Abstract In the sprawling labyrinth of modern warfare, where battles are no longer fought solely in trenches and on distant battlefields, a new arena has emerged: […]
Partition Litigation in Pakistan: A Legal System Trapped in Time
“The law of the land is also the law of generations.” In Pakistan, few legal disputes carry the same level of emotional and generational weight as […]
Strengthening Pakistan’s National Commission on the Rights of the Child( NCRC)
Pakistan is home to over 112 million children, nearly half of its population, yet millions continue to face severe challenges, as highlighted in the State of […]
Justice on Paper: The Gap Between FIR Law and Reality in Pakistan
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898(hereinafter referred to as Cr.P.C.), provides for the office of Justice of Peace to maintain public peace and order, and to […]
AI, Fair Use, and Piracy: What Bartz v. Anthropic Means for Pakistan’s Copyright Future
The rise of generative AI has unlocked new frontiers in how machines read, write, and reason, but what happens when this intelligence is built on a […]
Internship at Ahmed and Pansota
17th June 2025 – 5th July 2025 In a city where courtrooms ring with the echoes of law and dusty files record decades’ worth of personal […]
Eighteen Is Not Western—It Is Constitutional, Islamic, and Just
The critics’ lament—“But that’s westernization!”—rings hollow. When Islamabad passed the Child Marriage Restraint Bill in May 2025, it did not just legislate; it made a statement. […]
Supreme Court on Forest Depletion and Article 9A: Mehar Badshah vs. GOVERNMENT OF KPK (PLD 2025 Supreme Court 36)
In the landmark judgement, Mehar Badshah vs. Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Supreme Court of Pakistan sets the precedent of environmental rights litigation under Article 9A […]
A Guide to Medical Malpractice Litigation in Sindh, Pakistan
The Sindh Healthcare Commission Act, 2013 (the SHCC Act) was enacted with the object and purpose of establishing the Sindh Healthcare Commission (the Commission), i.e., an […]
Protecting Corporate Identity: Arguing for the Separate Legal Entity Principle
A company has been established as a separate legal entity in the case of Salomon[1], and courts have further elaborated on the corporation being its own […]
From Rejection to Reality: The Return of Solar Panel Tax in Pakistan
As the world races toward renewable energy, Pakistan has taken a step back, taxing solar panels just when they became a lifeline for the middle class. […]
Court Martialing Civilians
Picture fair trial: an independent forum, an impartial judge, a detailed judgment, and a substantive right of appeal. Now, picture its absence: court-martials. Trials where guilt […]
Augmented Learning: Legal Education in the Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence
The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Co-Pilot, Claude, Grok, and DeepSeek has sparked a transformative debate in higher education, particularly […]
Zan, Zar, Zameen: She’s Not Yours to Own
The notion that women are comparable to property, akin to wealth and land, is a troubling and outdated belief encapsulated in the phrase “Zan, Zar, Zameen”. […]
From Phulmoni to Islamabad: A Century of Struggles Over Child Marriage Laws
In May 2025, Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari signed into law a long-awaited amendment raising the minimum legal age of marriage to 18 for both girls […]
Punjab Awareness Bill: Populist Power Grab at the Expense of Fair Trial and Separation of Powers
Advertising may be the art of persuasion; however, the siphoning of public funds for persuading the taxpayers of the purported success of a government is truly […]
A Life in Law, Cut Short: Remembering Malik Israr Ahmed
On most mornings, Malik Israr Ahmed could be found pacing the narrow halls of the Attock District Courts, legal file in hand, blazer a touch weathered […]