Article 199 (Locus Standi) & Public Interest Litigation In today’s modernized world where the citizens enjoy quite a lot of rights, there is an increase in the awareness among those citizens as…
Reforms In Legal Education And Training Due to the increasing incidents of lawyers misbehaviour with judges, policemen, media persons and others, an executive committee member of the Pakistan Bar Council has proposed…
A Comparative Analysis Of The Preamble Of Different Constitutions Preamble of the Constitution of Pakistan Preamble means an introductory statement in a constitution, statute or an act, and it explains basis and…
The Sacrosanct Judiciary In the recent days, the event of an elected Prime Minister being disqualified and subsequently removed from power has brought to limelight the considerable power that the judiciary holds…
Is 18th Amendment A Manifestation Of Shift Of Power From Center To Provinces Or Just A Mirage For Those Who Yearn Provincial Autonomy? 2010 marked structural reform of the Pakistani state as the…
Critical Analysis Of The Anti Rape And Anti Honor Killing Laws In Pakistan Introduction Women in Pakistan have long been oppressed and denied justice. Even the subject of rape has long been…
A Good Police Service Is The State’s Best Bet Against Crime An effective, well-functioning and self-disciplined police service is mandatory for the countering insurgency and terrorism in any country. Unfortunately, for many…
Transgenders In Pakistan Transgenders in Pakistan face severe discrimination, stigma and systemic inequality. To discuss or even to interact with a transgender is considered a taboo in our part of the world.…
Bar vs Bench (Satire) The tussle between bar and the bench, which took an ugly turn last week, has finally been settled. What looked like an irresolvable conflict saw a surprise conclusion…
The Horrendous Judicial Structure Of FATA: Compromised Rights And Steps For Their Realization The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan in the north-west part of the country, which is a semi-autonomous region,…
Concept Of Law There have been several attempts to produce a universally acceptable definition of law. Lord Lloyd once said that no such definition could be produced. While McCoubrey and White said that…
Supremacy Of The Supreme Court The government has revealed its plan to amend Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution – invoked by the Supreme Court to disqualify the former Prime Minister…
Black Coats The black coats are at it, yet again; they deride the sanctity of courtrooms; ransack the nameplates and belongings of judges upon whom they would otherwise grace nobility; vandalize the…
Alternative Dispute Resolution (An Alternative Access To Justice) Alternative Dispute Resolution commonly known as (ADR) refers to ‘any means of settling disputes outside of the court room’. It is an effective and…
How To Strengthen The Rule Of Law We cannot conceive the dream of a mature judiciary till we have not established the culture of the rule of law. We cannot bring peace…
Fraternity, Bar And Much Needed Reforms You need badgers; lawyers, usually young ones, who would decorate their chest with a badge carrying the name of, and showing support for, a particular candidate…
Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan on Surrogacy: From Judicial Islamization of Laws to Judicial Legislation Introduction In Farooq Siddiqui v Mst. Farzana Naheed (Sh. Petition No.2/I of 2015), decided on 16 February 2017,…
