SC Reserves Ruling On Five Appeals Against Convictions By Military Courts The Supreme Court has reserved its ruling on a set of five appeals filed to […]
Court Seeks Final Arguments In BISE Case On Policy Restricting Students Under 12 From Enrolling In Class 9
Court Seeks Final Arguments In BISE Case On Policy Restricting Students Under 12 From Enrolling In Class 9 A Lahore High Court division bench has sought […]
Give The Transgenders Their Rights
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, […]
The Clash Of Titans
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 […]
Pakistan’s Grim Tales Of Custodial Torture And Coerced Confessions
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 […]
Government Non-Compliance With Minimum Standards Against Human Trafficking
Government Non-Compliance With Minimum Standards Against Human Trafficking According to UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2013, 55-60% of all […]
The Right to a Healthy Environment
The Right to a Healthy Environment Approximately 110 countries around the world guarantee the right to a healthy environment in their constitutions. Pakistan, unfortunately is not […]
Objectives Resolution In Limbo
Objectives Resolution In Limbo The preamble of any constitution is its most important part as it highlights the fundamental principles and/or purposes which the constitution pursues […]
Labour Day: A Meaningless Day For The Majority In Pakistan
Labour Day: A Meaningless Day For The Majority In Pakistan Labour Day in Pakistan oxymoronic because the day is just another holiday for the better-offs in […]
Electoral Reforms: One Key To Many Doors
Electoral Reforms: One Key To Many Doors The importance of identification, investigation and eradication of corruption and the corrupt cannot possibly be undermined. Electoral reforms however, […]
Collective Bargaining Agent And Donovan Commission Report – Part I
Collective Bargaining Agent And Donovan Commission Report – Part I The Dublin observed that CBA as “the great social invention that has institutionalized industrial conflict” and by […]
Sharia Court Dispenses ‘Justice’ In Lahore
Sharia Court Dispenses ‘Justice’ In Lahore In a manifestation of people’s growing distrust in the conventional judicial system and mounting influence of religious organisations in the […]
Cosmopolitan Club Pick-And-Drop Service For The Disabled Ordered
Cosmopolitan Club Pick-And-Drop Service For The Disabled Ordered The Lahore High Court has directed the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) to ensure pick-and-drop facility for disabled visitors […]
GMO-No! – A Constitutional Gridlock
GMO-No! – A Constitutional Gridlock It has been reported that the federal government has recently approved over one hundred varieties of genetically modified cotton and corn […]
Child Protection Welfare Bureau Questioned Over Elimination Of Child Labour
Child Protection Welfare Bureau Questioned Over Elimination Of Child Labour The Lahore High Court has issued notice to Director General of Child Protection Welfare Bureau on […]
The Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Act 2016: A Critique
The Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Act 2016: A Critique The Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Act, 2016, is gaining more space than what it […]
How Judiciary Has Institutionalized Curb On Free Speech
How Judiciary Has Institutionalized Curb On Free Speech “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want […]