Interview of Dr Parvez Hassan I Senior Advocate Supreme Court I Environmental Law Expert l Qanoondan

Dr Parvez Hassan (a Patron of the GNHRE) is Senior Partner at Hassan and Hassan (Advocates), Pakistan and a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He holds a Doctor of Laws from Harvard University; a Master of Laws from Yale University; and a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts from Punjab University.
Parvez has a wide range of international awards and honours, including inclusion on the Global 500 Roll of Honour of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) ‘in recognition of outstanding practical achievements in the protection and improvement of the environment’ conferred in Stockholm, Sweden (1991); Honorary Membership of IUCN - The World Conservation Union for ‘outstanding services to conservation of nature and natural resources’ conferred at the IUCN - The World Conservation Congress in Amman, Jordan (2000); the Elizabeth Haub Prize (1998) in recognition of his status as ‘one of the world leaders in Environmental Law’ awarded in Brussels (2000); the 7th International Conference on Environmental Law in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2003, was held against the backdrop of ‘A Tribute to Parvez Hassan’. He was awarded a plaque ‘in recognition of his vision, leadership and commitment to a sustainable world’ and he won the Wolfgang Burhenne Award for his contribution to environmental law, awarded at the IUCN - The World Conservation Congress in Barcelona, Spain (2008).
Parvez has extensive affiliations to the Government of Pakistan. He drafted the Pakistan Environmental Protection Ordinance, 1983 and is a member of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Council, 1989 - 1998; 2001 - present. He is a member of the Pakistan Marine Pollution Control Board, 1994; Chair of the IUCN Legal Panel that drafted the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 and, alongside a wide range of other high level affiliations with the government, has pioneered and led environmental protection and sustainable development issues in Pakistan for over three decades. Parvez is also a well-known human rights activist, and as Acting Chairman of the All Pakistan Lawyers National Co-ordination Committee led the lawyers’ movement against General Ziaul Haq in 1983 and was brutalized by the police. He later participated in the lawyers’ movement against General Pervez Musharraf in 2007-2008 and was again brutalized by the police and arrested in November 2007.
Parvez has a wide range of past and present regional and international affiliations, including as: Consultant to Asian Development Bank, Manila; Consultant to UN ESCAP, Bangkok; Co-Chairman (with Ambassador Tommy Koh), Advisory Committee, Asia - Pacific Centre for Environmental Law, National University of Singapore; Member of the Asia Pacific Forum on Environment and Development. He was IUCN Regional Councillor for West Asia, 1984 -1987; Deputy Chair of the Commission on Environmental Law, 1989 - 1990; Chair of Commissions, 1993 - 1996; Legal Advisor, 1994 - 1996; Chair, Statutes Review Committee, 1994 - 1996 and was instrumental in the successful adoption of the Revised Statutes by the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Montreal in 1996. He was Member of the Steering Committee, Commission on Environmental Law, 1996 - 2004; Chair of the Commission on Environmental Law, 1990 - 1996, where, under his leadership the IUCN Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development was finalized and launched at the UN General Assembly in 1995. Dr. Hassan also led the establishment of regional capacity building centres for environmental law and was co-founder of the Asia - Pacific Centre of Environmental Law in Singapore. Parvez has twice been nominated as one of two candidates for the IUCN Presidency.
Alongside numerous other affiliations, both academic and legal, Parvez has a stunning history of public interest litigation, including the internationally-acclaimed case Shehla Zia vs. WAPDA before the Supreme Court of Pakistan, which upheld the right to a decent environment as covered by the constitutionally protected fundamental rights to life and dignity (1994).
In February 2011, Parvez was appointed a Mediator by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the Lahore Canal Road Widening Dispute which had generated a lot of public interest. The eighteen recommendations made by the Mediation Committee appointed by Parvez, including the declaration of the Lahore Canal Road area as a heritage urban park, were all approved by the Supreme Court in its landmark judgment (2011).
Parvez has written numerous articles on environment, law and national affairs in law journals and other publications in the U.S., Europe and Pakistan, and has organized and chaired international law conferences and presented keynote addresses all over the world. Parvez is on the Editorial Board of the Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law and the Journal of Human Rights and the Environment.
Parvez has also had over 44 other journal articles published.

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He is simply genius. Only one in millions becomes pervez hassan. Have watched all your programs but this is matchless.

[@faisalmukhtar3992]

The best gem of lawyer community. Respects for you Sir

[@ramshanavaid576]

Qanoon Dan is a huge forum they also should offer scholarships & sponsorships program for budding lawyers who came from rural areas and couldn't even dream of Yale, harward, bptc programs etc etc

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His Life is really worth following ❤

[@Desi_Munda_Africa]

This person make me speechless amazing superb splendid and too great person even my these words are less valuable than a personality of loyal, polite, awesome person Dr sb really make me their big fan also realised a purpose of life serve the society... Love u Dr sb.... Much appreciated team of Qanoon Daan

[@hammadadam3766]

16:00 "If you needed me why i would come to see you" Golden words❤️

[@naatshareef8551]

Good sir I have no words about your personality.we all know.you are working extremely.well done.

[@imrankhurshid8904]

My best favorite cousin.may Allah bless him .Live long healthy life. Ameen 🙏.

[@SarfrazAAyyaz]

مختصراً استادوں کے استاد۔

[@salikmohammad9779]

A human being with many shades including lawyer, integrity,self respect, principled, luck, harwork, humanity, charity, community service, environmentalist, pioneer, out of the box thinker, selfless to the society, cool and calm...a great teacher to inspire generations. Sir thanks for sharing your precious life journey, having pearls of rare lessons.

[@muhammadyaseenofficial2928]

Dr. Pervez Hassan is the founder father of environment in Pakistan and Asia Pacific. May Allah bless him with health, happiness and prosperity.

[@arsalankhan5594]

Bht aala

[@SuperEvo1990]

This person is an asset to the legal community in this country. being superbly qualified worked in the United States with a big law firm yet he chose to come back and serve his country. Big Salute. And Mash'allah it seems he led a very fulfilling life, at this stage, he is composed and his way of talking and the expressions on his face. The Warren Buffet of our legal community.

[@advamandeepbhardwaj3546]

Great talk. Regards to Dr Sahab from India 🙏

[@furqansyed9248]

Excellent! Allah may give reward to Dr. Sb by serving humanity.

[@razapasha4309]

Dr. sahib really is a first 0:35 great corporate lawyer in Pakistan. he is very kind man. May Allah give him long healthy life.

[@irfanAli-lu4yg]

Bhot achay interview hoty hain

[@MrGohariqbal]

I wish I could find a mentor like you!

[@usamadar]

Very motivational personality

[@shafiqurrahman4919]

Rare people like Dr.sb are found in pakistan hats off

[@him6433]

Wow!!!.such an inspiration

[@thecharacters4291]

Simply superb....

[@laeequec]

May Allah Bless you long healthy life.👌🙏

[@salihkhan5941]

I wonder how come i did not know about such a rare gem amongst our legal fraternity

[@waqasmushtaq598]

Great Work.....

[@irfan5336]

Excellent interv

[@kingofknowledge532]

What a gracfull personality

[@impartial2770]

Pk is 100 years behind the rest of developed world about environmental issues.

[@habibrahman6615]

Great person ..

[@ahmadkhankhan8526]

Carry on

[@arslankhichi8454]

really awesome

[@fayyazahmed3467]

Excellent 😊

[@naseemkhan-dc8dq]

Environmenal law

[@ahmadkhankhan8526]

Very useful

[@munirahmed2225]

Very nice

[@mohsinraza3138]

Great personality

[@nomannizamani693]

Wish to be his associate.

[@zahoorahmedzehri3731]

Great sir,

[@sherlarik3296]

great sir

[@Junaidkhan-yb4cz]

Doc sahib ap ki azmat ko salam.ek or bat kena chahta.k hamari mother land k lye wukla nay Jo Jo aj tak karnamay seranjam diy Hain un ki misal kahin nai milti.but phir b wukla ko bura kaha jata hai .??? Meri request hai kia kuch logu ki ghalti ki saza pori family ko milni chahye.???. Again God bless you doc sahib.

[@kokodeko4408]

If the owner of the law and its advocate is not restricted to the Urdu language and speaks more English words than Urdu, then how can the language not become extinct

[@mathematicssolution640]

How to join for practice dr sahib as a junior?

[@mrshydari2722]

As'salam 0 alikum..mujhy advocate Dr. pervaiz Hassan in ka contact mil Sakta hai..plz..

[@irfanAli-lu4yg]

Very nice .

[@him6433]

Wow!!! Such an inspiration

[@abdulkarimlashari2379]

Peevez Hassan is really a genius person. He has a great grasp on all environmental issues faced by World in general and Pakistan in particular. May keep him blessed with long life.

[@impartial2770]

Senior wakeelon ko junior ko batana chaay . Maar jao laikn apny client sy cheat na kro ... Es motivation ki bahot zaroort hai . 90% wakeel bik jaty hain .

[@mathematicssolution640]

How can you join Dr sahib for practice, where is his office and where is the seat of dr sahib?

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Bahot Mushkil hy in ka chamber join krna

[@livelaughlitigate3106]

Have you joined his chamber ?

[@impartial2770]

Es tara ky wakeel kahn sy milty hain hamin tu jo bhi mila hai ٹھگ۔ Dosri party sy mil jata tha. Batain leak krta tha .

[@matikhan7492vjbvbnnnb]

Sir please tell me num