Access To Justice And Legal Aid According to a report titled Understanding the Informal Justice System: Opportunities and Possibilities for Legal Pluralism in Pakistan (2015), 98.2 […]
The Condition Of Elderly Persons And Their Right Of Care And Maintenance In Pakistan
The Condition Of Elderly Persons And Their Right Of Care And Maintenance In Pakistan The American Psychological Association (APA) reports that every year, an estimated 4 […]
Fiasco Of The Anti-Honor Killing Bill 2015/16
Fiasco Of The Anti-Honor Killing Bill 2015/16 When the atrocious murder of famous social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch was committed in the pretext of “honor”, Parliament […]
Are The International Protections For Children Truly International?
Are The International Protections For Children Truly International? “Humanity has to do its best for the child.” – Declaration of Geneva Recently on 20th November 2016, […]
#TransLivesMatter
#TransLivesMatter On November 13, 2016, a video went viral on social media, which showed a transgender woman pinned down and being viciously flogged by a gang […]
Laws For The Protection Of Whistleblowers In Pakistan
Laws For The Protection Of Whistleblowers In Pakistan (With Origins and Brief History) The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa enacted a landmark law in September this year. […]
Is ‘But-For’ The Best Tool For Applying Causation
Is ‘But-For’ The Best Tool For Applying Causation Introduction The causal link is a crucial element of a case where the fault of the defendant, with […]
Tax Declarations Of Prime Minister: Significant Gaps
Tax Declarations Of Prime Minister: Significant Gaps “Illicit financial activities enabled by tax havens undermined the fight against poverty. When taxes are evaded, when state assets […]
Requiem For A Dream
Requiem For A Dream It is despicable for Pakistan Bar Council to propagate that judges of the honorable courts do not have powers to suspend the […]
Judicial Accountability Begins At Home
Judicial Accountability Begins At Home Ch. Muhammad Akram v Registrar Islamabad High Court (IHC) The Honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan, in a recent judgment titled Ch. […]
Accountability In The Land Of The Pure
Accountability In The Land Of The Pure Self-accountability is no accountability in a country such as Pakistan. Even the so-called independent bodies of accountability like the […]
Pakistan’s Case For Democracy
Pakistan’s Case For Democracy The American diplomat Richard Holbrooke pondered over a problem on an evening of September 1996 during the elections in Bosnia which were […]
Religious Minority Representation In Political Process Conspicuously Absent
Religious Minority Representation In Political Process Conspicuously Absent Despite a lapse of 69 years, religious minority communities of the country lack representation in mainstream politics. A […]
Drowned To Be Cleansed – A Tale Of The “Honourable” Women In Pakistan
Drowned To Be Cleansed – A Tale Of The “Honourable” Women In Pakistan Pakistan, for 69 years, has experienced the role of the formal judicial law […]
A Need For ‘Good Samaritans Law’ In Pakistan?
A Need For ‘Good Samaritans Law’ In Pakistan? To help or aid a stranger in dire need of medical assistance ought to be one’s moral, ethical […]
Whether Deputation/ Absorption Into NAB Is Legal
Whether Deputation/ Absorption Into NAB Is Legal The august Supreme Court of Pakistan has recently taken suo moto notice on an anonymous letter pertaining to the alleged […]
Imperial Black Law Which Continues To Plague The Tribal Areas Of Pakistan
Imperial Black Law Which Continues To Plague The Tribal Areas Of Pakistan Introduction and Historical Background Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) is a law governing the Federally […]