Mohammedan Law Associates · Islamabad
The chambers of Syed Aun Mohammed Bokhari, Barrister-at-Law of Lincoln's Inn; more than 700 cases before the Pakistani courts, including the Honourable High Courts and the Honourable Supreme Court of Pakistan, since 2002.
The chambers
Mohammedan Law Associates has practised from Islamabad since September 2002, in customs, taxation, foreign exchange regulation, import and export, money laundering and allied civil and criminal matters. The firm has held a place on the panels of the Federal Board of Revenue and Pakistan Customs since 2003 and on the panel of the Ministry of Law and Justice, and its principal was appointed Special Public Prosecutor under the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2010 on 17th August 2017.
Its briefs have included the Ayaan Ali currency-smuggling case before the Honourable Islamabad High Court, the gold smuggling money laundering references in the Rawalpindi customs court, the defence in the proceedings arising from the solar panel imports investigation, references for the Collectorates of Customs, Sales Tax and Excise at Rawalpindi, Karachi, Hyderabad and Peshawar, and assistance to the Attorney General of Pakistan before the Honourable Supreme Court of Pakistan.
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Representation in classification, valuation, post-clearance audit, adjudication and appeal under the Customs Act, 1969, and in references before the Honourable High Courts under Section 196; advisory to importers, exporters and the Collectorates on duty, refund and exemption disputes.
The practice in fullProsecution and defence under the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2010, in which the firm's principal has served as Special Public Prosecutor since 17th August 2017; currency and asset seizure proceedings, bidding fraud, corruption and commercial fraud, and compliance advice to institutions and their officers.
The practice in fullDrafting of bills, ordinances, rules and regulations; legal mapping and gap analysis of health legislation for federal and provincial government; and advisory to the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination on public health law since July 2025.
The practice in full
Policy & Research
The firm works as counsel to government as well as before it: health policy and legislative drafting for the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, the Evidence for Health programme of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the Pakistan Nursing and Midwifery Council, the John Snow Institute and PILDAT.
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The Barrister
Syed Aun Mohammed Bokhari was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn in 2005, and has practised before the Pakistani courts for more than 23 years. He is Partner at Mohammedan Law Associates, Special Public Prosecutor under the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2010, and the author of two books on money laundering law, published in 2008 and 2011.
He represented the Government of Pakistan through FBR and Pakistan Customs before the Financial Action Task Force on-site visit on prosecution regimes under anti-money laundering law, and taught Corporate Law as visiting faculty at the NUST Business School, Islamabad, from September 2021 to December 2025.
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The firm's matters have been reported by Dawn, The News, The Express Tribune, Samaa and Gulf News, among others: the solar panel imports investigation, the gold smuggling references in the Rawalpindi customs court, and the Ayaan Ali currency-smuggling prosecution.
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“…filed references of money laundering worth billions of rupees in the Rawalpindi customs court”
The Express Tribune ↗ · 13th December 2021, on the Special Prosecutor's gold smuggling references
The firm receives instructions in revenue, financial crime and legislative work.
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