Irfan Qadir (Urdu, Punjabi: عرفان قادر; born 16 November 1956) is a Pakistani lawyer and jurist who is incumbent Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Law since 30 April 2024.

In addition, he has experience representing Pakistan internationally, having participated in numerous seminars and workshops at significant conferences in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.

He gained knowledge in every area of the legal field, including that of a successful lawyer, superior court judge, high-ranking law officer, and top bureaucrat.

[9] Prior to taking office as his nation's Attorney General, he served as federal secretary for the Ministry of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs.

This decision was made by the three-member panel led by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry after they heard a petition asking for Irfan Qadir to be reappointed as NAB's prosecutor general.

A day after the NAB prosecutor general's outburst in the Supreme Court, the prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani issued an order to withdraw his privileges.

The prime minister had stated that orders from the Supreme Court will be carried out in letter and spirit and that he had given the law secretary instructions for doing so.

He added that the PM, who is in charge of the NAB, makes the decisions[13] and challenged the Supreme Court's ruling regarding his removal.

[14] Prosecutor General of the National Accountability Bureau, Qadir submitted his resignation to President Asif Ali Zardari on September 8, 2010, after contesting the Supreme Court's directives for his dismissal but he did not withdraw his appeal filed before the apex court challenging its order which had declared his appointment as illegal, on instructions of the president.

[17] Before his retirement, President Asif Ali Zardari had nominated 26 judges of the Lahore High Court in consultation with Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar.

On 26 July 2022, the Punjab Chief Minister's election case was decided by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, which deemed Dost Mazari's decision as the deputy speaker of the provincial assembly to be illegal.

The Mazari's decision, which allowed Hamza Shahbaz to continue serving as the province's chief minister, was challenged by the PML-Q in a petition that was submitted on Saturday 23 July 2022[23] through the PML-Q attorney Amir Saeed Rawn and the Irfan Qadir was the attorney from the deputy speaker Dost Mazari.

On, Saturday 23 July 2022 Pervaiz Elahi submitted a plea to the Supreme Court Lahore registry contesting the re-election of Hamza Shehbaz as the province's chief minister.

At midnight on Friday, Lahore Registry Deputy Registrar Ejaz Gorayra and other personnel raced to their offices in response to the plea being filed by PML-Q attorney Amir Saeed Rawn.

Speaking with PDM Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman about submitting a petition for a full court bench was Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

In March 2015 a three-judge panel of the supreme court of Pakistan suspended[31] his license to practice law due to his conduct and appearance as counsel for the Sindh Government in a case involving the purchase of armored personnel carriers worth Rs1.23 billion by the Sindh Police from a Serbian company.

The court also requested information from Inspector-general of police, Sindh regarding the payment of Irfan's fees, with further instructions to identify the payer.

[34] While hearing the case, a three-judge Supreme Court panel led by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa ordered that the former attorney general's practicing license should be reinstated.

Mehmood Akhtar Naqvi's petition for the Chief Justice of Pakistan to hear the former AG's contempt of court case was granted.