Pakistan

Why Should Pakistan Sign The First Optional Protocol To The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) On December 12, 2016, a mosque owned by […]

National Centre for Dispute Resolution Completes 10 Years, Celebrates A Decade Of Achievement In 2007, National Centre for Dispute Resolution (NCDR), Pakistan’s first mediation centre was established […]

A Judge’s Resignation A Lahore High Court Judge, Justice Mazhar Iqbal Sindhu, resigned yesterday (on 28th February, 2017) just two days before he was scheduled to […]

LHCBA Election Results 2017-18 Yesterday, on 25th February 2017, elections were held for the office bearers of Lahore High Court Bar Association for the year 2017-18. […]

The Law Of The Future “The future is already here – it is just not very evenly distributed.” ~ William Ford Gibson In January 2017, two […]

Countering Terrorism: Legal Challenges Although Pakistan’s military operations against terrorism have been remarkable from a military standpoint, overlapping laws, poorly drafted legislation and troubled court system has […]

Patriarchy Killed Hina Shahnawaz News of honour killings, or karo-kari, is not new to Pakistan. Almost a thousand women are killed every year for allegedly bringing […]

Government Challenges Acquittal Of AXACT Officials In Fraud Case ISLAMABAD: The Deputy Director of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cyber Crime Circle issued a petition to […]

Federal Legislation In 2016 In the year 2016, the National Assembly passed 51 Acts but the Majlis-e-Shura (Parliament) altogether passed just seven, out of which two were […]

A Case Against Bailiff Fee In Child Custody Litigation This article questions the authority of Guardian Judges at Lahore to fix bailiff fees for home visitation […]

Price Of A Life: Compensation To The Civilian Victims Of Terrorism An overlooked or rather ignored aspect which needs attention is the amount of compensation awarded […]

Court Orders CSS Exam To Be In Urdu LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has directed the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) to henceforth conduct the coveted […]

Two Job Openings At Research Society of International Law (RSIL) Islamabad  1) Communications Associate The Research Society of International Law, Pakistan (RSIL) invites applications for the position of […]

Seminar On Child Labour At Pakistan Center of Legal Research And Publication Pakistan College of Law recently conducted a seminar on Child Labour in Pakistan which […]

Criminal Justice System In Pakistan: A Critical Analysis Executive Summary The Criminal Justice System in Pakistan comprises of five components i.e. the police, judiciary, prisons, prosecution, […]

Nazi America, An Orwellian Nightmare Of The Doublethink In Real World Not too long ago, the world was left aghast by the sight of the lifeless […]

President, Parliament And Separation Of Powers “It is the will of the people which turns an ordinance from ‘having effect and force of law’ to ‘law […]