Plight Of Fresh Law Graduates On the first day in law college during orientation, institutions traditionally invite senior lawyers to deliver motivational speeches to young students […]
Banking and Finance Law Needs Implementation Rather Than Amendments
Banking and Finance Law Needs Implementation Rather Than Amendments It is a matter of fact that quite a few laws in our country are over a […]
The #MeToo Movement Sets Precedent In Combating Sexual Harassment
The #MeToo Movement Sets Precedent In Combating Sexual Harassment “In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of racial or […]
Recovery of Dowry According to Islam and Pakistani Law
Recovery of Dowry According to Islam and Pakistani Law This piece of research has been divided into two parts: Part I. Concept of dowry in Islam; […]
The Case of Colonel Joseph in Light of International Law
The Case of Colonel Joseph in Light of International Law I- INTRODUCTION In the modern world, the sovereignty of the state is best exercised by applying […]
Making Punjab Safe City Authority Smarter
Making Punjab Safe City Authority Smarter As a general observation, technological innovation in the public sector in Pakistan does not sustain well. The reason is that […]
Failed Attempt!
Failed Attempt! The laws in Pakistan are ancient, to say the least. For instance, the Civil Procedure Code (CPC), the predominant law regulating the procedure of […]
FATF Approval Not Required For Tax Amnesty Scheme
FATF Approval Not Required For Tax Amnesty Scheme The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey-listing debate continues to be an important issue for the Pakistani government […]
Beyond Precedent
Beyond Precedent The recent judgement on the changes made to Election Act 2017 (which repealed the Political Parties Ordinance 2002 — PPO), whereby Nawaz Sharif was […]
Khula After Death
Khula After Death I recently read an article written by a fellow columnist titled “Khula: A Gateway of Escape For Women”[1] that intrigued my interest to […]
Defending The Qazi And His Rules
Defending The Qazi And His Rules Whenever judicial discretion is under discussion, it is the poor qazi and the rules applied by him that are put under the […]
Aspire To Inspire
Aspire To Inspire Had Madam Asma Jahangir confined herself to being just a human rights activist, she would not have earned so much recognition and appreciation […]
Increasing the Retirement Age and Enhancing Pakistan’s Economic Outlook
Increasing the Retirement Age and Enhancing Pakistan’s Economic Outlook A recent recommendation (by the then Senate Chair) to enhance the retirement age of a professor to […]
Restricting Cartels
Restricting Cartels As the 20th century dawned, Queen Victoria was in her 63rd year on the British throne. However, world affairs since Her Majesty assumed the […]
The De Facto Doctrine Should Not Be Taken Lightly
The De Facto Doctrine Should Not Be Taken Lightly Background The release of Panama Papers (commonly termed as the ‘Panama Leaks’) took Pakistan by storm, as […]
Regulating Business In The Telecom Sector
Regulating Business In The Telecom Sector The telecom indicators showing the health of telecom sector in Pakistan are very impressive. As per the data exhibited on […]
Unexplained Wealth Orders
Unexplained Wealth Orders The UK National Crime Agency last week announced that it had been granted the power to enforce an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) worth […]