Walid Iqbal
Waleed Iqbal is a Pakistani politician, lawyer, law professor serving as a member of Senate of Pakistan from Punjab, Pakistan and the Chairperson of the Senate Committee for Defense. [1]He is the grandson of poet and politician Allama Muhammad Iqbal,[2][3] and the son of philosopher and former Senior Justice Javid Iqbal and judge Nasira Iqbal.
Waleed Iqbal | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of the Senate Defense Committee | |
| Assumed office 14 December 2018 | |
| Pakistani Senator from Punjab | |
| Assumed office 14 December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Haroon Akhtar Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
| Spouse(s) | Nuria Rafique Iqbal |
| Relations | Allama Muhammad Iqbal (grandfather) Yousuf Salahuddin (cousin) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents | Javid Iqbal (father) Nasira Iqbal (mother) |
| Residence | Gulberg, Lahore |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (B.A) University of Punjab (L.L.B) Harvard University (M.A) University of Cambridge (M.A) |
| Occupation | Lawyer Law Professor Politician |
He was the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf[4] party's candidate for the National Assembly from the NA-124 (Lahore-VII) district in the 2013 election,[5][6][7] but was defeated by Sheikh Rohail Asghar of the PMLN party.[8]
Education
After completing high school at Aitchison College in Lahore, Iqbal went to the United States and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1988. He received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Punjab in 1994 and a Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School in 1997. He also has a Master of Philosophy degree from the University of Cambridge.[6][9]
Legal career
Iqbal specialises in mergers and acquisitions, privatisation, corporate and project finance (particularly in the power sector), financial institutions, investment management, joint ventures, energy and petroleum, asset finance, information technology, telecommunications and software development, and corporate restructuring.
Between 1997 and 2004, he worked for two international law firms, Sullivan & Cromwell and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. In January 2005, he returned to Pakistan and started his own law practice. He currently serves as an adjunct professor of business law at the Suleman Dawood School of Business, part of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).
He is a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan and the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), and is on the board of directors of the Lahore Stock Exchange.[6][10]
He took oath as a member of the Senate of Pakistan representing Punjab, Pakistan on 14 Dec 2018.
Bar memberships
- Advocate, Pakistan (1994)
- Advocate, High Courts of Pakistan (1996)
- State of New York (1998)
- Roll of Solicitors of England and Wales (2004; currently non-practicing)
References
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- Who is Waleed Iqbal? Profile of PTI’s newest addition 10 November 2011 – Insafians.com
- "Waleed Iqbal Jalsa in Lahore NA-124 PP- NA 145 - MUST SEE - BRILLIANT SPEECH". Siasat.pk Forums.
- "Election 2013 – Sheikh Rohail Asghar Won the Seat from NA – 124 Lahore VII".
- Allama Iqbal’s grandson joins PTI – The News
- PTI to form anti-corruption cell, expose 'assets' of Sharifs, Zardari Tribune