Malik Muhammad Sher Abbas

Awarded Certificate of Appreciation by the Honorable Chief Justice Lahore High Court, Lahore, for preparing “Citatiors of Civil and Criminal Laws” for the District Judiciary Punjab (2021)

Awarded Certificate of Appreciation by the Honorable Chief Justice Lahore High Court, Lahore, for the best Qualitative research assistance/support to the Hon’ble Lahore High Court (2019-2021).

Awarded two advance increments by the Honorable Chief Justice Lahore High Court, Lahore, in token of exceptional services. (2019-2021)

Appreciation Certificate awarded by the Honorable Chief Justice Lahore High Court, Lahore, for splendid efforts towards the“Establishment of the Commercial Courts in Punjab” (2020)

Declared as Star Judge and awarded a certificate of appreciation (2015-16) by the Honorable Chief Justice Lahore High Court, Lahore, for best performance and dedication to work.

Awarded special prize (2012-13) by the Honorable Chief Justice Lahore High Court, Lahore, to appreciate extraordinary disposal of cases and excellent court management.

Appreciation Certificate for the highest adjudication/disposal of Sessions Murder Cases under National Judicial Policy in District Sheikhupura (2013-14).

Awarded appreciation Certificate by the Honorable Chief Justice Lahore High Court, Lahore, for the best individual research-based assistance in more than 400 judicial queries in one calendar year. (2019)

Certificate of appreciation for best performance on both Judicial and Administrative sides, particularly for maximum disposal of murder cases in District Lahore (2015-16).

Awarded Certificate of appreciation for outstanding performance in terms of maximum disposal of cases in District Lahore (2017).

Research work acknowledged/appreciated in the judgments of the Honorable Lahore High Court in the cases titled:

i. Mubashir Ahmad Almas vs. Province of Punjab etc. (2021 LHC 2349);

ii. Wahid Bukhsh vs. Addl. District Judge and Others (PLJ 2021 Lahore 159);

iii. Naubahar alias Baharu vs. the State, (2020 YLR 159); and

iv. Nasira vs. Judicial Magistrate and other (PLD 2020 Lah. 498).

Appreciation/acknowledgment by the Hon’ble Chief Justice Lahore High Court, Lahore, for assisting in the restructuring of Civil and Magisterial/Criminal Courts to streamline and categorize their work in Civil, Criminal, and Family Divisions respectively, for Capacity Building of the District Judiciary (2017).

Awarded appreciation Certificate by the Lahore High Court, (2020) Lahore in the following terms:

"Whenever a proposition about legal question….was forwarded to the Research Center, the afore-mentioned officer, on various occasions, responded to the same aptly with due diligence and hard work by referring to relevant case law including precedents from foreign jurisdictions….”

Appreciation/acknowledgment by the Hon’ble Chief Justice Lahore High Court, Lahore, for assisting in the establishment of the“Evening Family Court,” the first of its kind, in District Lahore as an initiative that facilitated the appearance of working parents before the Court after their regular office hours to ensure minor’s protection from the customary atmosphere of the Courts for their meeting with the non-custodial parents (2017).

Appreciation Certificate awarded by the Honorable Chief Justice Lahore High Court, Lahore, for the performance of duties as Focal Person of Honorable Lahore High Court for the Project of “Key Reform Initiatives under Ease of Doing Business Reform Agenda for Contract Enforcement 2018-19” with the World Bank.

Appreciation Certificate for the performance of duties as Focal Person of Honorable Lahore High Court for the Reforms initiated by theJustice System Support Program (JSSP) in collaboration with the British High Commission for the rule of law and to support Govt. of Pakistan to improve the criminal justice system performance. (2019-20)

Declared as an asset of the Institution by the Hon’ble Chief Justice in appreciation letter (2019) with a direction to place such remarks on the personal file.

Under the supervision of the Hon’ble Admin Judge of Lahore High Court, designed, formatted, initiated, and regularly issued “Case Law Bulletin” regularly on a fortnightly basis, which contains ratio decidendi of the latest judgments of the Superior Courts of Pakistan as well as from the foreign jurisdictions.

Research-based Individual Assistance to Hon'ble Judges of Lahore High Court in more than 700 cases and supervised more than 3000 legal and judicial queries duly responded to, and available at CQM as such while serving as Senior Research Office at Research Center Lahore High Court, Lahore (2019-21).

Conducted research into different legal and judicial areas for the development of laws and judiciary by providing historical, analytical, and empirical studies for judicial policy-making (2019-2021).

Awarded globally competitive and highly prestigious Chevening Scholarship by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom (2017-18)

Awarded “Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education, United Kingdom” by the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) for teaching and supporting the learning in higher education (2021-22)

Attained High Merit in LL.M (International Development Law & Human Rights) from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom

First position in LL.B Examination in the University Law College and was awarded Certificate of Merit for overall second position in the B.Z.University.

Awarded E.J. Sinclair Medal for First position in B.A. Annual Examination in Forman Christian (FC) College Lahore (A Chartered University)

Qualified with distinction for Provincial Civil Service through PCS (Executive) Examination 1999.

Secured distinctions and consistently stood First in the relevant batches of General Training Programs (GTP) as Additional District and Sessions Judges at the Punjab Judicial Academy by always securing 80 % and above marks.

“Bilateral Seminar for Judges from Pakistan w.e.f. June 18th to July 2nd, 2019” at National Judges College, (Beijing) China.

“End-To-End Court Technology Course” conducted by the Singapore Judicial College, in conjunction with the MFA-SCP, Singapore 10–14 Jul 2017.

FBLP - PGR Research Culture and Community Seminar, organized by the University of Hull, United Kingdom, on 17th June 2022. Presented/read a research paper.

Postgraduate Research Hybrid Conference organized by the Faculty of Business, Law and Politics, University of Hull, United Kingdom on 9th -10th May 2022. Presented/read a research paper.

Extensive Training on Legal Research, Analysis and Writing w.e.f. August 26th to September 5th, 2019” at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore.

Workshop on “Informal Settlement of Disputes, Mediation, Arbitration and Provision of Legal Aid” organized by European Union (EU) Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX) Program 2nd and 3rd March, 2021 in Collaboration with Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan.

Consultative Workshop to Establish Judicial Guidance on “Alternate Dispute Resolution” (21-12-2015 to 22-12-2015) held by K.P.K Judicial Academy at Pearl Continental Hotel Peshawar.

Three days workshop of Train-The-Trainers (ToT) Sessions planning & Presentation Skills, from 05.12.2016 to 07.12.2016, at Punjab Judicial Academy.

Workshop on “Victims of Serious Sexual Violence (SSV) in the Criminal Justice System” at Avari Hotel Lahore (2019).

Workshop on “Alternate Dispute Resolution” on 09-05-2016 at P.J. Academy Lahore.

Training of Trainers workshop on 04-05-2016 at Punjab Judicial Academy, Lahore.

General Training Program (GTP) from 16th to 28th Nov. 2015 at P.J. Academy, Lahore.

Training Programme/Workshop from 28th to 29th Jan. 2014 for Judicial Officers and Lawyers under guidance of Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan through AJDF at P.J. Academy, Lahore.

Training Course from 10th Nov. to 21st Dec. 2014 for Addl. Distt. & Sessions Judges at the P.J.A, Lahore.

Refresher course on “Gender Sensitization and New Laws” from 2nd to 7th June, 2014, at F.J. Academy.

Conference of Water and Environmental Justice in 2014; also read Research Paper on “Administering the Green Justice” at P.J. Academy, Lahore.

Training for Performance Evaluation of Civil Judges 30th Sep to 12th Oct. 2013 at P.J. Academy, Lahore.

Judicial Training Program by U.S. Department of Justice from 24th to 26th Jan.2011 at P.J. Academy.

Workshop for “Gender Sensitization” on 15th Dec. 2007 at S&GAD Committee Room, Lahore.

Five weeks Pre-Service Training Course i.e. Dec. 2000 to Jan. 2001 at F.J. Academy Islamabad.

Two weeks Training Course from 1st to 12th Apr. 2014 for Performance Evaluation of Senior Civil Judges at P.J. Academy, Lahore.

National Cadet Corps (NCC) Course under NCC No. s/989540 and was awarded Certificate of Distinction in the NCC Competition / Training.

Lahore High Court Lahore, Pakistan

University of Hull, Law School, United Kingdom

University of Warwick, Law School, United Kingdom

Leeds Trinity University, Scholars School, United Kingdom

Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom

Singapore Judicial College, Singapore

National Judges College, China

Adam Smith International (SMC-Private) Limited, United Kingdom

British High Commission of Pakistan

Federal Judicial Academy, Pakistan

Punjab Judicial Academy, Pakistan

University of the Punjab, Lahore

Kinnaird College University, Pakistan

Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan

Forman Christian (F.C.) College University, Pakistan

Co-curricular i.e. writing and research on different topics of law and development. 

Extra-curricular i.e. computer and internet, net-surfing.

Gardening, Book Reading. 

Effectively managed and coordinated affairs of General Election and Bye Election of 2013 as Liaison Officer in District Lahore.

Acted as Focal Person of Honorable Lahore High Court for “Key Reform Initiatives under Ease of Doing Business Reform Agenda for Contract Enforcement (2018-19)” with World Bank.

Focal Person of Honorable Lahore High Court for the Reforms initiated by theJustice System Support Program (JSSP) in collaboration with the British High Commission for the rule of law and to support the Government of Pakistan to improve criminal justice system performance (2019-2020).

Worked with Adam Smith International (SMC-Private) Limited, under the direction of Hon’ble Chief Justice Lahore High Court Lahore, in delivering Reform Priorities of the Supreme Court Intervention Proposals and facilitated wide-ranging engagements for the Justice System Support Program (JSSP) (2019-20)

Developed a Comprehensive Training Program in collaboration with Adam Smith International (SMC-Private) Limited and JSSP for the Research Officers viz-a-viz thematic research at the Lahore University of Management (LUMS), which was duly approved by the Hon’ble Chief Justice Lahore High Court Lahore through MOU. (2019)

Member Case Management Committee established by the Hon’ble Chief Justice Lahore High Court Lahore, for Case Management Plan and Guidelines for the District Judiciary Punjab for early disposal of cases during Pandemic of COVID-19 (2020-21)