{
  "id": 5331013,
  "title": "Akhund Forbes Launches Conclavity, Introducing Legal AI Grounded in Pakistani Law",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/akhund-forbes-launches-conclavity-introducing-legal-ai-grounded-in",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-03T12:49:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ProPakistani",
    "slug": "propakistani",
    "url": "https://propakistani.pk/2026/09/03/akhund-forbes-launches-conclavity-introducing-legal-ai-grounded-in-pakistani-law/"
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  "account": "Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform the way professionals operate in numerous industries, including the legal sector. On September 2, 2026, in Karachi, Pakistan, Rabel Akhund of the renowned corporate law firm Akhund Forbes unveiled Conclavity, a legal intelligence platform designed specifically for the practice of Pakistani law. This marks the first of its kind in the nation, as it is a commercial legal AI tool developed by Pakistani lawyers, around the laws that Pakistani practitioners and businesses work with on a daily basis.\n\nThe launch event brought together legal professionals, in-house counsel, senior executives from banking and industry, and clients of the firm to discuss the evolving nature of legal practice and the role technology can play in supporting it. The evening began with a keynote address by Mr. Justice Yousuf Ali Sayeed of the Sindh High Court, who addressed the limitations of AI and highlighted the potential of Conclavity to provide accessible verified legal AI intelligence.\n\nFollowing the keynote, Rabel Akhund introduced Conclavity and demonstrated its capabilities. The platform's founder emphasized its design goal of addressing the challenges faced by Pakistani lawyers, such as answers based on incorrect doctrine, citations to repealed provisions, and non-existent authorities. By using Conclavity, lawyers can be assured that their conclusions are based on the actual laws in force, rather than outdated or erroneous information.\n\nConclavity's core function is a maintained database of Pakistani legislation, including statutes, ordinances, rules, and regulations, along with their amendments. This ensures that the platform works with the laws that are currently in force, rather than those that may have existed in a training set. The platform is designed to support the three primary activities of legal work: advising, drafting, and reviewing. In advisory work, it provides precise statutory references to answer questions on Pakistani law, facilitating a quick transition from client queries to applicable provisions. In drafting, Conclavity generates initial drafts of various documents, which can then be refined by the lawyer. In review, the platform examines contracts and other instruments against the current legislation, flagging any discrepancies or missing provisions.\n\nThe creators of Conclavity were clear that the platform does not offer legal advice or replace the judgment of a qualified lawyer. Instead, it serves as a tool for lawyers and the businesses they serve, handling the research and first-draft tasks so that legal professionals can focus on areas that truly matter. Confidentiality has been made a design requirement for Conclavity, ensuring that it is a secure environment suitable for handling sensitive legal material.\n\nConclavity was developed under the leadership of Rabel Z. Akhund, Advocate and Managing Partner of Akhund Forbes. A graduate of University College London and a solicitor of England and Wales, Mr. Akhund has extensive experience in Pakistan's corporate, finance, and project transactions. His understanding of the realities of modern legal practice has informed the design of the platform, bringing a leading lawyer's perspective into a product built specifically for that environment.\n\nRabel Akhund expressed his vision behind Conclavity: \"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. That, in the end, is what access to justice means in practice.\" The platform's significance was also acknowledged by Mr. Justice Yousuf Ali Sayeed, who noted that lawyers and judges alike have long dreamed of such a resource. He further highlighted the limitations of AI and emphasized the potential of AI to help realize this ambition.\n\nFollowing the launch, Conclavity will be made available to an initial group of early adopters, mainly in-house legal teams and corporate clients, over the coming months. Feedback from this first cohort will shape the platform's further development, including the expansion of its corpus beyond legislation.",
  "summary": "Artificial intelligence continues to reshape how professionals across every sector deliver their work, and the practice of law is no … Read More The post Akhund Forbes Launches Conclavity, Introducing Legal AI Grounded in Pakistani Law appeared first on ProPakistani .",
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