Women constitute more than half of the population of Pakistan. However, they seldom get financial freedom due to the patriarchal nature of the society and structural […]
Clearing Pakistan’s Legal Backlog: The Case for ADR and ODR
In Pakistan, the courts have a severe backlog of more than 2.3 million cases, while there are only approximately 4,300 judges to handle them. For normal […]
AI at the Crossroads: Pakistan’s Regulatory Challenge
Artificial intelligence (AI) covers technologies such as machine learning, generative models, automated decision-making, and facial recognition. AI offers advances in healthcare, agriculture, and governance, but policymakers […]
Pakistan’s Prohibited Bore Licensing: Constitutional Rights, Public Safety, and Selective Privilege
In Pakistan’s firearms scheme, the phrase “prohibited bore” denotes automatic rifles, sub-machine guns, and similar high-calibre weapons whose licences are issued only by the Federal Government. […]
Plagiarism is Not the Problem: Legal Education’s Flawed Response to Generative AI
The classroom is no longer an analogue haven. At a time when generative AI can write essays, summarise case law, and imitate legal reasoning with fluency, […]
Judicial Use of AI in Pakistan: Promise, Peril, and Constitutional Boundaries
It was in April 2025, inside the Supreme Court, that Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah wrote into Pakistan’s judicial record a sentence that may echo longer […]
The Merger That Never Merged
It was never just about maps. In 2018, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a milestone many called overdue. FATA was no more, […]
Decolonising Legal AI
In the rush to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into legal education, an inconvenient truth has remained largely unspoken: the AI revolution is being shaped by infrastructures, […]
Climate Justice in The Hague: How ICJ Responded to the Global South’s Demands
On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its long-awaited advisory opinion on the obligations of states in relation to climate change. The […]
PECA Amendment 2025: Expanding Cybercrime Laws or Silencing Dissent?
The speedy enactment of the Prevention of Electronic Crime (Amendment) Act 2025 from the Parliament of Pakistan 2025 unfolded many tales. This Act, in its object […]
Understanding Copyright in Digital Content: Reels, Memes and the Legal Grey Zone
The rise of platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube has transformed content creation, with short videos, memes, and music-driven clips forming the language of online culture. […]
Partition Litigation in Pakistan: A Legal System Trapped in Time
“The law of the land is also the law of generations.” In Pakistan, few legal disputes carry the same level of emotional and generational weight as […]
Justice on Paper: The Gap Between FIR Law and Reality in Pakistan
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898(hereinafter referred to as Cr.P.C.), provides for the office of Justice of Peace to maintain public peace and order, and to […]
Internship at Ahmed and Pansota
17th June 2025 – 5th July 2025 In a city where courtrooms ring with the echoes of law and dusty files record decades’ worth of personal […]
Eighteen Is Not Western—It Is Constitutional, Islamic, and Just
The critics’ lament—“But that’s westernization!”—rings hollow. When Islamabad passed the Child Marriage Restraint Bill in May 2025, it did not just legislate; it made a statement. […]
Protecting Corporate Identity: Arguing for the Separate Legal Entity Principle
A company has been established as a separate legal entity in the case of Salomon[1], and courts have further elaborated on the corporation being its own […]
From Rejection to Reality: The Return of Solar Panel Tax in Pakistan
As the world races toward renewable energy, Pakistan has taken a step back, taxing solar panels just when they became a lifeline for the middle class. […]