Failed Attempt!
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
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
Beyond Precedent The recent judgement on the changes made to Election Act 2017 (which repealed the Political Parties Ordinance 2002 — PPO), whereby Nawaz Sharif was removed as party head, has driven…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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
Unexplained Wealth Orders
Unexplained Wealth Orders The UK National Crime Agency last week announced that it had been granted the power to enforce an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) worth £22 million and freeze the two…
Foreign Arbitration Laws – An Appellate Adventure of Pakistani Courts
Foreign Arbitration Laws – An Appellate Adventure of Pakistani Courts Pakistan is an agro-economic country that benefits from the sale of grains, rice, cotton yield and textile to the foreign investors. These…
The Need To Develop Constitutional Torts In Pakistan
The Need To Develop Constitutional Torts In Pakistan Abstract: Tortious claims are private law civil remedies availed by those who suffer harm and seek compensation. Over time and across the world, public law…
Should FATF Put Pakistan On Its Terrorist Financing Watch-List?
Should FATF Put Pakistan On Its Terrorist Financing Watch-List? Pakistan is in the spotlight again. This time due to a motion moved by certain member states of the Financial Action Task Force…
Marital Rape: As Heinous As A War Crime
Marital Rape: As Heinous As A War Crime The term “marital rape” in itself is quite puzzling and is a concept many do not understand or, as I would like to say,…
Khula: A Gateway Of Escape For Women
Khula: A Gateway Of Escape For Women Most of us, including myself, before penetrating into this issue, may be heedless about a women’s right to khula (khulʿ in Arabic) in Islam. Marriage is…
Abortion: The Autonomy Of A Woman?
Abortion: The Autonomy Of A Woman? Abortion has always been a universally controversial issue and will always remain to be one. It cannot be denied that it is under debate everywhere in…