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News Archive 2017

Talk on Islamic finance
Talk on Islamic finance

Saturday, December 23, 2017

On 23 December 2017, Syed Imad-ud-Din Asad [Founding Director and Associate Professor, SLP] gave an interactive talk, titled “Introduction to Islamic Finance,” to the LL.B. (Part-II) candidates. Prof. Asad started the talk by introducing the basic concepts of Islamic finance and its sc...

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Talk on gender and Pakistani law
Talk on gender and Pakistani law

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

On 13 December 2017, Syed Imad-ud-Din Asad [Founding Director and Associate Professor, SLP] gave a talk, titled “Gender and Pakistani Law,” to candidates pursuing M.Phil. in Gender studies at University of Management and Technology’s School of Social Sciences and Humanities. Prof....

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Meeting with Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali
Meeting with Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

On 13 December 2017, a group of SLP's final year LL.B. candidates, lead by Faiqa Ibrahim [Assistant Professor, UMT School of Law and Policy], was cordially hosted at Lahore High Court Bar Association by Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali [President, Lahore High Court Bar Association]. Mr. Ali took the students...

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SLP co-organizes conference in Belgium
SLP co-organizes conference in Belgium

Thursday, December 07, 2017

On 07 December 2017, UMT School of Law and Policy (SLP) co-organized an international conference, titled “Islamic Finance: Between Religious Norms and Legal Practice,” at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium. SLP was represented at the conference by a five-member delega...

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SLP hosted at the French Senate
SLP hosted at the French Senate

Monday, December 04, 2017

On 04 December 2017, UMT School of Law and Policy’s delegation, led by Syed Imad-ud-Din Asad [Founding Director and Associate Professor, SLP], was cordially hosted at the French Senate by Frederic Bourdais [Legal Counsel, French Senate]. Upon arrival at the Senate, the delegation was treated...

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Course: Law and Economics
Course: Law and Economics

Monday, November 20, 2017

As part of the ongoing collaboration between UMT School of Law and Policy (SLP) and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU), Germany, Dr. Klaus Ulrich Schmolke [Chair of Private Law, Company Law, and Business Law, FAU] taught a four-day course, titled “Introduction to Law and Economics,&rd...

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Movie: Luther
Movie: Luther

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

On 25 October 2017, Syed Imad-ud-Din Asad [Associate Professor and Founding Director, SLP] screened Luther in his course on Islamic jurisprudence, which is offered to 2nd year LL.B. candidates. The screening was followed by a discussion, lead by Prof. Asad, about the similarities between the 16th c...

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International conference on dispute resolution
International conference on dispute resolution

Saturday, October 21, 2017

On 21 October 2017, Center for International Investment and Commercial Arbitration (CIICA) and UMT School of Law and Policy (SLP), jointly held an international conference, titled “OBOR and CPEC: The Resolution of Commercial and Investment Disputes,” on the implications of China’s...

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Hiba Akbar joins SLP
Hiba Akbar joins SLP

Wednesday, September 06, 2017

Hiba Akbar has joined UMT School of Law and Policy as a lecturer. She has a B.A./LL.B. from Lahore University of Management Sciencesand an LL.M. from Columbia Law School, which she attended as a Fulbright Scholar. At Columbia, she was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and received Parker Certifica...

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Second summer program at University of Antwerp
Second summer program at University of Antwerp

Sunday, August 20, 2017

As part of the ongoing collaboration between University of Antwerp (UA) and UMT School of Law and Policy (SLP), UA offered another summer program for SLP students from 20 August 2017 to 02 September 2017. Following are the brief details:1.    The program was titled “Companies C...

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Talk by Frederic Verheyden
Talk by Frederic Verheyden

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

On 19 April 2017, Syed Imad-ud-Din Asad [Founding Director and Associate Professor, SLP] invited Frédéric Verheyden [Ambassador of Belgium] to give a talk, titled “Cooperation and Confrontation,” at SLP.  Based on his experience as a diplomat in different countries, M...

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Talk on religion and law at Heidelberg
Talk on religion and law at Heidelberg

Friday, March 24, 2017

On 24 March 2017, as part of the ongoing collaboration between UMT School of Law and Policy (SLP) and Faculty of Law, Heidelberg University (Heidelberg), Syed Imad-ud-Din Asad [Founding Director and Associate Professor, SLP] gave a talk, titled “Religion and Law in Pakistan,” at Facult...

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Talk on Islamic law at KU Leuven
Talk on Islamic law at KU Leuven

Monday, March 13, 2017

On 13 March 2017, as part of the ongoing collaboration between Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) and UMT School of Law and Policy (SLP), Syed Imad-ud-Din Asad [Founding Director and Associate Professor, SLP] gave a talk, titled “Islamic Law in Pakistan,” at Faculty of Theology ...

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Third course on Islamic finance at KU Leuven
Third course on Islamic finance at KU Leuven

Monday, March 06, 2017

As part of the ongoing collaboration between Katholieke Universitiet Leuven (KU Leuven) and UMT School of Law and Policy (SLP), Syed Imad-ud-Din Asad [Founding Director and Associate Professor, SLP] is again taught a graduate-level short-course on Islamic finance at KU Leuven in March 2017. The co...

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