Article 209 (5) may have been the provision that made way for the President of Pakistan to file a reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa. But […]

The Writ is Up For Grabs When state gets into the habit of surrendering its writ, several claimants begin to emerge from within itself. Chunk by […]

Bar vs Bench (Satire) The tussle between bar and the bench, which took an ugly turn last week, has finally been settled. What looked like an […]

Fraternity, Bar And Much Needed Reforms You need badgers; lawyers, usually young ones, who would decorate their chest with a badge carrying the name of, and […]

The Panama Verdict – Sharpening of the Sword On July 28th 2017, a three-member special bench of the Supreme Court announced its judgment, followed by a […]

Expected Verdict and the Doctrine of Necessity The three member special bench has concluded its proceedings and reserved its judgment in the Panama Papers case. The […]

Criminals In Our Inbox Door-to-door marketing is not very common in Pakistan for a number of reasons. Even in other countries, technological developments in marketing and […]

The Struggle For Rule Of Law(yers) A few days ago Chief Justice (CJ) of the Lahore High Court (LHC) suspended the licence of an advocate in […]

Electoral Reforms: One Key To Many Doors The importance of identification, investigation and eradication of corruption and the corrupt cannot possibly be undermined. Electoral reforms however, […]

Private Schools-Parents-State: The Hate Triangle Recent events have changed the way a student looks at his/her educational institution. The parent-school tussle does not have a party […]

Holy Bilawals, Dispensable Bismas & A Subverted Constitution “The State shall protect the marriage, the family, the mother and the child”.. says Article 35 of the […]

Democracy: Fact Or Fiction So we are back to “saving democracy”. You may once have thought that accountability was a significant component of democracy, but apparently […]

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 […]

No election in Pakistan’s recent history has been shrouded more in controversy than the general elections 2013 (GE 2013). Allegations of rigging, malpractices, negligence and irregularities […]