International Human Rights and Religious Expression Abstract International law is a much-ignored essential component of legal studies, especially in Pakistan. Dilemmas faced by religious minorities, even in developed Western states, are on…
Tout Surety – An Open Secret When we read about the problems in our justice system, all arguments revolve around one very important issue: delays. Seldom, if at all, do we read…
Towards Effective Remedies Against Forced Conversions In an increasingly volatile state-society complex like Pakistan, human rights violations continue to surface time and again, bringing individual suffering to countless non-Muslim citizens and reinforcing…
Qandeel Baloch – Awaiting Justice Murderers of Qandeel Baloch were recently pardoned by her parents again for the second time since the case had opened. Pardoning and forgiving criminals is so common…
Patriotism – A Critical Appraisal “I want to light the lights of patriotism.” – Lech Walesa A state, as per political theorists, is a politically organized community and, principally, this organization is…
Data Protection Laws: Where do Pakistan and India Stand? With technology and digitization taking over the world, data protection laws are becoming the need of the hour. As some countries move forward…
The Case For Kashmir Amidst radio silence and increased military mobilisation by Indian troops within Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), the fears of many across the subcontinent were confirmed when news broke about…
Telecom: The Answer To Pakistan’s Legal Literacy Woes? Despite the disenfranchisement of a faction of the population from availing its fundamental rights, the matter of legal illiteracy commonly gets overshadowed by more…
Anti-Terrorism Laws and Their Wholesale Use According to a Supreme Court judgment in 2017, the fact that ordinary crime can have a devastating, gruesome and heart-rending effect on human beings should not…
Islamic Banking vs Netflix Banking as a service has always been controversial when it comes to keeping it compatible with Islamic provisions. Reasons for this incompatibility are more than one, however, we…
Costs that Pinch The development of law is an interesting phenomenon. It is informed by so many factors. While it may be true that evolution of collective consciousness precedes or shapes up…
A Judge – To Be Or Not To Be In a recent article titled “Silencing The Judiciary?” published on CourtingTheLaw.com[1], a very robust view had been offered by a fellow author in…
Supreme Court’s Judgment on Minorities Still Awaits Compliance After 5 Years Five years ago on this date, a bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan concluded suo motu proceedings addressing major grievances of…
Evolution of Human Rights Definition of Legal Right It is of paramount importance to know the legal meaning of a right before jumping to its origin and evolution. A legal right, as…
Anti-Harassment Laws in Pakistan Sexual harassment is a non-consensual act, carried out either physically or mentally, or through words spoken towards another person, in a sexual context, which makes the victim uncomfortable…
6 Reasons Why Rape is an Under-Reported Crime Hardly a week passes in our country without there being a media report about an incident of rape of a minor girl. This social…
Silencing The Judiciary? “All the rights secured to the citizen under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous judiciary.” – Sir…
