Yasser Latif Hamdani

Yasser Latif Hamdani (b.1980) is a Pakistani lawyer and writer who advocates what he calls a secular Pakistani identity and is an activist for a constitutional order in the country. He has also extensively researched and archived the life of Mahomed Ali Jinnah the founding father of Pakistan. He has been published in publications like Dawn Newspaper, Daily Times Pakistan, The News and Daily Star and is a regular contributor to Chowk.com and Naseeb.com. During the Pakistan Chief Justice constitutional crisis, he came out heavily in the favour of the Chief Justice in his interview on the BBC [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6447215.stm BBC NEWS | South Asia | Pakistan chief justice: Lawyers' viewpoints ] ] . In a radio interview on BBC, he declined to join the call for mass uprising as called forth by Benazir Bhutto in the aftermath of the emergency imposition, "unless it had any chances of moving towards success". As a constitutional scholar and self styled political theorist, he is also credited with the Federation of Communities principle which seeks to introduce a third house with community representatives in a new secular and democratic dispensation he favors for Pakistan.

While politics and constitutional law is what he chosen to comment on in public, he has established himself as one of the most sought after young corporate lawyers in Pakistan specializing in telecom and other regulatory affairs.

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