To Hang or Not To Hang – That is NOT the Question Asia Bibi, a woman, a Christian woman, was sentenced to death approximately six years […]
Child Abuse
Child Abuse Nelson Mandela once said: “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats it’s children.” Indeed […]
Alternative Methods of Resolving Disputes
Alternative Methods of Resolving Disputes: The Right Kind of Help for The Justice System Teaching law to students since last year, one thing most evident was their […]
Why Must Mediation Be Promoted In Pakistan
Why Must Mediation Be Promoted In Pakistan The three most essential elements which need to be available to any society, community or nation are: Access to […]
An Opportunity Lost
An Opportunity Lost The judicial Commission was created pursuant to the General Elections 2013 Inquiry Commission Ordinance, 2015, to; “answer its TORs by uncovering its relevant […]
Is the Human Trafficking Ordinance just another failed statute in Pakistan?
The situation of human rights in Pakistan as recorded by international rights organizations, bodies and agencies has always been grave and continues to exacerbate. In […]
Legal Framework for Pakistan
Law is central to society and our daily lives in this globalized world. No society can claim to have adequate civic education for building a civil […]
Revising the Ways We Impart Legal Education: The Need of the Hour
In many ways, the generation gap that has befallen over the last ten years is as void as space. Manners have been altered; cultures and civilizations […]
A Mindset That Needs To Be Eradicated
Centuries have passed, countless books have been written, technology has surpassed barriers, innumerable studies have been carried out yet the perception of a woman as mere […]
Pakistan’s Pervasive Tactics Regarding The Death Penalty
Pakistan’s Judicial Conundrum – Fighting the Death Penalty On the eve of 17th December, as the country conjointly huddled together to delve and process the events […]
A Pyrrhic Victory – Commentary on the Verdict of the Judicial Commission
Let us not forget that the Judicial Commission’s mandate was to unearth systematic/organized rigging, and not the localized one in each constituency, which can only be […]
PAKISTAN: Jails – Reformatory Institutions or Factories Producing Hardened Criminals?
The arguments against jail term in the context of a developing country such as Pakistan holds ground if one considers the fact that the state does nothing […]
Escalation of Commitment- An Insight into the Risks of a Legal Practice
Escalation of Commitment- An Insight into the Risks of a Legal Practice Law students in Pakistan are led to believe that they too can achieve greatness […]
Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
The ongoing saga of societal and political crisis that the country is facing, has made the Parliament more active with regards to passing of amendments/legislation. As […]
Imbalanced Probabilities & Inconvenient Truths: the Judicial Commission’s Final Report
This past week, the Judicial Commission established pursuant to an agreement in part between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PMLN) released its final […]
Evolution of International Environmental Law and that of National Environmental Laws of Pakistan
Introduction: International Environmental Law has no clear boundaries but many grey areas that intersect with other areas of research such as business, ecology, humanitarian and human […]
My Two Cents On The Judicial Commission’s Report
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 […]