Abstract Pakistan’s tax management is shifting from manual analysis to algorithms. The Inland Revenue Information System (IRIS) of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), created by […]
Who Does the Law Serve? Power, Representation and Inequality in Pakistan
‘نیا قانون، نیا قانون کیا بک رہے ہو؟ قانون وہی ہے پرانا’- ‘What new law are you going on about? Law remains the same, old’. -Saadat […]
The Curious Case of a Customer Who Is Not a Customer: A Jurisdictional Paradox in Pakistan’s Banking Law
In legal discourse, few terms appear as deceptively simple yet are as conceptually complex as the word customer in banking law. In ordinary commercial understanding, a […]
Decentralized finance- A case for Irreconcilable duality
Many people have conflated the terms digital assets and decentralized finance (DeFi) as one, yet the two are fundamentally distinct. The former can be called the […]
Shareholder and Boardroom Disputes in Pakistan: The Case for Mandatory Mediation under the Companies Act, 2017
Each year, there is a predictable percentage of cases that fall before Pakistan’s Company Benches and Competent Officers under the Companies Act 2017, which do not […]
Anti-Dumping Measures: Is the statutory right of appeal to a Preliminary Determination under the Act sufficient?
The term ‘preliminary’ in anti-dumping investigations often belies its immediate and significant commercial consequences. Pakistan’s National Tariff Commission conducts these investigations under the Anti-Dumping Duties Act, […]
A Receivability Framework for Regulating Artificial Intelligence in Pakistan
Abstract It is believed that legislation is an inferior technology to technology. Artificial intelligence is shaping our decisions on credit, employment, policing and adjudication in Pakistan. […]
THE SAUDI CENTER FOR COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION: AN INSTITUTION OF GROWING REGIONAL RELEVANCE
By Taimur Malik and Maleeka Bokhari The growth of the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) over the past decade is part of a broader development […]
Ban on the Two-Finger Test in Pakistan
Pakistan has finally declared that a victim’s body cannot be used to determine whether they have been raped. The Lahore High Court in the case of […]
Delegated Divorce under the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961: An Analysis of Talaq-e-Tafweez
Nikah contract or marriage is a core and revered Islamic practice, which is understood to be a legal contract as well as a religious sacrament. For […]
PAPER TO PIXEL:The Dematerialization & Digitization of Pakistan’s Legal Infrastructure
Over the past year, Pakistan has started to shift away from old habits, such as paper-based records. Specific reforms show a pattern: financial regulations, corporate law, […]
When Intimacy Becomes a Weapon: The Legal Battle Against Non-Consensual Intimate Images in Pakistan
What really happens when the trust one places in another becomes leverage, intimacy becomes a dagger pressed against the chest, and love takes the form of […]
Future-Proofing the Legal Mind: What Tomorrow’s Lawyers by Richard Susskind Demands of Students Today
By Shamsa Munir [1] Abstract: Richard Susskind has authored the book Tomorrow’s Lawyers: An Introduction to Your Future which is in its 3rd edition and has […]
Capital Development Authority (CDA) – Extractive Governance and Exploitation of the Public
Table of Contents Capital Development Authority (CDA) – Extractive Governance and Exploitation of the Public. 2 The New Blue Area Incident 2 The Distinction Between a […]
From Womb to Tomb — and Every Place in Between
Over the years, I have tried to understand violence against women. Not merely the violent act itself, but the thinking that makes the act possible. The […]
Sports Governance in Pakistan: The Case for Legislative Reform:
Primary statutory foundation governing sports within Pakistan is The Sports (Development and Control) Ordinance 1962[i] (“Sports Ordinance”). The framework served its purpose when it was promulgated; […]
Redrawing Provincial Boundaries, Redistributing Federal Power
There was a revealing looseness in the words that revived Pakistan’s latest debate on provincial reorganisation. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi urged political parties to consider creating […]