Event 1 — Centre for Learning Law and Business (CLLB) Peshawar
- 14 January 2026
- 65 Students
Speakers
- Masood Khan, Former District & Sessions Judge – a retired member of the district judiciary with experience in trial court adjudication across KP.
- Ali Gohar Durrani, Advocate Supreme Court – a senior advocate practising before the Supreme Court of Pakistan with experience in constitutional matters, including representing petitioners in high-profile constitutional litigation before the Peshawar High Court.
- Atiq ur Rehman, District Public Prosecutor, KP Prosecution Department – a serving prosecutor in KP’s district prosecution service with direct experience in criminal litigation and case management at the trial court level.
- Jamal Aziz, Executive Director, RSIL – a leading legal researcher and policy advisor who has overseen nearly 200 RSIL publications contributing to legislative reform and national policy, with extensive experience advising government ministries on criminal justice and rule of law.
- Nida Khan, Advocate High Court – a corporate and constitutional litigator practising at the Peshawar High Court. She has served as elected Finance Secretary of the Peshawar High Court Bar Association and advises prominent organisations including PESCO and OGDCL on legal matters.
The Peshawar event featured short motivational addresses by each speaker sharing personal career journeys and practical reflections on legal practice, followed by a dedicated high-tea session structured as an open, informal one-on-one interaction between students and speakers. Students demonstrated strong engagement throughout, using the informal setting to ask candid questions they may not have raised in a formal environment. Questions and discussions centred on how to navigate the early years of a legal career.
Several students asked speakers to reflect on formative decisions in their own careers and the advice they wished they had received as young lawyers. The interactive one-on-one format proved particularly effective at encouraging this kind of candid, personalised exchange.