Causes of Delay in Disposal of Civil Suits and Solutions to Address Them In comparison to banking suits, a civil suit takes more time to dispose of. There can be various reasons…
Liquidated Damages & Performance Guarantees – A Complex Relationship I recently read an article on Courting The Law titled Law of Liquidated Damages in Contracts – Under Contract Act 1872 And Case Law[1]…
Earnest Money Not So Earnest In the automotive and real estate business in Pakistan, sale and purchase is normally transacted through an instrument commonly known as an “agreement to sell”, which is…
Corporate Abuse: Transnational Corporations and Violation of Human Rights On 11th September, 2012, a fire broke out at the Ali Enterprises textile factory located in Pakistan. As a result of the fire,…
Foreign Direct Investment and Intellectual Property Rights Under CPEC [Part 3] In the last two articles, the basic elements of foreign direct investment and FDI’s relationship with various factors was explored with…
Abortion Law in Pakistan: Reforms Needed? Introduction Abortion has been a much debated subject around the world. There are several reasons for it being perceived incorrectly. There is a public perception about…
Security Challenges Under the Law of the Sea and UNCLOS Modern Challenges of Security Every country shall at its perusal take appropriate measures to protect its integrity and sovereignty. With the emergence…
Property Tax In Cantonment Areas The relationship between cantonment boards and the federal government is akin to the relationship between local governments and the respective provinces. As far as the federal legislature…
Drones In Warfare: A Legal Conundrum Textually, the word drone is used to describe “an armed, remotely piloted aircraft” or “a remotely operated weapon system”, keeping in mind that the control system…
Pak-Turk Schools Case and Proposals for Regulating Supreme Court’s Powers Under A.184(3) [Download the Supreme Court’s judgment in the Pak-Turk Schools case here: SC Judgment – Pak Turk Schools] On the 13th of December,…
Kulbhushan, ICJ and Pakistan – Jurisdiction and Jurisprudence The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in Hague has begun oral proceedings in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case between India and Pakistan. The ICJ had already…
Understanding Foreign Direct Investment and Intellectual Property Rights in the Context of CPEC [Part 2] In the last article, the issues that were examined included the fundamentals of foreign direct investment (FDI), its definition,…
Has the Judicial System Legitimized Undemocratic Systems in the Past? Introduction – Democracy and the Rule of Law Owing to constant unconstitutional behaviors in the past, Pakistan has remained a weak democratic…
NAB Law and the Bones of Contention Background The word anti-corruption predates the making of the country. The first law to address it, known as the Prevention of Corruption of Act 1947,…
Is There A Place For Morality In The Rule Of Law? This writing explores the question of rule of law and morality: what we mean by the rule of law, what exactly…
A Brief Round Up of Cyber Crime Law In Pakistan Cyber crime is a crime in which criminal activities are carried out by means of computers or the internet. Cyber crime has…
Know Your Taxes Taxation in sovereign countries like Pakistan has developed into two types. The “direct tax” that you have to pay is called as such because you are the one benefiting…
