Guest Columnists

[TRIGGER WARNING] “Legal language does more than express thoughts. It reinforces certain world views and understanding of events.”[1] The crime of rape is old in age, […]

Introduction The Indus Basin is co-shared by Afghanistan, China, India and Pakistan. However, the Basin is mainly governed by the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) executed by […]

Abstract Libel cases often end up in a compromise, if they survive at all. This raises questions regarding whether public office-bearers can even bring defamation charges […]

Data Collection and Consent: Does Yes Really Mean Yes? Technology giants such as Google, Facebook and Amazon have been on an upward path to success and […]

The competent prosecution of criminal offences is a fundamental term of our social contract. The state investigates, arms the prosecutor, determines and provides the venue for […]

There is no doubt that sugar pricing evokes more than mere emotions among Pakistani citizens and industry stakeholders annually. Every crushing season rekindles the debate generated […]

This article aims to highlight the scope of pre-trial arrest and detention[1] in Islamic criminal law and procedure.[2] The nature and history of Islamic criminal law […]

Quaid-e-Azam, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, while addressing a group of civil servants in April 1948, shared the following words: “The first thing that I want to tell […]

With the invention of World Wide Web, connectivity across the globe has turned the world into a global village. The age of print media is attenuating […]

Introduction The Conference of Parties adopted the Paris Agreement in its twenty-first session (COP21). The agreement recognised climate change as an urgent and potentially irreversible threat[1] […]

Introduction Protecting the most vulnerable members of society should be an essential feature of any well-functioning legal system. A reputed non-governmental organization in Pakistan, in its […]

A few days ago, when bar-bench relations in Islamabad were already at an all-time low, the honourable Islamabad High Court (IHC) proceeded to announce a judgment […]

Systematic discrimination and human rights violations against minority communities in Sri Lanka are not new in the country’s political and social realm. The most recent of […]

No More Dignity Trials Lamented as a colonial relic but also labeled as pejorative and contemptuous, the “two finger test” has been used to ascertain whether […]

“Raising the living standard and socio-economic uplift of industrial workers is the cornerstone of the government policy, which is being achieved by providing the basic and […]

Facts of the Case Tensions in the Middle East significantly worsened after Major General Qassem Soleimani was assassinated by a US air strike at Baghdad Airport […]

Protection of traditional cultural products such as the Sindhi ajrak or Sargodha’s kinnow and improvements in the trade sector of Pakistan can be encouraged through the […]