Mr. Mustafa Ramday

Mr. Mustafa Ramday brings more than 28 years of experience in constitutional and commercial law, dispute resolution and public service to his role as Chairman of PSO’s Board of Management. His career spans Pakistan’s superior courts, international arbitration and senior public office, with extensive experience in the legal, regulatory and commercial issues shaping the country’s energy sector.

He began his legal career in July 1998, assisting the Attorney General for Pakistan on matters relating to financial emergency, international prosecutions and power-sector disputes. He was enrolled as an Advocate of the High Courts in 2001 and admitted as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2012. He is a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn.

As Advocate General, Punjab, from 2013 to 2014, Mr. Ramday served as the province’s first law officer, advising the Chief Minister, cabinet and government departments on constitutional and legal matters. He represented Punjab before the High Courts and the Supreme Court and successfully defended major public infrastructure projects in public interest litigation. His work included helping develop the provincial legal framework for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), leading legislative drafting on taxation, land acquisition, infrastructure and governance, and advising on coal, thermal, alternative and clean energy projects.

At Ramdays Advocates, his practice encompasses mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, corporate governance, constitutional law and commercial disputes. He has represented oil, gas and power-sector entities in international arbitrations before the ICC, LCIA and SIAC, including proceedings in London. For nearly two decades, he has also advised local and international companies on corporate governance. Chambers & Partners has ranked him in its top tier for dispute resolution and litigation in Pakistan, with recognition in Chambers Asia-Pacific in 2024, 2025 and 2026.

His public service extends to board roles across energy, investment, healthcare, education and sport. He has served on the governing boards of Punjab Wind Power Company Limited, the Punjab Board of Investment & Trade, the Pakistan Kidney & Liver Institute and Research Centre, the Pakistan Cricket Board, Aitchison College and Queen Mary College, Lahore. He is a member of the Syndicate of the University of Kamalia and the Adjunct Faculty of the Civil Services Academy (Pakistan Administrative Service). He also remained on the Board of Directors of Jinnah Medical Complex as an independent director. Additionally, he advised the current Prime Minister on energy sector as the then Chief Minister of Punjab when power projects were being set up.

Mr. Ramday holds an LLB (Hons) from the University of Buckingham and McGill University, and a BA (Hons) from Government College Lahore. He was educated at Aitchison College, Lahore, and comes from a family of judges and jurists with a longstanding tradition of public service.

Mr. Ramday is grateful to the Government of Pakistan for this trust. While committing his time to PSO he has decided that he shall not be drawing any remuneration in the form of director’s fee, costs of travel along with boarding & lodging that are permissible to the Chairman.