Commentary

Nikahnama, though a legal and contractual agreement, is seldom perceived as one. It is regarded as a sacred and intimate record of marriage, intended primarily for […]

Jurisprudential & Contextual Analysis One of the most frequently misunderstood aspects of Islamic law is the Qur’anic provision concerning witnesses in financial transactions. It is often […]

Executive Summary Overview The governance of international watercourses has long been constrained by the tension between the shared physical reality of a transboundary river and the […]

Executive Summary Overview More than 286 international river basins and hundreds of shared aquifers span national borders. Nearly half of the world’s population depends on cooperative […]

Sunny Masih stood outside a Lahore court for weeks, waiting for someone to tell him why his brother had died. Amir Masih, a gardener, had been […]

Pakistan does not suffer from a shortage of constitutional debate. It suffers from a shortage of constitutional consistency. Every constitutional generation eventually confronts the same question: […]

The power of compulsory acquisition constitutes one of the most significant intrusions upon the constitutionally protected right to property. In a constitutional democracy, such power derives […]

I. Introduction The internet has evolved from an academic network into the central nervous system of global life, outstripping the legal frameworks designed to safeguard human […]

In July 2025, a woman named Bano Bibi was handed a Quran by her own brother, told to walk seven paces away from him, and then […]

Severe financial need, grievous living circumstances, and existential threats to livelihoods have one thing in common. They are not what decides the pension received by the […]

A Critical Analysis of Exclusionary Abuses in Multisided Markets and the Role of the Digital Markets Act Abstract Article 102 TFEU, the European Union’s prohibition on […]

In 1985, Kaavan, a male Asian elephant was gifted by the government of Sri Lanka to Pakistan and was housed at the Islamabad Zoo in the […]

According to Richard Susskind in his book, “How To Think About AI” it is stated that, “Since the mid-1950s, when the term artificial intelligence was first […]

Cases lost translate almost directly to a lawyer’s incompetence in Pakistan, at least to those who have never conducted a trial in court themselves. The optics […]

An examination of the current surveillance practices in Pakistan reveals how both governmental and private corporations contribute to the expanding surveillance infrastructure within the country. Surveillance […]

Very clearly, historical absence serves as a style of assertion centered on the lack of historical evidence.[1] Ironically, this style of assertion has its place in […]

The anti-defection regime in Pakistan has evolved from a statutory mechanism regulating electoral conduct into a constitutional framework safeguarding political party discipline and parliamentary stability. Beginning […]