Irfan Haroon

Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan with over thirty years of active practice at the Karachi Bar, specializing in family law, banking law, and civil litigation.

Founding

Principal of Irfan Haroon & Associates, Karachi. Recognized among one of the best family law practitioners in Karachi and previously ranked among the leading banking law practitioners in the city. Alongside active litigation practice maintains a sustained scholarly research program applying classical Hanafi jurisprudence to contemporary Pakistani statutory law, with multiple papers published and under review at international law journals.

Founding Principal at Irfan Haroon & Associates (Present)

• Lead counsel on family law, banking law, and civil litigation matters before courts of Sindh, including the Supreme Court of Pakistan
• Handle complex family law matters including Khula, Talaq, guardianship, custody, and child exit-control applications
• Advise and litigate on consumer protection matters under the Sindh Consumer Protection Act 2014
• Building a diaspora-focused legal consulting practice serving overseas Pakistani clients in the UK, USA, Canada, and UAE
• Conducted numerous mediation sessions in family law matters
• Served as lead negotiator on behalf of banks in default settlement proceedings; later acted for defaulting borrowers against banks in similar proceedings
• Negotiated restructuring of defaulted loans, including instalment-based repayment plans and waiver of mark-up at times securing a full waiver of accrued mark-up
• Acted as relationship counsellor between spouses in family law disputes, facilitating reconciliation where possible

LL.B. – University of Karachi

Bachelor of Arts – University of Karachi