Picture fair trial: an independent forum, an impartial judge, a detailed judgment, and a substantive right of appeal. Now, picture its absence: court-martials. Trials where guilt […]
Augmented Learning: Legal Education in the Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence
The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Co-Pilot, Claude, Grok, and DeepSeek has sparked a transformative debate in higher education, particularly […]
Zan, Zar, Zameen: She’s Not Yours to Own
The notion that women are comparable to property, akin to wealth and land, is a troubling and outdated belief encapsulated in the phrase “Zan, Zar, Zameen”. […]
From Phulmoni to Islamabad: A Century of Struggles Over Child Marriage Laws
In May 2025, Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari signed into law a long-awaited amendment raising the minimum legal age of marriage to 18 for both girls […]
A Life in Law, Cut Short: Remembering Malik Israr Ahmed
On most mornings, Malik Israr Ahmed could be found pacing the narrow halls of the Attock District Courts, legal file in hand, blazer a touch weathered […]
Revisiting the Indus Waters Treaty: Does India have the legal right to walk away?
After the partition of the subcontinent in 1947, water sharing became a pivotal concern between the two newly formed nations—India and Pakistan. This was largely due […]
I DISSENT – THE JURISPRUDENTIAL DISAGREEMENTS IN TAX LAW
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Munib Akhtar of the Supreme Court, both, have an established, longstanding judicial record to speak for their acumen and understanding of the law. Despite their respective chief justiceships having fallen victim to politics, strangled by the passage of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, their widespread contributions to the jurisprudence in Pakistan are hard to ignore.
The Age of Consent
It began, as most reckonings do, not with a revolution but with a rulebook. A bill, tabled without warning, passed without fanfare, and signed under siege […]
Punjab’s Local Government Act 2025: Reform or Regression?
The Punjab government unveiled the Punjab Local Government Act 2025, a comprehensive reform package that purports to decentralise governance after years of delay and uneven political […]
Regulating the Remedy: Pakistan’s Legal Prescription for Digital Health
In Pakistan, every family has a designated hakim and at least one relative who dabbles in WhatsApp diagnoses, offering unverified remedies and unsolicited second opinions. Against […]
Fractured Restraint: The Latest India–Pakistan Standoff
May 2025 saw South Asia experience one of its worst military crises in recent years. Between May 7 and May 10, the two nuclear-armed nations engaged […]
Off-Limits: Kirthar National Park
Land is not capital to which we have property rights; rather it is the place for which we have moral responsibility in reciprocity for its gift […]
Pakistan’s Legal Framework for Environmental Protection Beyond Symbolism
“Climate action is not optional, it’s an imperative,” remarked the Secretary-General of the United Nations to world leaders at the Climate Action Summit during COP29 on […]
Addressing the Threat of US Sanctions Against Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline
Pakistan was recently notified by Iran through a legal notice threatening to take Pakistan to arbitration in Paris for failing to uphold its part of the […]
Does the 26th Amendment Threaten Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law?
Abstract This article focuses on the recent Twenty Sixth Constitutional Amendment passed by the Pakistani Parliament. It has raised many eyebrows because of its effects on […]
An Open Letter to Law Neophytes: Navigating Primary Career Years
You have successfully finished law school with a degree in one of the most noble and traditional professions. Preceding you lies a rich history of many […]
Qatl-e-Khata by Negligent and Rash Driving – Section 320
Karachi’s Karsaz Road recently witnessed the untimely demise of two innocent individuals, crushed under the proverbial and literal wheels of unbridled entitlement. An SUV-wielding driver, in […]