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…
NAB vs Vice Chancellors: Witch-Hunt of the Weak and Vulnerable in the Name of Accountability The images of two retired Vice Chancellors of public sector universities being handcuffed and taken to National…
The Brett Kavanaugh Saga – Victory of One, Defeat of Many On the 6th of October, 2018, US President Donald Trump’s “great” judicial nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his supporters celebrated a victory,…
What Do Recent Reforms In Legal Education Mean For Foreign Law Graduates? During the Second World War, when the Germans were wreaking havoc over London with incessant attacks, Sir Winston Churchill, the…
Are Pakistani Households Abusing Domestic Workers? It is true that Pakistan has its fair share of deranged practices and the abuse of domestic workers is one of them. It is often the…
A Lawyer’s Motivation “You seem too young; wouldn’t you need some senior to guide you through?” Despite spending quite some time in the profession of hardcore lawyering, this is what one young…
Learning From The Previous Government’s Policy Failures Without getting into the Panama Papers and personal conduct of the Sharifs, I simply want to bring your attention to the policy failures of the…
Let Justice Be Done Though The Heavens Fall Justice is a notion so pure that it is autonomous to the idiosyncrasies of emotions, affections and aspirations. The only objective of a court…
