About

Being a highly motivated and hard-working person, Mr. Amjad Hussain likes to accept new challenges. He always likes to learn new skills because there is no end of learning. He believes that everyone is blessed with qualities, thus, for a teacher, it is necessary to identify and explore the qualities of students and to engage them in different useful tasks, to produce good human being as well as qualified lawyers. He likes to teach and train the students in a way to provide the nation with legal experts equipped with the knowledge and ability to resolve the legal issues and disputes. He intends to produce qualitative legal research to contribute towards the legal reforms. He also likes to perform active role in character building of the students so that they may become a blessing for the society.

Mr. Amjad Hussain has been serving as Incharge, Department of Shari’ah & Law, IUB. He holds LLB (Gold Medalist) and LLM Degrees. He has 26 years of teaching and administrative experience. He has also served as Incharge of the Department of Law, IUB. He has been member of different forums. He is a member of Board of Studies and Board of Faculty for the discipline of Law. He has been serving as Advisor on behalf of Punjab Public Service Commission for different posts. He has also served as Paper-Setter for Punjab Public Service Commission competitive examinations for different posts. He has been serving as examiner for different Universities.

Mr. Amjad Hussain has been teaching a variety of courses like Skills Development, Islamic Jurisprudence, Law of Contract, Law of Torts, Equity, Constitutional Law, Islamic Personal Law, Human Rights Law, Administrative Law, etc. However, his main areas of interest are Human Rights Law and Administrative Law. He has supervised 18 LLM Theses and 10 LLB Projects. He has written 16 research papers for different journals of national and international repute.He has participated in many workshops and conferences in the discipline of Law. He has served as a member of the Special Committee for structural reforms in legal education (constituted by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of Pakistan). He Succeeded in getting approval of the Special Committee and Supreme Court of Pakistan for Payment of Non-Practicing Allowance to the permanent Law Faculty in 2018. He is the person who designed the Law Admission Test (LAT) as entrance examination for LL. B Program for Pakistani Universities and Colleges offering legal education.

Awards and Honors

1. LLB (Gold Medalist)
2. LLM (Distinction)
3. Served as Law Advisor for the post of Assistant Director Land Records (ADLR) (BS-17) in Board of Revenue, under Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) in 2012.
4. Served as Law Advisor for the post of Assistant District Attorney (BS-17) in the Law and Parliamentary Affairs Department, under Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) in 2012.
5. Served as Law Expert to interview candidate(s) for the post of Lecturer in Law at the BZU, Multan in 2012.
6. Reviewed a manuscript “Terrorism and Human Rights” for the journal “Sociology and Anthropology” under Horizon Research Publishing, USA in 2014.
7. Served as Paper-Setter for the post of Assistant Director (Legal) (BS-17) under PPSC in 2021.
8. Served as Paper-Setter for the post of Law Officer (Legal) (BS-17) under PPSC in 2021.
9. Served as Incharge, Department of Law (2021-2022).
10. Served as Law Advisor for the post of Sub-Inspectors (BS-14) in the Police Department, under Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) in 2022.

Publications

1. Sial, A.Q. & Hussain, A. (2022). Legal Justice System of Pakistan Imprisoned in maneuvered professionalism: Causes and Remedies. International Journal of Special Education. Vol 37 No. 3 (HEC X Category)
2. Hussain, A., Saeed, M.A. & Mushtaq, S.A. (2021) Application of Human Rights Laws in Pakistan: A study with reference to International Bill of Human Rights. Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economics. Vol. 7, No. 4, 963-975. (HEC Y Category)
3. Jillani, M.A.S.H., Hussain, A. & Mushtaq, S.A. (2021) Comparative analysis of proposed Multilateral Investment Court and Permanent Multilateral Appellate Mechanism: Dilemma, Value, and Best Path Choice. Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government. Vol. 27, No. 5, 2853-2869. (HEC Y Category)
4. Hassan, M., Hussain, A. & Muhammad, A. (2021) Judicial Observations over the Doctrine of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment in Pakistan: A Critical Appraisal. Global Social Sciences Review (GSSR). Vol. 6, No. 2, 278-285. (HEC Y Category)
5. Hussain, A., Mushtaq, S.A. & Saeed, M.A. (2021). The Reclamation of Dispute Settlement Mechanism in WTO for Sustainability of International Trade (Trade Law vs. Security Law). Global Legal Studies Review. Vol. 6, No. 2, 60-67 (HEC Y Category)
6. Hussain, A., Khadim, M.N. & Khanam, L. (2021). Rights of Accused at Trial Stage: An analytical study of Intentional Rules and Legal System of Pakistan. Global Regional Review. Vol. 6, No. 1, 307-313. (HEC Y Category)
7. Hussain, A., Akhtar, S. & Hassan, M. (2021). Studying the causes of delay in Criminal Trials under the Criminal Justice System of Pakistan. Global Sociological Review. Vol. 6, No. 2, 52-58. (HEC Y Category)
8. Hussain, A., Sial, A.Q. & Usman, A. (2021). The study of Animal Rights and related laws in Pakistan. Global Legal Studies Review. Vol. 6, No. 2, 96-103. (HEC Y Category)
9. Hussain, A., Pirzada, M.M. & Saeed, M.A. (2020). Literary references in Obiter Dicta: A study on Intertextuality in Legal Discourse. Global Language Review. Vol.5, No. 2, 160-169. (HEC Y Category)
10. Hussain, A., Saeed, M.A. & Muhammad, A. (2020). The Legal Rights of Transgender (Khansa) in Islamic State. Global Social Sciences Review (GSSR). Vol. 5, No. 3, 410-416. (HEC Y Category)
11. Hussain, A., Bukhari, S.M.A.A.K.S. & Muhammad, A. (2020). The role of Good Governance in the legal and administrative affairs of Pakistan. Global Political Review. Vol. 5, No. 2, 113-120. (HEC Y Category)
12. Hussain, A., Asghar, K. & Saeed, M.A.  (2020). The study of procedure of Investigation under the Criminal Justice System: A case study of Pakistan. Global Legal Studies Review. Vol. 5, No. 3, 105-112. (HEC Y Category)
13. Hussain, A., Munir, Y. & Muhammad, A. (2020). The Organs of State and the Scope of their Authority/Function in the Islamic Political System. Epistemology. Vol. 1, 106-123. (HEC Y Category)
14. Hussain, A. & Afzal, H. (2013). Exploring the issue of 'Run-away Women' in Pakistan: A call for Social and Legal Change. Journal of Law and Social Research (JLSR). No. 4, 95-108. (Peer Reviewed Journal)
15. Hussain, A. (2011). The Doctrine of 'Alternative Remedy' with Reference to Writ Jurisdiction Under the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973. Pakistan Law Journal (PLJ). Vol. 36, Magazine Section: 32-42. (HEC Recognized in 2011).
16. Hussain, A. (2008). Pakistan Constitution and Prohibition of Torture. Pakistan Law Journal (PLJ). Vol. 36, Magazine Section: 1-9 (HEC Recognized in 2008).