NAB Law and the Bones of Contention Background The word anti-corruption predates the making of the country. The first law to address it, known as the […]
Is There A Place For Morality In The Rule Of Law?
Is There A Place For Morality In The Rule Of Law? This writing explores the question of rule of law and morality: what we mean by […]
A Brief Round Up of Cyber Crime Law In Pakistan
A Brief Round Up of Cyber Crime Law In Pakistan Cyber crime is a crime in which criminal activities are carried out by means of computers […]
Know Your Taxes
Know Your Taxes Taxation in sovereign countries like Pakistan has developed into two types. The “direct tax” that you have to pay is called as such […]
Asia Bibi Case Verdict: Fallacious Arguments And Our National Mindset
Asia Bibi Case Verdict: Fallacious Arguments And Our National Mindset The Supreme Court of Pakistan, the leading judicial body of Pakistan, recently announced the verdict in […]
Contribution Of Justice A.R. Cornelius To The Jurisprudence Of Pakistan
Contribution Of Justice A.R. Cornelius To The Jurisprudence Of Pakistan It is true that the underdevelopment of jurisprudence owing to a lack of juristic work has […]
Foreign Direct Investment and Intellectual Property Rights Under CPEC [Part 1]
Understanding Foreign Direct Investment and Intellectual Property Rights in the Context of CPEC [Part 1] This is the first article in a series of articles which will examine […]
Rules Of State Responsibility On Nuclear Disarmament
Rules Of State Responsibility On Nuclear Disarmament The law of state responsibility is concerned with the determination of whether a state has committed a wrongful act […]
Judicial Review: An Aggressive Exercise?
Judicial Review: An Aggressive Exercise? Black’s Law Dictionary defines judicial activism as the philosophy of judicial decision-making whereby judges allow their personal views about public policy, […]
Questionable Tinkering With Retirement Age of Senior Judiciary
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Questionable Tinkering With Retirement Age of Senior Judiciary Let us first get one thing straight, and this humble author would […]
Foreign Arbitration Agreements – A Pakistani Perspective
Foreign Arbitration Agreements – A Pakistani Perspective Recently, a fellow columnist authored an article[1] titled “Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards In Pakistan” published on 15 December […]
Merits of the Anti-Encroachment Drive in Karachi
Merits of the Anti-Encroachment Drive in Karachi We are all aware of the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Karachi. The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Saqib Nisar […]
Aasia Bibi – More Sinned Against than Sinning
Aasia Bibi – More Sinned Against than Sinning Recently a judgment was announced by the European Court of Human Rights in which it was categorically stated […]
Challenges of Mainstreaming Renewable Energy in Pakistan’s Generation Mix
Challenges of ‘Mainstreaming’ Renewable Energy in Pakistan’s Generation Mix This article does not claim to be academic work which follows the same rigorous and uncompromising standards […]
Improving Access to Justice
Improving Access to Justice Access to justice remains an elusive concept for most citizens of Pakistan. The new government, as part of its 100-day agenda, has […]
Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Pakistan
Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Pakistan In the international arena, the convention that regulates enforcement of foreign arbitral awards is the United Nations Convention on […]
Consequences Of Imposing ‘Sin’ Tax On Cigarettes – Benefit Or Detriment?
Consequences Of Imposing ‘Sin’ Tax On Cigarettes – Benefit Or Detriment? On 4th December 2018, Health Minister Amir Kayani said that the federal government was looking […]