As a nation, Pakistan is no stranger to political turmoil and constitutional crises. The recent dissolution of two provincial assemblies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and […]
Article 63A, Defection and Dreadful Uncertainty
The election of Chief Minister, Punjab on 22nd July, 2022 has unleashed a new constitutional crisis. I make an attempt to describe the events leading up […]
Redressing Under-Representation of Women in Law with Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women
The Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women (ANHW) Pakistan presents the Islamabad Bar Council Election Debate 2020: Redressing Under-representation of Women in Law, scheduled to take place […]
Why Should We Exercise Our Right To Vote Today?
Why Should We Exercise Our Right To Vote Today? A Constitution is considered by many states as their supreme law as it provides fundamental rules and […]
How Elections Are Rigged – Don’t Try This At Home
How Elections Are Rigged – Don’t Try This At Home Democracy, as described by Abraham Lincoln, is government of the people, for the people, by the […]
Compulsory Voting: Yay Or Nay?
Compulsory Voting: Yay Or Nay? Compulsory voting has its roots in the Greek system of city-states where all males had a duty to vote on matters […]
Participatory and Representative Democracy in General Elections 2018
Participatory and Representative Democracy in General Elections 2018 Types of Democracy In that regard, there are two main types of democracy, participatory (direct) and representative democracy. […]
Judicial Activism or Parliamentary Omission?
Judicial Activism or Parliamentary Omission? The recent disqualifications under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution of Pakistan have created immense political uncertainty and brought the contours of the […]
The Bar To Contest Elections And Hold Office Under Article 62 – Perpetual, Or Transient?
The Bar To Contest Elections And Hold Office Under Article 62 – Perpetual, Or Transient? A larger five-member bench of the Supreme Court is currently hearing […]
Controversy Of A Missing Proviso – Elections Act 2017
Controversy Of A Missing Proviso – Elections Act 2017 The promulgation of the Elections Act 2017 has given birth to a controversy in relation to the […]
How Free and Fair Elections are Free and Fair in Pakistan? Version 2.0
How Free and Fair Elections are Free and Fair in Pakistan? Version 2.0 I am writing this in continuance to my previous article “How Free and […]
Disqualification Case Against Imran Khan
Disqualification Case Against Imran Khan In a case filed by Muhammad Hanif Abbasi against Imran Khan Niazi (Constitution Petition 35 of 2016) in the Supreme Court of […]
Supreme Court To Hold Pakistan Football Federation Elections
Supreme Court To Hold Pakistan Football Federation Elections KARACHI: On the acceptance of the appeal issued by Arshad Lodhi Group, the Supreme Court has decided to, […]
LHCBA Election Results 2017-18
LHCBA Election Results 2017-18 Yesterday, on 25th February 2017, elections were held for the office bearers of Lahore High Court Bar Association for the year 2017-18. […]
Electoral Rolls (Amendment) Act 2016
Electoral Rolls (Amendment) Act 2016 Proposed and moved by: Senator Pervaiz Rashid (Minister-In-Charge) Status: Passed by the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) Summary: The Majlis-e-Shoora passed this Bill in order […]
Pakistan’s Case For Democracy
Pakistan’s Case For Democracy The American diplomat Richard Holbrooke pondered over a problem on an evening of September 1996 during the elections in Bosnia which were […]
CJ And Taming Of Feral Black Coats
CJ And Taming Of Feral Black Coats – Something needs to be done about the ‘us vs them’ mentality of the Bar Campaigns, elections, strikes, and protests; […]