What is the fee for the first meeting?

The first consultation of up to forty-five minutes carries a fixed nominal fee, which is adjusted against professional charges if you retain me. You will always be told the full fee structure in writing before any work begins.

Is everything I tell you confidential?

Yes. What you tell me is privileged under the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984. Your information is protected whether or not you ultimately retain me.

Will someone else appear on my date?

No. This is a solo practice. The advocate you instruct is the advocate who appears. If a date cannot be kept, you are told in advance — not surprised at the courtroom door.

Can I instruct you in Urdu?

Yes. Consultations, advice and drafting are available in Urdu or English. Bring the papers you have; I will tell you what is missing.

Do you appear outside Rawalpindi?

Yes. I appear regularly before the District Courts and the High Court in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, and I can be instructed for matters across Punjab.

Can you handle urgent bail or stay?

Urgent criminal and injunctive matters I take up on priority, often within twenty-four hours of engagement. Telephone me directly and mark the enquiry urgent.

Can I walk in without writing first?

WhatsApp first. I am often in court during the day. I will tell you if I am in chambers and when to come. Once I confirm, no appointment is needed for a first visit.

What if I message on Sunday or after 6pm?

WhatsApp is read even when chambers are shut. I reply on the next working morning, unless it is bail, stay or custody — then call, and I take it up as soon as I can.

On the record

Privilege, privacy and this website.

Communications with an advocate are protected. This page states, in plain language, how enquiries are treated and what this site stores.

Updated September 2026

What you tell me is privileged.

Communications between an advocate and a client are privileged under the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984. I treat every enquiry as confidential — telephone, WhatsApp, email, and the consultation brief — whether or not a retainer follows.

Nothing you send is repeated outside that relationship, except where the law requires it or you instruct me to disclose.

How enquiries are read.

WhatsApp, telephone and email to counsel@advahmedali.com are read by me. There is no call centre and no junior screening the facts. If you send a brief from this website, it only leaves your phone when you press send — as a WhatsApp message or an email you control.

What this website stores.

The consultation form keeps a draft in your own browser so you can leave and return. That draft does not leave your device until you send it. I do not receive a brief that stays on your phone. Language preference (English or Urdu) is stored on your device only.

This site does not use advertising cookies, does not sell enquiry data, and does not run a public case tracker. If you clear your browser storage, the draft and the language setting are gone.

Maps and other third parties.

The chambers map is an embedded Google Map. Google may process the request to load that map. WhatsApp and your email provider process messages you choose to send. I do not run Facebook, TikTok or advertising pixels on this site.

The pages are information, not a retainer.

Guides and practice pages are general information about the law in Pakistan. They are not advice on your facts. An advocate–client relationship is formed only when a formal retainer is executed, after a consultation and a fee in writing.