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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] […]

This comprehensive legislative and policy review of Pakistan’s power sector has been undertaken by Courting The Law and a team of concerned lawyers, including Taimur Malik, […]

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 […]

REGTECH: How Distributed Ledger Technology Can Help Regulators and Businesses In Pakistan [This paper originates from interactions with the SECP]. INTRODUCTION Regulatory technology (regtech) focuses on […]

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 […]

Introduction A trademark is a category of intellectual property pertaining to the protection of a certain design, logo or expression (“marks”) of a certain product or […]

Download a copy of the Pakistan Capital Punishment Study here: Pakistan Capital Punishment Study (FFR & Reprieve) Between 2010 and 2018, Pakistan’s Supreme Court overturned 78% of […]

The city of Karachi, which is not only the most populous city in Pakistan but is also the country’s economic hub, has been in the news […]

I do not intend to use fancy language or interpret a problematic provision of law or mention statistics to support my assertions. Today, I write as […]

A new era of corporate age has dawned upon us. The existence of a vibrant and thriving corporate culture has indisputably become imperative for the economic […]

Background of the Project The city of Lahore is the capital of the province of Punjab and a regional urban center with commercial, financial, industrial and […]

Abstract This article attempts to provide an analytical review of Pakistan’s historical and continuing experience with blasphemy law, the validity of the law on the basis […]