KARACHI: Corporate law firm Akhund Forbes has launched Conclavity, an artificial intelligence-powered legal platform designed specifically around Pakistani law, marking a significant development in the country’s emerging legal technology sector.
The platform was unveiled on September 2 at an event in Karachi attended by members of the judiciary, in-house counsel, banking and industry representatives, and clients of the firm.
Developed under the leadership of Akhund Forbes Managing Partner Rabel Z. Akhund, Conclavity is designed to assist lawyers and businesses with legal research, document drafting and review. Its developers describe it as a commercial legal AI platform developed in Pakistan by Pakistani lawyers and engineers.
Unlike general-purpose AI systems, Conclavity is built around a maintained database of Pakistani legislation, including statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and amendments. The platform provides statutory references supporting its responses, allowing legal professionals to trace information back to the relevant provisions.
In advisory work, the system can answer questions relating to Pakistani law and provide references to governing legislation. It can also generate first drafts of agreements, notices and board resolutions, while its review functions are designed to assess documents against legislation currently in force.
The developers stressed that Conclavity is intended to assist rather than replace qualified lawyers and does not itself provide legal advice.
Speaking at the launch, Justice Yousuf Ali Sayeed of the Sindh High Court highlighted both the limitations and potential of artificial intelligence in the legal profession, particularly the importance of ensuring AI-generated information is grounded in verified legal sources.
Akhund said the platform was conceived and developed specifically for Pakistani law, with the broader goal of improving access to high-quality legal resources.
The company plans to initially make Conclavity available to a group of early adopters, primarily in-house legal teams and corporate clients, before a wider rollout. Feedback from initial users is expected to guide further development and expansion of its legal database.
The launch comes as artificial intelligence increasingly enters professional services worldwide, with legal firms exploring how the technology can accelerate research and routine drafting while retaining human judgment and professional accountability at the centre of legal practice.