Commentary

When we talk about the right of the accused in a criminal trial, two fundamental and inalienable rights which come to mind are the right to […]

The Report on Internal Human Trafficking 2022, prepared by Barrister Abdus Saleem & Law Associates, aims to discuss the laws pertaining to human trafficking, specifically the […]

Climate change has become a crisis of current times affecting every country on every continent. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (including its 17 sustainable development […]

Introduction With social media platforms on the rise, people have been awarded with unsolicited power to voice their opinion and such freedom of speech comes with […]

“When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons. In vital matters however…the decision should […]

The election of Chief Minister, Punjab on 22nd July, 2022 has unleashed a new constitutional crisis. I make an attempt to describe the events leading up […]

Introduction The legislature provides legal recourse for many grievances, but people often resort to strikes when the law does not help them. A strike is a […]

While the change of opinion of the US Supreme Court from allowing abortion in Roe v. Wade in 1973 to prohibiting it in Dobbs v. Jackson […]

Maroof Sani Citizens have the right to have their liberty and security respected under Article 9 of the constitution.  All the state institutions, whether the police […]

The extent and scope of marital privilege in American, English, Indian and Pakistani jurisdictions Nouman Yaseen The communications between spouses are covered by a privilege under […]

Sana Abbas Dashti (Civil Judge & Judicial Magistrate- Karachi East)                   For every business or trade to flourish there is need of paramount security from state […]

Ahmed Abbas It was February last year when Islamabad High Court witnessed a dark day after it was stormed by frenzied lawyers vandalized the property, laying […]

Izza Rizvi “The moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice”[1]. (Theodore Parker) Rule of law demands habitual obedience to the law […]

Adeel Wahid A. Introduction The aim of this paper is to explore the “pith and substance” doctrine, and notions of Cooperative Federalism (also known as Marble […]

Momin Ali Khan By a recent short order of the Supreme Court of Pakistan dated 17th May 2022, it was held that the vote of any […]

The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, which was unanimously passed by Parliament in 1973, was authored by my late father, Abdul Hafeez Pirzada. The […]

Diversity contributes to legitimacy. In a country where the judiciary is under incessant reproval from different echelons of the society for not being as independent as […]