Commentary

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 […]

Addressing The Legal Issues Around Surrogacy Being a mother and father is not as simple a concept as it seems to be. When a child is […]

The Lords And Their Lordships Judicial activism is a common slogan in most democratic nations around the globe. To uphold the dichotomy of power the judiciary […]

A Deafening Silence On Torture Day (June 26) “I was beaten black and blue and administered with electric shocks and chilli powder was inserted in my […]

The BREXIT Referendum The verdict given by UK voters through the referendum that has been conducted, embarks on a pathway leading to a stronger national identity […]

What A BREXIT Means To The UK “I went to bed reasonably confident and woke up shell shocked”. Many Britons can relate to the words of […]

BREXIT: How A Leave Vote Would Hit London’s Property Market [Brexit is an abbreviation of “British exit” that mirrors the term Grexit. It refers to the […]

Of Justice And The Most Favorite Child Of Law At times we have to pettifog over ‘issues’ to see beyond black and white. The briefest definition […]

Pakistan And The Rights Of The Child On 24-25 May, the Government of Pakistan was reviewed by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, regarding […]

Loyalty, State And The Step Mother In a constitutional democracy, it is not the citizens but their chosen representatives who govern the state by becoming part […]

A Proposal For Legal Reforms My learned friends, I would like to present an open resolution for three important reforms before this august house—a house of […]

Salient Features Of Ehtram-e-Ramzan Law In Pakistan Pakistan has enacted the Ehtram-e-Ramzan Ordinance 1981, the purpose of  which is to provide measures for and observe the […]

‘Marital Rape’ – Where Does It Stand In The Islamic Legal System? What is marital rape? What does Islam say about this? These are important questions which have been the […]

Suggestions To Improve Meeting Areas Of Guardian Courts In Lahore & Other Districts Of Punjab Contesting parents have an inherent right to visit their minor child, especially […]

Narrow-Minded Clergy: Our Hopeless Fate Is it okay in Islam to beat your wife? Is it okay for her to do all the housework and for […]

Jirga’s Antidote Is Fair For A Functional Justice System In the absence of a fair and functional judicial system that can uphold the rule of law, […]

On Biblical And Literary Justice My friend Adam Sulkowski asked a question that forced me to stretch deep into my memory for a quote. Adam asked […]