military courts

On 23rd October, 2023, a 5-member bench of the honourable Supreme Court of Pakistan announced its ‘short order’ in the case Jawad S. Khawaja and others […]

The status of civil liberties is a fair measure of the rule of law prevalent in a society. The liberties and freedoms of a people, however, […]

Is Judiciary In Pakistan Independent? The independence of judiciary for the smooth running of a state is as significant as the independence of the legislature and executive. The […]

Death Penalty And The Right To Life A death sentence was awarded to the Indian spy Kulbhsuhan Jhadav who had been on trial by military courts […]

Groping In The Dark Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad has been launched in the aftermath of the recent deadly suicide attack at Sehwan Sharif. The blast claimed lives of […]

For Among Times Of War, The Laws Fall Mute Legend has it that Piso, a Roman governor once ordered the execution of a soldier who had […]

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 […]

Pakistan’s Recent Counter-Terrorism Measures: A Critical Look When the harrowing attack of 16 December, 2014 took place, it felt as if the world had stopped spinning – for 144 families, […]

The Lords And Their Lordships Judicial activism is a common slogan in most democratic nations around the globe. To uphold the dichotomy of power the judiciary […]

SC Reserves Ruling On Five Appeals Against Convictions By Military Courts The Supreme Court has reserved its ruling on a set of five appeals filed to […]

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 […]

National Action Plan or No Action Plan: Civilian Dithering As December gloom takes over Pakistan, much has been written about the National Action Plan, which was […]

Homicide Cases In Pakistan Need Uniformity In Law Homicide in the Islamic Sharia law, forming part of penal law deals with a multifarious system, which is […]

Difference between Constitutional Amendment and Ordinary Legislation The procedure and requirements of amending the Constitution and making an ordinary law is different. Therefore, an ordinary law […]

 Basic Structure Theory – Part II The Basic Structure Theory has long been debated in the judicial history of Pakistan from the famous case of Asma […]

 Basic structure Theory – Part I Abstract: There is no such academic theory of Basic Structure in the constitutional jurisprudence of Pakistan, unlike India. Supreme Court […]

Basic Structure & The 21st Constitutional Amendment The article analyses the constitutionality of recently passed Twenty First Amendment (hereinafter the “21st Amendment”) to the Constitution of […]