Local Government Secretary Summoned For Not Filing Reply Over Involvement Of Legislators In Public Companies The Lahore High Court has expressed displeasure on the Secretary of […]
LHC Issues Notice To Govt On MPAs’ Role In Public Bodies
LHC Issues Notice To Govt On MPAs’ Role In Public Bodies The Lahore High Court has issued a notice to the Punjab government on a petition […]
Durand Line – A Binding International Border
Durand Line – A Binding International Border Afghanistan has historically been unstable. The instability in Afghanistan affects its neighbours, and particularly Pakistan, partly because of the […]
Jinnah’s ‘Presidential’ Pakistan
Jinnah’s ‘Presidential’ Pakistan A little while back, while representing Sindh at the Youth Parliament Pakistan (YPP) in Islamabad, I had the good fortune of coming across […]
Infrastructural Development And Public Safety
Infrastructural Development And Public Safety I have seen great consistency in the political mindset of our rulers with regards to ‘jo dikhta hai wo bikta hai’ […]
Canada Supreme Court Decides Alberta Not Required to Enact Laws in French
Canada Supreme Court Decides Alberta Not Required to Enact Laws in French Canada’s Supreme Court ruled last week that the constitution does not require the Alberta […]
Cybersecurity Bill Passed by US Senate
Cybersecurity Bill Passed by US Senate The US Senate has passed legislation, which aims to improving cyber-security defenses in the US. The Cybersecurity Sharing Information Act […]
Lawmakers in Greece Approve Austerity Bill
Lawmakers in Greece Approve Austerity Bill Lawmakers in Greece approved a bill which contains new austerity measures and economic overhauls under its new bailout program. 155 […]
Government Urged to Provide Legal Framework For Moon-Sighting Committee
Government Urged to Provide Legal Framework For Moon-Sighting Committee Raza Rabbani, Chairman of the Senate, has given a deadline until Nov 15 for the government to […]
A Balancing Act
A Balancing Act The US has a shoddy reputation regarding the treatment of civilians at the hands of its military overseas. While US military actions in […]
Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion
Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion September 28 universally marks the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal […]
Promoting Tax Culture in Pakistan
Promoting Tax Culture in Pakistan Every time you travel in your car or use public transport for commuting, you travel on roads, bridges and highways, which […]
Conflicts Not of an International Character and the Applicable Law
Conflicts Not of an International Character and the Applicable Law ABSTRACT The International humanitarian law (IHL) recognizes two categories of armed conflict: international armed conflict (IAC) […]
Obeying Illegal Orders From Superiors: Guidelines for Civil Servants
Obeying Illegal Orders From Superiors: Guidelines for Civil Servants “You may even be put to trouble not because you are doing anything wrong but because […]
A Pyrrhic Victory – Commentary on the Verdict of the Judicial Commission
Let us not forget that the Judicial Commission’s mandate was to unearth systematic/organized rigging, and not the localized one in each constituency, which can only be […]
“Unsolicited Proposal” Under The Punjab Public Private Partnership Laws 2014
Executive Summary of “UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL” under Punjab Public Private Partnership Act 2014 & Punjab Public Private Partnership Rules 2014 WHAT IS AN UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL? A […]
“Aim to B’more” to Give Young Offenders a Second Chance
Baltimore State Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced the launch of her new program called “Aim to B’more”. The program aims to give people who have been convicted […]