Torture: An Undefined Word In The Pakistani Legal System Article 1 of United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT) defines torture in the following terms: For the purposes of […]
Pakistan’s Recent Counter-Terrorism Measures: A Critical Look
Pakistan’s Recent Counter-Terrorism Measures: A Critical Look When the harrowing attack of 16 December, 2014 took place, it felt as if the world had stopped spinning – for 144 families, […]
Countering Terrorism: Legal Challenges
Countering Terrorism: Legal Challenges Although Pakistan’s military operations against terrorism have been remarkable from a military standpoint, overlapping laws, poorly drafted legislation and troubled court system has […]
The Case Against The Extension Of The PoPA
The Case Against The Extension Of The PoPA The Protection of Pakistan Act (PoPA), one of the major anti-terrorism laws in Pakistan, expired a few days […]
Intra Court Appeal Shouldn’t Be Abolished
Intra Court Appeal Shouldn’t Be Abolished A couple of months ago, a Senate committee adopted a draft report on “Provision of Inexpensive and Speedy Justice”. The […]
Homicide Cases In Pakistan Need Uniformity In Law
Homicide Cases In Pakistan Need Uniformity In Law Homicide in the Islamic Sharia law, forming part of penal law deals with a multifarious system, which is […]
Case Registered Against Pilot of Shaheen Air flight Under The Anti-terrorism Act
Case Registered Against Pilot of Shaheen Air flight Under The Anti-terrorism Act A case has been registered against the pilot of Shaheen Air Flight which crash-landed in […]
Death Penalty for Mumtaz Qadri Maintained
Death Penalty for Mumtaz Qadri Maintained The Supreme Court of Pakistan has upheld the death sentence for Mumtaz Qadri the killer of former Governor Punjab Salman […]
The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea
The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea The TV’s talking heads are dizzy with excitement: the sun’s boiling, the signs are ominous, and the judges are […]