit, even though it was time-barred but could be used in the future.
It further stated that Rizwan Abbasi did not raise an objection to the time-barred appeal filed after 102 days. An appeal is filed within 30 days or in some cases within sixty days.
During the pendency of the appeal, it was alleged that the presiding officer who passed the acquittal judgment proceeded on the charges of taking “gratification” from a Brigadier.
However, Advocate Rizwan Abbasi failed to object that the acquittal judgment should not be set aside merely on the allegations of the presiding officer.
It must be mentioned that no FIR was registered nor any inquiry was conducted against the allegations against the presiding officer and the Brigadier.
The lawyer also failed to inform the alleged accused bout the trial court proceedings. On 5 July 2018, he informed the accused in the evening that the court had passed judgment.
During the pendency of the appeal, it was alleged that the presiding officer who passed the acquittal judgment proceeded on the charges of taking “gratification” from a Brigadier.
Axact withdraws services of legal counsel Raja Rizwan
Leading IT Company Axact has revoked the services of its legal counsel Advocate Raja Rizwan Abbasi for bias towards his client.
In a letter, Axact said services of Raja Rizwan Abbasi c/o Rizwan Law Associates were being withdrawn in the criminal appeal No. 150/2018, 151/2018, and 157/2018 pending in the Islamabad High Court.
It mentioned that Advocate Raja Rizwan Abbasi was appointed in FIR No. 56/2015 in Islamabad which was registered after lodging FIR No. 07/2015 in Karachi under similar sections of criminal laws against the same prime accused.
Axact has withdrawn services in view of the facts and circumstances and restrained him from appearing in the appeals of its cases.
