Commentary

Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion September 28 universally marks the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal […]

Pakistan Court Orders Government To Enforce Climate Law Lahore High Court has made history by ordering the Pakistan government to enforce its own climate policy, with […]

Why Democracy’s Case Against the Basic Structure Doctrine is Weak in Pakistan – Part I The Judgment of the Supreme Court of Pakistan upholding the constitutionality […]

Laws Governing Food in Islamabad, Pakistan The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has issued a notification dated September 7, 2015, according to which there are basically […]

Witness Protection In Pakistan: Current Laws, Amendments and Comparison With Other Countries Introduction Although, the Protection of Pakistan Act 2014 [1] exists and Sindh Assembly passed […]

An Excuse to Recuse It is a well-known fact that the judiciary needs to be independent of the other arms of the State in order for […]

The Riba Case And The Interest Based Financial System of Pakistan Article 2 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973, stipulates that all existing […]

With Apologies To Judicial Supremacy On the 17th of April, 1905, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Lochner v. New York, a case concerning […]

Is The Pakistani Law On Blasphemy An Affront To The Islamic And Pakistani Justice System? Blasphemy  Blasphemy is to say something that is impious about Allah, […]

Sexual Grooming of a Child: A Silent Crime That Needs To Be Criminalized in Pakistan In majority of cases relating to child sexual abuse, the accused […]

Promoting Tax Culture in Pakistan Every time you travel in your car or use public transport for commuting, you travel on roads, bridges and highways, which […]

Democracy: Fact Or Fiction So we are back to “saving democracy”. You may once have thought that accountability was a significant component of democracy, but apparently […]

Why Is Mediation Better Than Arbitration? In Pakistan arbitration receives its legal backing from The Arbitration Act 1940 whereas mediation gains support from Section 89-A of […]

Dictatorship In The Garb Of Democracy September 15 is commemorated throughout the world as the International Day of Democracy. Yet, for a majority of South East […]

Protecting the Right to Adequate Housing The Supreme Court of Pakistan has recently restrained the Government authorities from demolishing and bulldozing the houses of poor slum […]

Conflicts Not of an International Character and the Applicable Law ABSTRACT The International humanitarian law (IHL) recognizes two categories of armed conflict: international armed conflict (IAC) […]

Obeying Illegal Orders From Superiors: Guidelines for Civil Servants   “You may even be put to trouble not because you are doing anything wrong but because […]