Pakistan Penal Code

Sana Abbas Dashti (Civil Judge & Judicial Magistrate- Karachi East)                   For every business or trade to flourish there is need of paramount security from state […]

Life Imprisonment: A Way Forward Liberty is the lifeline of every human being. Life without liberty is ‘lasting’ but not ‘living’. Freedom of all kinds is […]

Is The Misuse of Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law Wiping Out Its Religious Minorities? The foundation of Pakistan was meant to provide the Muslims of India with a […]

Undue Influence – Section 170 (a) (i-vii) of Election Act 2017 This article is not the complete interpretation of S.170 of the Election Act 2017. It is specifically about clause (a) of the […]

Child Protection The abduction, rape and murder of little Zainab has not only robbed one family of a child but has also ravaged this country. She […]

Roundtable Discussion on Corporal Punishment in Legislation Lahore; December 20th, 2017: Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) recently organized a meeting at the Grand Palm Hotel, Lahore with government bodies, parliamentarians […]

The Mixture Of Pakistan Penal Code With Islamic Laws Pakistan Penal Code is a gift of colonial British Empire. On 14thAugustt 1947, Pakistan adopted the 1860 […]

Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan on Surrogacy: From Judicial Islamization of Laws to Judicial Legislation Introduction In Farooq Siddiqui v Mst. Farzana Naheed (Sh. Petition No.2/I of […]

Corporate Manslaughter And The Rule Of Law Our television channels broadcast, with increasing frequency, incidents where people are killed in situations where the safety of the […]

Torture: An Undefined Word In The Pakistani Legal System  Article 1 of United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT) defines torture in the following terms: For the purposes of […]

Federal Shariat Court Legitimizes Test-Tube Babies ISLAMABAD: The Federal Shariat Court (FSC), recently legitimized the use of test-tube procedure to conceive children. The court backed its […]

Dilemma Of The Pakistani Legal System “All existing laws shall be brought in conformity with the injunctions of Islam as laid down in the Holy Quran […]

Licence To Kill Vigilante justice has become a norm in Pakistan. Supporters of vigilante justice justify their actions by quoting the poor law and order situation […]

Men Protection Act Before discussing the need of the hour, let me open up my words with one of the not so essential (neglected) part of […]

Blasphemy Case Against Six For ‘Desecrating’ Sikh Youth’s Turban Chichawatni city police have booked five employees of a transport company and owner of a bus terminal […]

Professional Ethics of Advocates; Bitter Reality Check I wear a black coat to uphold the rule of law, but the legal system of my country contains […]

Islam, Law Of The Land, Women’s Rights And Women’s Day In Pakistan March 8 comes and goes every year. Like every year, this year also seminars, […]