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…
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…
Asia Bibi Case Verdict: Fallacious Arguments And Our National Mindset The Supreme Court of Pakistan, the leading judicial body of Pakistan, recently announced the verdict in the Asia Bibi case which made waves…
Rules Of State Responsibility On Nuclear Disarmament The law of state responsibility is concerned with the determination of whether a state has committed a wrongful act for which it is to be…
Judicial Review: An Aggressive Exercise? Black’s Law Dictionary defines judicial activism as the philosophy of judicial decision-making whereby judges allow their personal views about public policy, among other factors, to guide their…
TRIPS Versus Public Health – Deadline December 2019 Developed countries, after concluding the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade also referred to as the Tokyo Round of the World Trade Organization in…
Merits of the Anti-Encroachment Drive in Karachi We are all aware of the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Karachi. The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Saqib Nisar gave orders to demolish and bulldoze…
Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Pakistan In the international arena, the convention that regulates enforcement of foreign arbitral awards is the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign…
Consequences Of Imposing ‘Sin’ Tax On Cigarettes – Benefit Or Detriment? On 4th December 2018, Health Minister Amir Kayani said that the federal government was looking forward to impose gunah (sin) tax…
Reinstatement of PARC Employees – A Constitutional Dilemma An interesting legal proposition has cropped up before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) while adjudicating upon the case for reinstatement of 269 employees of…
Claustrophobic Courtrooms, Broken Benches and Tattered Toilets: How Our Abysmal Judicial Infrastructure is Contributing to the Delay of Justice The judiciary is thought to be one of the most powerful institutions in…
Acid Resistant Makeup: An Effective Non-Legislative Measure Against Acid Attacks? You know humanity has failed when there is a need to create acid resistant makeup because no matter how hard we crack…
Fragmented Framework Of Legal Education In Pakistan The legal education system of Pakistan is in a state of serious crisis and this is evident as we have been unable to lay out…
Pakistan’s Juvenile Justice Pakistan is a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of Child (CRC). Article 37 of the CRC asks state parties to ensure the following: (a) No child shall be…
Has the Caspian Sea’s Legal Status Been Resolved? Caspian Sea, the largest inland sea, is located between the Caucasus Mountains and the vast flat land of Central Asia. It is surrounded by conflicting…
