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The Fable Of Government Lawyers Legend has it that the federal and provincial governments have an army of lawyers at their disposal, working respectively in the […]

Solving The Protagoras Paradox – You Be The Judge Many years ago, a law teacher came across a student who was willing to learn but was […]

Why Should Pakistan Sign The First Optional Protocol To The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) On December 12, 2016, a mosque owned by […]

National Centre for Dispute Resolution Completes 10 Years, Celebrates A Decade Of Achievement In 2007, National Centre for Dispute Resolution (NCDR), Pakistan’s first mediation centre was established […]

Judicial Interpretation Of The Right To Life The right to life is a fundamental right and is protected under the Constitution in a democracy. Given this constitutional […]

Countering Terrorism: Legal Challenges Although Pakistan’s military operations against terrorism have been remarkable from a military standpoint, overlapping laws, poorly drafted legislation and troubled court system has […]

Patriarchy Killed Hina Shahnawaz News of honour killings, or karo-kari, is not new to Pakistan. Almost a thousand women are killed every year for allegedly bringing […]

Price Of A Life: Compensation To The Civilian Victims Of Terrorism An overlooked or rather ignored aspect which needs attention is the amount of compensation awarded […]

President, Parliament And Separation Of Powers “It is the will of the people which turns an ordinance from ‘having effect and force of law’ to ‘law […]

Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied The problem of delayed justice is nothing new and has been growing since the independence of Pakistan. Many attempts have been […]

To Bail Or Not To Bail? It is a universally recognized principle that wherever there is inequality, there cannot be justice. Equality and justice are two […]

The Right To Protest: No More? Within the first month of the new year, Punjab government sent out a clear message to those who had hoped […]

Human Trafficking And The Lesser Known Evil Amongst many abduction cases where victims have undergone a long period of captivity before being recovered, there was one […]

Failed Promise Although former US President Obama’s administration has achieved milestones correcting the previous regime’s botches, surely, closure of Guantanamo Bay has been neglected. Despite his […]

Public Interest Litigation: A Path To Silent Revolution! After dealing with the cases of my clients, I always try to find some time to conduct research […]

Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards Following the passing of the Energy Act 2011, the government has introduced the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 […]

Before The Honourable Court Of Psychology One summer morning at a trial court room, a learned judge enters escorted by the bailiff of the court, cases […]