A Harvard Law School graduate Aziz is a former Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax Group of Civil Services of Pakistan from where he resigned in November 2002 after 15 years of service. He has extensively supervised tax audits of large corporations including multinational enterprises doing business in Pakistan.

His areas of specialization include: income and corporate taxation, sales tax, corporate law, public private partnership (PPP), Islamic finance and alternate dispute resolution. He is one of the small team of internationally accredited mediators in Pakistan trained by Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), UK under an IFC-World Bank pilot dispute resolution project.

In addition to his civil service exposure Aziz has rich experience of working with different corporations including Tax Analyst, Inc., A Virginia, USA-based tax law publishing company; Engro Chemical Pakistan Limited (formerly Exxon Chemical Pakistan Limited); Pakistan International Airlines; and a brief stint at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC.

Aziz has extensively written on the international tax issues and developments for the international professional journals. He is a regular contributor and correspondent on tax-related legal and administrative developments in the Middle East and South Asia for the Tax Notes International, a highly respected weekly publication from Virginia, USA and its sister web-based publication Worldwide Tax Daily.

Aziz earned his LL.B. from the University of Karachi; MPA from the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad; and BA from Islamia University, Bahawalpur.

Some his recent assignments include:

- As an Asian Development Bank legal expert advised Sindh government on Hyderabad-Mirpur Khas Road project (US $61 million) in the PPP mode.

- Drafted PPP law and related rules for the Sindh province.

- Advised City District Government Karachi on Karachi Elevated Expressway Project (US $330 million).

- Devised a unique credit guarantee-cum-passenger travel accident and health cover under takaful mode for IATA and Travel Agents Association of Pakistan (US $40.2 million). 

Trained as Barrister-at-Law at the world renowned Lincoln's Inn in the UK, Zafarullah Khan specializes in: human rights, criminal law, service matters, corporate affairs, property laws, petroleum laws, alternate dispute resolution, and constitutional law. Before being called to the Bar in 1998 he did BA from Multan University in 1981, MSc in International Relations from the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad in 1985, LLB (Hons) from the City University, London in 1997 and Postgraduate Diploma in law from the University of the West of the England, Bristol, UK in 1998 .

Zafar is a former officer of the District Management Group of the Civil Service of Pakistan which he joined in 1987. After a comprehensive training in public administration and laws at the Civil Service Academy, he served in the provinces of Sindh and Punjab as Assistant Commissioner, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Deputy Secretary, and Additional Secretary in various departments and as Administrator (Mayor) of various municipal committees and corporations. He resigned from the civil service on 14th August 2002 to work for the rule of law and human rights

Zafar has taught international relations at the International Islamic University, Islamabad from 1985 to 1987. He also has taught law at the Civil Service Academy, Lahore , University of the Punjab and the Punjab Law College, Lahore. He is on the visiting faculty of the Iqra University, Islamabad. His publications include a book on 'Human Rights' and a 7- volume study on 'Compilation and Revision of Child-Related Laws of Pakistan' and numerous articles on the legal issues and international relations. Zafar has the honour ofrepresenting Pakistan before the 'United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child' in Geneva in September 2003.

Trained as Barrister-at-Law at the world renowned Lincoln's Inn in the UK, Zafarullah Khan specializes in: human rights, criminal law, service matters, corporate affairs, property laws, petroleum laws, alternate dispute resolution, and constitutional law. Before being called to the Bar in 1998 he did BA from Multan University in 1981, MSc in International Relations from the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad in 1985, LLB (Hons) from the City University, London in 1997 and Postgraduate Diploma in law from the University of the West of the England, Bristol, UK in 1998 .

Zafar is a former officer of the District Management Group of the Civil Service of Pakistan which he joined in 1987. After a comprehensive training in public administration and laws at the Civil Service Academy, he served in the provinces of Sindh and Punjab as Assistant Commissioner, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Deputy Secretary, and Additional Secretary in various departments and as Administrator (Mayor) of various municipal committees and corporations. He resigned from the civil service on 14th August 2002 to work for the rule of law and human rights

Zafar has taught international relations at the International Islamic University, Islamabad from 1985 to 1987. He also has taught law at the Civil Service Academy, Lahore , University of the Punjab and the Punjab Law College, Lahore. He is on the visiting faculty of the Iqra University, Islamabad. His publications include a book on 'Human Rights' and a 7- volume study on 'Compilation and Revision of Child-Related Laws of Pakistan' and numerous articles on the legal issues and international relations. Zafar has the honour of representing Pakistan before the 'United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child' in Geneva in September 2003.

Ibrahim Faruqi is a senior tax consultant with over 30 year of experience, 23 of which were as a senior civil servant with the Income Tax Department. He resigned from the civil service in 2000 and joined tax practice. A very experienced hand on both individual and corporate taxation. While with the Department, he has extensively handled tax audits of all type of taxpayers including big corporations. While in practice he has worked on tax planning and structuring of complex transactions.

An M.Sc. in international relations from the prestigious Quaid-i-Azam University, Faruqi advises on development planning in addition to his core specialty of taxation.

Bilal is an honour graduate in law and shariah from the International Islamic University, Islamabad. Before joining Nishtar & Zafar he has worked with the chamber of renowned Pakistani lawyer Mr. Aziz A. Munshi for 3 years. Licensed to the practice at the High Court level, Bilal's is basically a litigator with special interest in civil law, contracts, property, corporate law, and Islamic financial laws and practices.

In addition to being a lawyer, Nadeem is an accomplished accountant and is associate member of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan. He has done his LL.B. and LL.M from the S. M. Law College, Karachi. Before joining us he was a senior inspector of direct taxes with the Income Tax Department where he has worked for more than 12 years. With his strong background in accountancy and law, Nadeem is an expert on engineering transactions to achieve tax efficiencies both in the income taxation as well as sales tax arena.

Ali has recently completed his his Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the Georgetown University where he was a prestigious Jakson Fellow working on the WTO issues. Before going to the Georgetown he has bagged a UK LL.M. from the School of Oriental and African Studies of the London University specializing in international trade and intellectual property related laws. He is an accomplished legal resource on the issue of WTO related matters and IP issues in Pakistan in the international perspective. He did his LL.B. fro m the University of Karachi and his BA from University of the Punjab, Lahore. He advises the clients on WTO regime, intellectual property, corporate law, and international trade law.