Know Your Rights

Anticipatory Bail – An Extraordinary Judicial Intervention? On 14th March 2020, an order of the Supreme Court of Pakistan was widely reported with a claim that […]

Where Is My Right To Health? As members of the human society, we are conscious about our health and the health of those we care about. […]

Consumer Protection Law: A Neglected Gem A consumer, as defined by Section 2(c) of the Islamabad Consumer Protection Act 1995, is any person who buys goods […]

Anti-Harassment Laws in Pakistan Sexual harassment is a non-consensual act, carried out either physically or mentally, or through words spoken towards another person, in a sexual […]

Participatory and Representative Democracy in General Elections 2018 Types of Democracy In that regard, there are two main types of democracy, participatory (direct) and representative democracy. […]

Your Right To Information Matters Because You Never Know When You’re Going To Need It The right to acquire information is a fundamental right of every […]

Legal Rights of Children Under Laws of Pakistan Many laws deal with the rights of children. It is necessary to shed light on the definition of a child, […]

Remissness Towards Juvenile Rights The guiding principles set out this year by UNICEF state that, “Children’s rights are human rights for children.” The 1989 United Nations Convention on […]

Important UK Legislation Which Still Has Relevance Today ‘‘Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must […]

Competence Of Witness (Child Witness) Article 3 of the Qanoon-e-Shahadat Order 1984 deals with the competency of a witness. A witness is a person who deposes some […]

Do You Know Your Qaaf Se Qanoon? Good things should be appreciated and promoted, a recent example would be Qaaf se Qanoon, a radio-show, launched on ZAB […]

Offences – Basic Concepts Section 40 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) defines an offence as any act or omission which has been made punishable by any/special or […]

Summary Of The Guardian & Wards Act 1890 The Act is divided into four chapters. The first Chapter (sections 1- 4 A) deals with certain preliminary […]

Acquisition Proceedings Revisited Unjustifiable acquisition of land by government authorities in the name of public interest is in limelight these days. Pressure groups and affected individuals […]

Islam And Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Female genital mutilation is a process that involves partial or total removal of female genitalia. A Muslim male is usually […]

Protection Of Women Against Violence – New Bill Passed By Punjab Assembly On 25 February 2016, the Provincial Assembly of Punjab passed the Punjab Protection of […]

Breastfeeding At The Workplace In Pakistan  A few days ago when I was researching on the possible maternity rights available to women in Pakistan, I was […]