Commentary

The Case Against Dissolution of Local Governments I – Introduction “Dissolution” is not something new to Pakistani law. The first time I read the word “writ”  […]

International Human Rights and Religious Expression Abstract International law is a much-ignored essential component of legal studies, especially in Pakistan. Dilemmas faced by religious minorities, even […]

Tout Surety – An Open Secret When we read about the problems in our justice system, all arguments revolve around one very important issue: delays. Seldom, […]

Towards Effective Remedies Against Forced Conversions In an increasingly volatile state-society complex like Pakistan, human rights violations continue to surface time and again, bringing individual suffering […]

Qandeel Baloch – Awaiting Justice Murderers of Qandeel Baloch were recently pardoned by her parents again for the second time since the case had opened. Pardoning […]

Patriotism – A Critical Appraisal “I want to light the lights of patriotism.” – Lech Walesa A state, as per political theorists, is a politically organized […]

Data Protection Laws: Where do Pakistan and India Stand? With technology and digitization taking over the world, data protection laws are becoming the need of the […]

The Case For Kashmir Amidst radio silence and increased military mobilisation by Indian troops within Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), the fears of many across the subcontinent […]

Telecom: The Answer To Pakistan’s Legal Literacy Woes? Despite the disenfranchisement of a faction of the population from availing its fundamental rights, the matter of legal […]

Anti-Terrorism Laws and Their Wholesale Use According to a Supreme Court judgment in 2017, the fact that ordinary crime can have a devastating, gruesome and heart-rending […]

Islamic Banking vs Netflix Banking as a service has always been controversial when it comes to keeping it compatible with Islamic provisions. Reasons for this incompatibility […]

Costs that Pinch The development of law is an interesting phenomenon. It is informed by so many factors. While it may be true that evolution of […]

A Judge – To Be Or Not To Be In a recent article titled “Silencing The Judiciary?” published on CourtingTheLaw.com[1], a very robust view had been […]

Supreme Court’s Judgment on Minorities Still Awaits Compliance After 5 Years Five years ago on this date, a bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan concluded suo […]

Evolution of Human Rights Definition of Legal Right It is of paramount importance to know the legal meaning of a right before jumping to its origin […]

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 […]

6 Reasons Why Rape is an Under-Reported Crime Hardly a week passes in our country without there being a media report about an incident of rape […]