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Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2016 (Private Member’s Bill) Proposed and moved by: Dr Arif Alvi (Member, National Assembly) Status: Passed (by National Assembly) Summary: The National […]

CII Blamed For Rise In Incidents Of Violence Against Women Holding the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) responsible for the rise in incidents of violence against […]

Give The Transgenders Their Rights Equality and non-discrimination on the basis of gender is guaranteed to the citizens of Islamic Republic of Pakistan by its Constitution, […]

Proposal Floated In Senate To Abolish CII Islamabad: Opposition Senator Farhatullah Babar (PPP) proposed the disbanding of Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) while reflecting upon its […]

22nd Amendment Of The Constitution 1973: A Mixed Blessing Pakistani Parliament is in process of approving the 22nd amendment to the Constitution. The amendment proposes to […]

The Basic Structure Debate At a glance, I applaud the judges of the apex court for giving their decision on the 18th and 21st Amendments. The […]

Sindh Assembly Approves Hindu Marriage Bill For the first time in the country’s history, marriage laws for millions of Hindus living in Sindh have been codified […]

Jinnah’s ‘Presidential’ Pakistan A little while back, while representing Sindh at the Youth Parliament Pakistan (YPP) in Islamabad, I had the good fortune of coming across […]

Constitutional Mandate Of The Federal Shariat Court The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) was established under the Presidential Order No.1 of 1980, incorporated as Chapter 3A of […]

Blasphemy – Unsettling The “Settled Law” While talking to Reuters on 28th January, 2016, Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani, Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) […]

Government Fails to Pass Anti-money Laundering Bill (AML) The government has failed yet again to get the amended Anti-money Laundering (AML) Bill approved from the Senate […]

Allegations of War Crimes Are Credible, According to Sri Lankan Judge Retired judge Maxwell Paranagama, led a a Sri Lankan panel which presented a report to […]

Is the Doctrine of “Separation of Powers” Necessary For Smooth Functioning Of The State’s Affairs In This Modern Day Democracy?  – Part I Introduction: Lord Acton […]

My Experience as Member of PILDAT Youth Parliament Pakistan As a member of PILDAT’s (Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency) 7th Youth Parliament Pakistan, I […]

Parliament In Iran Votes To Accept Nuclear Agreement Iran’s Parliament voted 161-59, with 13 abstentions, to accept the nuclear agreement that was introduced and agreed upon by […]

Difference between Constitutional Amendment and Ordinary Legislation The procedure and requirements of amending the Constitution and making an ordinary law is different. Therefore, an ordinary law […]

 Basic structure Theory – Part I Abstract: There is no such academic theory of Basic Structure in the constitutional jurisprudence of Pakistan, unlike India. Supreme Court […]