Impact Of Sughran Bibi Case On Criminal Justice System Of Pakistan Situational Analysis Pakistan’s Constitution adheres to the principle of the rule of law. Accordingly, it provides for the treatment of every…
Plight Of Fresh Law Graduates On the first day in law college during orientation, institutions traditionally invite senior lawyers to deliver motivational speeches to young students and enlighten them with their experiences.…
Banking and Finance Law Needs Implementation Rather Than Amendments It is a matter of fact that quite a few laws in our country are over a century old. This puts the law-makers…
The #MeToo Movement Sets Precedent In Combating Sexual Harassment “In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of racial or sexual assault and humiliation will be…
Recovery of Dowry According to Islam and Pakistani Law This piece of research has been divided into two parts: Part I. Concept of dowry in Islam; Part II. Pakistani laws related to…
The Case of Colonel Joseph in Light of International Law I- INTRODUCTION In the modern world, the sovereignty of the state is best exercised by applying its national laws, which are more…
Making Punjab Safe City Authority Smarter As a general observation, technological innovation in the public sector in Pakistan does not sustain well. The reason is that at the time of the inception…
Failed Attempt! The laws in Pakistan are ancient, to say the least. For instance, the Civil Procedure Code (CPC), the predominant law regulating the procedure of civil courts is dated 1908 and…
FATF Approval Not Required For Tax Amnesty Scheme The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey-listing debate continues to be an important issue for the Pakistani government in its last few weeks in…
Beyond Precedent The recent judgement on the changes made to Election Act 2017 (which repealed the Political Parties Ordinance 2002 — PPO), whereby Nawaz Sharif was removed as party head, has driven…
Khula After Death I recently read an article written by a fellow columnist titled “Khula: A Gateway of Escape For Women”[1] that intrigued my interest to further explore the concept and venture…
Defending The Qazi And His Rules Whenever judicial discretion is under discussion, it is the poor qazi and the rules applied by him that are put under the critical scanner. From the tradition of…
Aspire To Inspire Had Madam Asma Jahangir confined herself to being just a human rights activist, she would not have earned so much recognition and appreciation in our country. In the legal…
Increasing the Retirement Age and Enhancing Pakistan’s Economic Outlook A recent recommendation (by the then Senate Chair) to enhance the retirement age of a professor to 65 years, along with a 75%…
Restricting Cartels As the 20th century dawned, Queen Victoria was in her 63rd year on the British throne. However, world affairs since Her Majesty assumed the throne in 1837 had definitely acquired…
The De Facto Doctrine Should Not Be Taken Lightly Background The release of Panama Papers (commonly termed as the ‘Panama Leaks’) took Pakistan by storm, as in addition to many Pakistani citizens,…
Regulating Business In The Telecom Sector The telecom indicators showing the health of telecom sector in Pakistan are very impressive. As per the data exhibited on the website of the Pakistan Telecommunication…
