KARACHI: Pakistani corporate law firm ‘Akhund Forbes’ on Wednesday launched Conclavity, an artificial intelligence-powered legal intelligence platform designed specifically around Pakistani legislation.
The developers described it as a first-of-its-kind commercial legal AI product developed in Pakistan.
The platform was unveiled at a ceremony at a local hotel, attended by members of the judiciary, senior corporate lawyers, in-house counsel, banking and industry representatives and clients of the firm.
Conclavity is designed to assist lawyers and businesses with legal research, drafting and reviewing documents, using a maintained database of Pakistani statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations, including amendments.
Unlike general-purpose AI systems that draw on vast bodies of information from across the internet, Conclavity is focused on Pakistani law and provides references to the legal provisions underlying its responses.
Addressing the gathering, Sindh High Court judge, Justice Yousuf Ali Sayeed, highlighted both the potential and limitations of artificial intelligence in legal practice, particularly the risk of AI generating information or legal citations that are not grounded in verified sources.
“For years, lawyers and judges alike have dreamt of having that kind of resource, and today perhaps we are at the crux of having realised that dream,” he remarked.
“AI too has its limitations, for instance, citing a point as fact when it is not grounded in reality. The approach which Conclavity seems to adopt promises to address this danger by citing only what is verified,” he added.
Introducing the platform, Rabel Z. Akhund, founder of Conclavity and managing partner of Akhund Forbes, said the product had been developed in Pakistan by Pakistani lawyers and engineers to address the practical requirements of the country’s legal and business sectors.
“Conclavity was conceived and developed in Pakistan, for Pakistani law. Its ambition is not to replace lawyers but to raise the floor, so that the standard of work once available only to those who could pay for the largest firms becomes the ordinary standard,” Akhund said.
He said the platform was intended to reduce the time lawyers spend on research and first drafts while allowing them to devote greater attention to professional judgment and client needs.
Conclavity can answer questions relating to Pakistani law with statutory references, generate first drafts of legal and corporate documents, and review contracts and other instruments against legislation currently in force, he said.
Akhund said the platform is not intended to provide independent legal advice or replace qualified lawyers, describing it instead as a support tool for legal professionals and businesses. Data confidentiality and security were incorporated into the platform’s design to accommodate sensitive legal and corporate material.
Nasim Beg of the Arif Habib Group, who delivered the closing remarks, said artificial intelligence was likely to remove much of the routine work in professional services while increasing the importance of human judgment.
“AI has again transformed lives and we have seen that around us. But I think human interaction, especially in law will continue and, perhaps in a bigger way, because the mundane part could have been taken out of it and then people can apply their minds,” he said.
Conclavity will initially be made available to a limited group of early adopters, mainly corporate clients and in-house legal teams, before a wider release. Feedback from the initial users will be used to further develop the platform and expand its legal database beyond legislation.
Akhund, a graduate of University College London and a solicitor of England and Wales, returned to Pakistan in 2008 after practising with international law firms in London and founded Akhund Forbes. He has advised on major corporate, financial and infrastructure transactions in Pakistan.
Akhund Forbes, which has offices in Karachi and Dhaka (Bangladesh) and representative offices in London and Dubai, advises financial institutions, corporations and governments on corporate, commercial, banking, finance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and other complex transactions.
The firm said Conclavity represented an effort to apply artificial intelligence to legal practice while retaining Pakistani law, professional judgment and accountability at the centre of the process.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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