Legal Framework for Pakistan
Law is central to society and our daily lives in this globalized world. No society can claim to have adequate civic education for building a civil society if people don’t have a…
Revising the Ways We Impart Legal Education: The Need of the Hour
In many ways, the generation gap that has befallen over the last ten years is as void as space. Manners have been altered; cultures and civilizations once cherished, abandoned and so are…
A Mindset That Needs To Be Eradicated
Centuries have passed, countless books have been written, technology has surpassed barriers, innumerable studies have been carried out yet the perception of a woman as mere possession is still remains deeply rooted.…
Pakistan’s Pervasive Tactics Regarding The Death Penalty
Pakistan’s Judicial Conundrum – Fighting the Death Penalty On the eve of 17th December, as the country conjointly huddled together to delve and process the events of the preceding day of the…
A Pyrrhic Victory – Commentary on the Verdict of the Judicial Commission
Let us not forget that the Judicial Commission’s mandate was to unearth systematic/organized rigging, and not the localized one in each constituency, which can only be handled individually by the election tribunals…
PAKISTAN: Jails – Reformatory Institutions or Factories Producing Hardened Criminals?
The arguments against jail term in the context of a developing country such as Pakistan holds ground if one considers the fact that the state does nothing to reform inmates. The length of…
Escalation of Commitment- An Insight into the Risks of a Legal Practice
Escalation of Commitment- An Insight into the Risks of a Legal Practice Law students in Pakistan are led to believe that they too can achieve greatness at law firms around the country.…
Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
The ongoing saga of societal and political crisis that the country is facing, has made the Parliament more active with regards to passing of amendments/legislation. As a result of the 16th December’s…
Imbalanced Probabilities & Inconvenient Truths: the Judicial Commission’s Final Report
This past week, the Judicial Commission established pursuant to an agreement in part between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PMLN) released its final report regarding the 2013 elections. The…
Evolution of International Environmental Law and that of National Environmental Laws of Pakistan
Introduction: International Environmental Law has no clear boundaries but many grey areas that intersect with other areas of research such as business, ecology, humanitarian and human rights law. Till the beginning of…
My Two Cents On The Judicial Commission’s Report
I just finished reading the Judicial Commission’s (“the Commission”) final report and following are my key observations; 1. It is a comprehensive account of the Commission’s proceedings. It seems unlikely that anything…
Review of Competition Laws of Pakistan and the role of CCP
In its broadest sense Market Economy can be explained as an economy where individuals own and collect the resources which are allocated through voluntary market dealing of supply and demand chain. In…
Twisted Priorities
It has hardly been a month that the twin cities were graced with the inauguration of the metro bus service to facilitate the commuters travelling between Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The effort and…
Mob Justice Is A Symptom Of The Degeneration Of The Rule Of Law
Mob Justice Is A Symptom Of The Degeneration Of The Rule Of Law The mob justice meted out to 13 year old Samiul Alam Rajon, who was beaten to death in Bangladesh…
Animal Rights in Pakistan
Animal Rights in Pakistan California in the recent U.S. Elections approved Proposition 2, otherwise known as the Standards for Confining Farm Animals Initiative, by a 63% majority. This initiative requires that by…
English Courts Encouraging Arbitration In London: And Discouraging Pakistani Parties
Even though the headquarters of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is located in Paris, London has, in recent times, become a center for arbitration where various law firms have established their offices…
Convention Against Torture and Jurisprudence
Torture has been at the heart of debate even before the 9/11 attacks receiving extensive deliberation in the past as well. Eminent scholars have tried to dissect each and every detail attached…