Law

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 […]

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 […]

Pakistan – The Green Is In The Flag. Or Is It? (An Overview Of Environmental Law In Pakistan) To say that environmental law took its time […]

CJ And Taming Of Feral Black Coats – Something needs to be done about the ‘us vs them’ mentality of the Bar Campaigns, elections, strikes, and protests; […]

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. […]

The Struggle For Rule Of Law(yers) A few days ago Chief Justice (CJ) of the Lahore High Court (LHC) suspended the licence of an advocate in […]

In Memory Of Qandeel Baloch: Loopholes In Pakistan’s First Anti-Rape & Anti-Honor Killing Laws On 6th October, 2016, Pakistan passed its very first anti-honor killings and […]

Legal Education And Its Dilemma It has been two years since I have been part of the legal education system in Karachi. I am frequently asked […]

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 […]

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 […]

List of Basic Legal Terms Affirm: To ratify; to confirm the law or judgment passed by the former court. A fortiori: Literally, a stronger reason; a […]

Significance And Drafting Of Legal Opinions Legal practice is not all about arguing before the judge and seeking relief for the clients. It is a multidimensional […]

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 […]

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 […]

Rapist Put Behind Bars The society, every now and then, expresses its anger and disgust over rape incidents that frequently occur in our surroundings. It may […]

Govt Initiates Process For Appointment Of ECP Members The government has initiated the process for appointment of four election commissioners and would send the names of […]

Of Justice And The Most Favorite Child Of Law At times we have to pettifog over ‘issues’ to see beyond black and white. The briefest definition […]