How the Parallel Judicial System of Jirga Perpetuates Injustice For Pakistani Women Women in Pakistan continue to fall prey to jirgas, a parallel justice system held by […]
Islamic Justice – Ibn Khaldun’s Al-Muqaddimah
Islamic Justice – Ibn Khaldun’s Al-Muqaddimah Islamic Justice – what is it? In our modern times with constant discussion revolving around the topic of Shariah and […]
La La Land: Where Might Is Right And The Lawless Are Flawless
La La Land: Where Might Is Right And The Lawless Are Flawless History has proven over numerous occasions that this land has paid the price for […]
Panama Case And Reconstructing The Ideals Of Justice
Panama Case And Reconstructing The Ideals Of Justice This article is in response to Maryam S. Khan’s piece titled ‘‘Mega political’ judgment’ which was published by […]
An Interview With Asma Jahangir
An Interview With Asma Jahangir Once again military courts are all the rage. Yes, there was a ‘sunset clause’ when the APS tragedy forced the 21st amendment […]
To Bail Or Not To Bail?
To Bail Or Not To Bail? It is a universally recognized principle that wherever there is inequality, there cannot be justice. Equality and justice are two […]
Corruption By The Hopeless
Corruption By The Hopeless Today’s world with a massive global GDP of over 75 trillion dollars coincides with the highest ever and yet rising inequality rates. […]
A Street Car Named Desire!
A Street Car Named Desire!* *(The title of this article has been inspired from Hollywood blockbuster movie: A Street Car Named Desire.) Ten years ago my parents […]
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 […]
Requiem For A Dream
Requiem For A Dream It is despicable for Pakistan Bar Council to propagate that judges of the honorable courts do not have powers to suspend the […]
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. […]
Accountability In The Land Of The Pure
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 […]
Worse Than The Romans
Worse Than The Romans In a torch-lit procession, she would be escorted from her family’s home to the groom’s home, where the latter would be waiting. […]
International Criminal Court: An Effective Guarantee For Justice
International Criminal Court: An Effective Guarantee For Justice Is there any order and justice in this world? While this might be an expression of prosaism, it’s […]
Interview On The Criminal Justice System, With Arshad Nawaz (Director School Of Law, QAU, Islamabad)
Aijaz Hussain Interviews Director Arshad Nawaz Of The School Of Law, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, On The Criminal Justice System AH: What can you tell us about crime […]
Polygamy: A Right No More
Polygamy: A Right No More Historically, Arabs were known to take on an unlimited number of wives, a right given to them by society. Polygamy is […]
Founder’s Note: The need to court the law
Founder’s Note: The need to court the law If you are reading this, you are one of the reasons why our Courting The Law (CTL) initiative […]