Commentary

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 […]

The Untouchables I woke up the other day and looked in the newspaper to search for updates on the incident that had taken place a few […]

Part II: In ‘Pursuit Of Happiness’ – Hats Off To His Lordship! On 23rd February 2016, the honourable Lahore High Court judge, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali […]

Give The Transgenders Their Rights Equality and non-discrimination on the basis of gender is guaranteed to the citizens of Islamic Republic of Pakistan by its Constitution, […]

Hijab – By Choice Or By Force? Since childhood, I have come across several discussions, which shape two shades of the perspective, choice or force. I have […]

No One Can Take Law Into Own Hands No person shall be deprived of life or liberty save in accordance with law (Article 9 of the […]

The Sindh Hindu Marriage Bill 2016 – What About Hindu Pakistanis Of Other Provinces? In spite of the fact that the Constitution of Islamic Republic of […]

Breast Ironing: From Africa To Britain Breast ironing, a draconian Cameroonian tradition, is the massaging of young girls’ breasts with hot tools, such as pestles and […]

A Lawyer’s Sojourn In London My intellectual sojourn in London is like a ‘journey of pleasure and pain’. It has been a pleasure to have observed […]

How Is Murder Non-Compoundable? (A Case Study) “Now that murder is a compoundable offence, the accused, even if guilty, may soon be out after paying blood […]

Beat Lightly – Word Of God Or The Interpretation Of Men? Our legislators may be inefficient but they are not brainless. Therefore, everyone has found comfort […]

The Clash Of Titans When viewed through a legal prism, it becomes apparent that a judge of the Lahore High Court has an elevated position, and […]

22nd Amendment Of The Constitution 1973: A Mixed Blessing Pakistani Parliament is in process of approving the 22nd amendment to the Constitution. The amendment proposes to […]

Pakistan’s Grim Tales Of Custodial Torture And Coerced Confessions Did Aftab Ahmed’s death bring custodial torture into the limelight or did a can of worms just […]

Panama Leaks – Democracy In Tears Democracy means that the people have full power to control their destinies excluding any form of directive rule of other […]

Unbundling Information Asymmetry To Improve Governance Governments around the world regulate everything – from how firms carry out their business to the manner in which public […]