Why Should Pakistan Sign The First Optional Protocol To The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) On December 12, 2016, a mosque owned by […]
Judicial Interpretation Of The Right To Life
Judicial Interpretation Of The Right To Life The right to life is a fundamental right and is protected under the Constitution in a democracy. Given this constitutional […]
Public Interest Litigation: A Path To Silent Revolution!
Public Interest Litigation: A Path To Silent Revolution! After dealing with the cases of my clients, I always try to find some time to conduct research […]
An Erroneous Judgment
An Erroneous Judgment I take this opportunity to write my academic point of view on the judgment dated 23.05.2016 in a writ of quo warranto titled […]
Free Right To Information
Free Right To Information The Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973 enshrines, among other provisions, a free right to information, which in essence is not […]
Access To Justice And Legal Aid
Access To Justice And Legal Aid According to a report titled Understanding the Informal Justice System: Opportunities and Possibilities for Legal Pluralism in Pakistan (2015), 98.2 […]
Under 12 Students Allowed To Sit Class IX Exam
Under 12 Students Allowed To Sit Class IX Exam A Lahore High Court division bench has provisionally allowed students under 12 years of age to sit […]
LHC Stops Government From Levying Fee On Power Consumers Without TV Sets
LHC Stops Government From Levying Fee On Power Consumers Without TV Sets The Lahore High Court restrained the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting from levying TV fee […]
Judicial Accountability Begins At Home
Judicial Accountability Begins At Home Ch. Muhammad Akram v Registrar Islamabad High Court (IHC) The Honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan, in a recent judgment titled Ch. […]
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 […]
Lahore High Court’s Verdict Against The Ban On MAALIK Film: A Jurisprudential Development In Film/Cinema Industry
Lahore High Court’s Verdict Against The Ban On MAALIK Film: A Jurisprudential Development In Film/Cinema Industry It is for the first time in the judicial history […]
The State Of Transgender Rights In Pakistan
The State Of Transgender Rights In Pakistan It is worth questioning ourselves whether in a country that struggles to provide food, shelter and clothing to its […]
LHC Declares Ban On Maalik Illegal
LHC Declares Ban On Maalik Illegal The Singh High Court recently declared the ban on Maalik (the movie) illegal on September 6th 2016 and ordered the film to […]
The Changeable Unchanged
The Changeable Unchanged “To survive in peace and harmony, united and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag.” – Pauline Hanson Such is […]
Illiteracy: A Major Issue
Illiteracy: A Major Issue What is illiteracy? Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy is the inability to read and write. Why is […]
Settlements In India-Held Kashmir
Settlements In India-Held Kashmir In a recent and widely viewed online video, Burhan Wani made his case for targeting armed forces in India-held Kashmir (IHK) in […]
When Quality Of Justice Does Not Matter
When Quality Of Justice Does Not Matter No society can exist without justice. Justice is delivered by an independent judiciary and an efficient administration. Much has […]