Food For Thought For Bar Associations Representing The Lawyers’ Community The Bar Councils and Bar Associations in Pakistan represent the lawyers’ community. The lawyers are considered as […]
Rights – Unknown
Rights – Unknown Prejudice which articulates itself in discrimination and oppression goes against the first two Articles of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). According to […]
Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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 […]