Faculty
Faculty
Distinguished Barristers, legal scholars, and qualified professionals.
Law School
Law Faculty
LLB · BTC · LLM programmes
Ujala Akram, LLM
President / Founder
PhD Law (Cont.), Leeds Beckett University (UK) · LLM, Indiana University · LLB, University of London
Teaches: International Protection of Human Rights, Contract Law
Founder of Blackstone School of Law & Business, providing strategic leadership since 2016. Former Assistant Dean at Santa Clara University (Silicon Valley). Served as Director at Santa Clara University, headed an academic department with the US Department of Defense, and was Senior Advisor to Graduate Law Programs at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. Worked on a USAID grant-funded project offering the LLM at Cairo University and Alexandria University in Egypt. Also worked at Faegre Baker Daniels LLP on an EPA project. Her research focuses on women's issues, minority rights, social justice, and international human rights. Teaching UoL LLB students since 2013 with hundreds of law lectures publicly available on YouTube.
Barrister Mian Waleed Ashraf
Faculty — LLB & BTC
BPTC, City University London · LLM, City University London · LLB, City University London
Teaches: Company Law, Advanced Contract Law, Civil Litigation
Practising Advocate of the Lahore High Court. Called to the Bar at the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn. Completed BPTC and LLM from the prestigious City University London. Partner at Blackstone Law & Associates and Director at the Human Rights Protection Centre. Expertise in Constitutional and Civil law with exemplary services in research, drafting, and advisory. Pioneer professor for the Bar Transfer Course (Civil and Criminal Litigation) at Blackstone School of Law & Business.
Barrister Aleena Khan Salick
Faculty — LLB & BTC
LLM (Corporate Law), City University London · LLB, University of London
Teaches: European Union Law, Jurisprudence, Advocacy
Former law clerk for Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Gulzar Ahmed. Assistant Editor of Pakistan Law Review and Pakistan Student Journal of Law. Thesis on AI and Data Protection Law. Significant contributions at Mian Nisar Ahmad & Co.
Hamza Najeeb, LLM
Faculty — LLB & LLM
LLM in Public International Law, Queen Mary University London · LLB, University of Kent
Teaches: Commercial Law, Conflict of Laws, Corporate Governance, Arbitration
Associate Partner at Blackstone Law and Associates. Litigated for PTCL, Nestlé, UBL, Coca-Cola, SNGPL, Engro Foods. Teaches LLM programmes in Corporate Governance and Arbitration. Volunteer with Bonded Labour Liberation Front Pakistan.
Barrister Taha Salick
Faculty — LLB & BTC
Bar-At-Law, BPP Manchester · LLB, University of London
Teaches: Tort Law, Equity & Trusts, Criminal Litigation
Called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2019. Member of Lincoln's Inn. Associate at Crown Law Chambers. Faculty at Blackstone since 2019.
Barrister Aisha Naeem
Faculty — BTC
BPTC, Nottingham Trent University · LLM in Commercial Law · LLB, University of London
Teaches: Opinion Writing, Drafting, Legal Research, Conference Skills
UK-qualified Barrister. Former President of Debating Society at Nottingham Trent University. Won international moot court awards. Over 4 years teaching Bar at Law at Blackstone. Advises on corporate law at RS Corporate Advisory.
Zokhruf Ahmad, LLM
Faculty — LLB
LLM, University of London · LLB (Hons), University of London · PGDip, University of London
Teaches: Public International Law
Manager of Corporate and Legal Affairs at Chand Bagh Foundation. Organiser at Legal Hackers Lahore. Published policy papers and articles in legal journals.
Barrister Ambreen Qureshi
Faculty — BTC
Bar-at-Law, City University London · LLB, University of London
Teaches: Professional Ethics
Called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 2007 as Outstanding Barrister. Practice in both England and Pakistan. Advisor to UK Parliament All-Party group. Acknowledged by House of Commons in 2018. Appointed by the High Court UK to assist a Honourable Judge.
Amna Ali, LLB
Faculty — LLB
LLM (Cont.), University of London · LLB, University of London
Teaches: Property Law
Manager of Legal Affairs at Public Interest Law Association of Pakistan (PILAP).
Muhammad Areeb Khan, LLB
Faculty — LLB
LLB, University of London
Teaches: Criminal Law, Legal Systems & Methods
5 years in the legal sector with leading law firms. Advised National Command Authority on restructuring. Drafted Uzbekistan-Pakistan Trade Transit Treaty.
Nadeem Saleem
Faculty
Details to follow
Teaches: To be confirmed
Profile details coming soon.
School of Accountancy & Business
ACCA & Business Faculty
ACCA · BSc Business Administration programmes
Ms. Sehar Zafar
Head of ACCA
Masters in Accounting/Finance, Southern New Hampshire University (USA)
Teaches: Cost Accounting, Financial Accounting, Financial Management, Business Management
Head of the ACCA programme at Blackstone. Teaching since 2012 with academic positions in the US and at Lahore School of Economics. Expert in both GAAP (US) and IFRS standards. Prepares students for University of London BSc and ACCA examinations.
Waleed Ahmad
ACCA Faculty
ACCA Member · BSc (Hons) Accounting & Finance, Oxford Brookes University
Teaches: ACCA Papers
Completed articles with Ernst & Young (Lahore and Abu Dhabi). 7 years in auditing. Heading finance at a multinational investments firm.
Haisem Fuad
ACCA Faculty
BSc (Hons) Accounting & Finance, LUMS · ACCA qualified
Teaches: ACCA Papers
6 years teaching O/A-Level Accounting. Visiting faculty at SICAS, Roots, and Learning Alliance.
Usman Shoaib
ACCA Faculty
ACA (ICAP) · ACA (ICAEW) · PIPFA
Teaches: ACCA Papers
Associate member of ICAP, ICAEW, and PIPFA. 10+ years in professional service firms including EY.
Dr. Fareed Qureshi
ACCA & Business Faculty
PhD in Organizational Behavior & Strategy, LUMS
Teaches: Management, Accounting, Finance
17 years in academia at LUMS, UCP, University of Punjab, ITU, and FAST.
Arsalan Saleem
ACCA Faculty
ACCA · Bachelors in Accounting & Finance
Teaches: Taxation
10+ years in Accounting, Finance, and Taxation. Currently with Servis Group of Companies.
Irum Murtaza
ACCA Faculty
ACCA qualified
Teaches: FA1, FA2, FFA, AA, FR, TX
Student achieved global distinction in Financial Accounting. Pass rate double the global average. Senior Auditor at EY Ford Rhodes (Big 4).