Rochdale
Law Association’s first Asian President
Special Correspondent,
London
Wednesday, 10 July, 2013 01:12:56 AM
Barrister Amjad Malik, hailing
from Faisalabad city of Pakistan, is the first Asian from the last 100 years to
grab the position of president of Rochdale Law Association (RLA) who came to
Britain in 1994 to study law. He is the lifetime member of Supreme Court of
Pakistan, part of Pro bono Panel of UK Foreign and Common Wealth Office, member
of Young Lawyers Committee of International Bar Association and is also
solicitor of Supreme Court of England and Wales. Malik, the president of All
Pakistan Lawyers Association UK is also the member of Immigration Law Committee
of Law Society and is getting a Ph.D degree from the Manchester Metropolitan
University on “role of the judiciary during military coup”. In 2000 he was
awarded with ‘Human Rights young lawyer’ award in working for women
suffering from domestic violence and working for their rights by Liberty,
Justice and Law Society in 2001 was awarded with ‘Young Pro bono Solicitor’
award. In 2007, United International Community Forum awarded him. - See more at:http://www.theasians.co.uk/story/20130710_amjad_malik_interview#sthash.XKoEyb8l.dpuf
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