Law

Protection of Women’s Rights in Pakistan – A Practitioner’s Perspective I was invited to speak briefly at a seminar organized by the Law and Politics Society, […]

Punjab Police Homicide Unit Launched Pakistan’s first specialized homicide investigation unit launched by Punjab Police with the improved idea that find evidence, don’t plant it. This […]

Defending The Indefensible  A few days back, I co-authored a set of proposals in these pages for making the National Action Plan (NAP) effective. For the […]

Cyprus Bar Association Facing Challenge of Price-Fixing Over European Union Rules Fairness in Fees group in London is bringing the challenge over the fees basis utilized […]

Saudi Prince Detained in Beirut For Carrying Drugs Saudi prince and four others were detained at the Beirut airport after they were found carrying two tons […]

YouTube Ad By Lawyer Bryan Wilson Goes Viral Bryan Wilson’s tongue in cheek YouTube video has gotten over one million views. He calls himself the ‘Texas […]

Top Court in Saudi Arabia Confirms Capital Punishment of Shiite Muslim Cleric The Supreme Court in Saudi Arabia confirmed the death sentence of Shiite Muslim cleric, […]

Military Defense Spending Bill Vetoed by US President Barack Obama, US President, vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2016 (NDAA) since the  spending for military defense would […]

Saudi Arabia Introduces New Law, Fines Female Workers Who Don’t Cover Heads Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Labour has recently introduced a new law which fines a […]

Government Fails to Pass Anti-money Laundering Bill (AML) The government has failed yet again to get the amended Anti-money Laundering (AML) Bill approved from the Senate […]

Is The Doctrine Of “Separation Of Powers” Necessary For Smooth Functioning Of The State’s Affairs In This Modern Day Democracy? – Part II   Some Articles […]

Obama Administration Supports Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Bill Obama Administration’s support for the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 [S 2123] was announced by US […]

Prison Officials In California Decide Criteria for Inmates Wanting Sex-Reassignment Surgery After a leading settlement which allows transgender inmates to get sex-reassignment surgery, prison officials in […]

Political Activist Sentenced to Prison in Bahrain For Insulting King Zainab al-Khawaja, rights activist and daughter of a famous activist, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, has been convicted by […]

Allegations of War Crimes Are Credible, According to Sri Lankan Judge Retired judge Maxwell Paranagama, led a a Sri Lankan panel which presented a report to […]

The “Right To Rent” Scheme In The UK ‘Right to Rent’ is a scheme (the ‘Scheme’) whereby all private landlords in England, or their agents, are […]

Amnesty International Demands China To Stop Targeting Lawyers A petition with around 29,000 signatures of people asking for the release of 230 lawyers in China has […]