Judicial System

Maroof Sani Citizens have the right to have their liberty and security respected under Article 9 of the constitution.  All the state institutions, whether the police […]

Introduction A profession that takes pride in its traditional practices and has upheld them for centuries is in turmoil under the current COVID-19 pandemic. With courts […]

For the past three weeks, subordinate and high courts throughout Pakistan have remained unavailable for the hearing of cases other than urgent matters and habeas corpus petitions. Only […]

Improving Access to Justice Access to justice remains an elusive concept for most citizens of Pakistan. The new government, as part of its 100-day agenda, has […]

Claustrophobic Courtrooms, Broken Benches and Tattered Toilets: How Our Abysmal Judicial Infrastructure is Contributing to the Delay of Justice The judiciary is thought to be one […]

Reforming The Justice System We have come a long way in the past two weeks, have we not? There were murmurs of chaos with financial analysts […]

Accountability In The Land Of The Pure Self-accountability is no accountability in a country such as Pakistan. Even the so-called independent bodies of accountability like the […]

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 […]

Survivor Of Brutal Stabbing By Classmate Awaits Justice Amid Threats And Judicial Failure On 3rd May 2016 at 2 pm, KS, a student of The Institute […]

Jirga’s Antidote Is Fair For A Functional Justice System In the absence of a fair and functional judicial system that can uphold the rule of law, […]

Un-Islamic “Islamic Courts” Since 1990 Jamat-ud-Dawa, a private religious organization which claims to render social welfare services besides running charitable schools and hospitals in Pakistan, has […]

Beyond Morality And Legality “Piety and moral conduct construct the countries and prolong the ages” says Imam Jafar Sadiq. Moral intellectualism is a view according to […]

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 […]

Call For Papers: Judicial System in Islam The Shari’ah Academy International Islamic University Islamabad is holding an International Conference on “Judicial System of Islam with focus […]

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. […]

Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Threat To Democracy? “To the extent that we are privatising public civil dispute resolution systems, we are essentially privatising a significant part […]

Is There Hope For Victims In This Criminal Justice System? “I don’t want to die before I get justice.” These are the words of Kainat Soomro, […]