Diya Aneel Bhatia Secures First Class Honours in Three-Year Law Degree
Islamabad-based law student Diya Aneel Bhatia has graduated with First Class Honours from the University of London’s three-year LLB programme, securing an exceptional 10 distinctions across 12 modules.
Islamabad School of Law has described the result as a “world record achievement” and called it the “First Class of the Century.” The institution publicly announced Bhatia’s result earlier this month.
Bhatia secured distinctions in Criminal Law, Contract Law, Public Law, Legal System and Method, Equity and Trusts, European Union Law, Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, Administrative Law, Islamic Law and her dissertation.
She also achieved merits in Tort Law and Property Law, completing all 12 modules with consistently strong grades.
Bhatia later said that University of London Associate Dean Simon Askey had informed her that, to the best of his knowledge, 10 distinctions were the highest number achieved by a student in the history of the programme.
She said Askey told her he was unaware of any previous student achieving the same number of distinctions during his time at the university or in the years before it.
That wording is important because the achievement has been described publicly as a world record by Islamabad School of Law, while no independently maintained global record database has been cited.
Result Adds Another First Class Honour for Islamabad School of Law
Islamabad School of Law said Bhatia’s performance brought its total number of University of London First Class Honours graduates to six.
The institution claims this is the highest number of First Class Honours achieved by any University of London Recognised Teaching Centre in Islamabad.
Bhatia said the result followed years of intense academic work and acknowledged the support of her family, friends and teachers.
She described completing her final examination exhausted and uncertain whether her efforts would be enough, before ultimately receiving the First Class result and 10 distinctions.
Her performance places particular emphasis on consistency because the distinctions were spread across core and advanced subjects rather than being concentrated in only one area of law.
The University of London LLB includes foundational subjects such as Contract Law, Criminal Law, Public Law, Property Law, Tort Law and Equity and Trusts, alongside additional specialist modules.
University of London and Pakistan Bar Council Recognition Confirmed
Islamabad School of Law is listed by the University of London as an official Recognised Teaching Centre in Pakistan for programmes including the Bachelor of Laws.
The Pakistan Bar Council also lists Islamabad School of Law among its recognised external law programmes affiliated with the University of London. Its current listing records recognition from August 30, 2025.
The Higher Education Commission also lists Islamabad School of Law among recognised transnational education institutions offering the University of London LLB, subject to Pakistan Bar Council recognition.
Bhatia’s result has therefore attracted attention not only as an individual academic achievement but also as a significant milestone for legal education in Islamabad.
With a First Class degree, 10 distinctions and two merits across the entire programme, her academic record now stands among the strongest publicly reported performances in the University of London LLB.
