Constitution of Pakistan

Plea To Restore Section 7 of Christian Divorce Act 1869 The Lahore High Court has issued notices to federal and Punjab governments on a petition seeking […]

Quo Warranto? Deployment Of Paramilitary Forces Pakistan Rangers got its modern name in 1971, dating back to pre-partition time in 1943 this unit was called Sindh […]

The National Commission for Minority Rights Act, 2015 (Private Members’ Bill) Proposed and Moved by: Mr. Lal Chand Malhi (Member, National Assembly) Status: Pending Summary: The […]

Domestic Violence In Pakistan: Is Legislation Available? One out of every five women, experiences some sort of domestic violence in her life time around the globe. […]

Holy Bilawals, Dispensable Bismas & A Subverted Constitution “The State shall protect the marriage, the family, the mother and the child”.. says Article 35 of the […]

“Who Am I To Exercise Judicial Powers?” The Curious Case Of Mumtaz Qadri They call themselves ambassadors of Islam while standing far from its injunctions. They […]

Myopia The attack on Paris casts a very large shadow over the world. A tragedy manufactured in the refinery of the entity known as ISIS. The […]

Women In The Legal Profession In many parts of the world, especially in developing countries, women have been facing problems due to lack of opportunities and […]

Why Democracy’s Case Against the Basic Structure Doctrine is Weak in Pakistan – Part II I have argued earlier (in Part I of this comment) that […]

Basic Structure & The 21st Constitutional Amendment The article analyses the constitutionality of recently passed Twenty First Amendment (hereinafter the “21st Amendment”) to the Constitution of […]

Justice For The Rich The poor in this country are not only stricken by the grief and direct consequences of their low financial status, but face […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

OBITUARY Mr. Abdul Hafiz Pirzada was a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He was one of the finest legal minds to have graced […]