Jinnah’s ‘Presidential’ Pakistan A little while back, while representing Sindh at the Youth Parliament Pakistan (YPP) in Islamabad, I had the good fortune of coming across […]
Desperate Steps
Desperate Steps According to the visionaries at the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom (MOITT), an ideal telecom and IT policy space in Pakistan would have […]
A Talk On Religion, Law and Constitutionalism In Pakistan At LUMS
A Talk On Religion, Law and Constitutionalism In Pakistan At LUMS Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law, under the Khalid Ishaq Distinguished Lectures Series, presents a talk […]
Maternity Leave Rights in Pakistan
Maternity Leave Rights in Pakistan Pakistan has four laws that cover maternity related issues: 1. The Mines Maternity Benefits Act, 1981 2. The West Pakistan Maternity […]
Plea Against ‘Malpractices’ In Punjab Institute of Cardiology’s Drugs Purchase
Plea Against ‘Malpractices’ In Punjab Institute of Cardiology’s Drugs Purchase Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed has filed a writ petition in the Lahore […]
A Letter To Parliamentarians, From The People Of Gilgit Baltistan
A Letter To Parliamentarians, From The People Of Gilgit Baltistan Dear Parliamentarians, AoA We speak on behalf of 2.5 million people of Gilgit Baltistan, who had […]
Revisiting The Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961
Revisiting The Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961 The Muslim Family Laws Ordinance (MFLO), 1961 was promulgated to, inter alia, safeguard matrimonial rights of women. To this extent, […]
Pakistan’s Case With Arbitrability
Pakistan’s Case With Arbitrability Introduction International Commercial Arbitration has evolved to be one of the most exclusive ways of dispute settlement outside of realm of national […]
Pakistani Democracy Is Not Meant For The People
Pakistani Democracy Is Not Meant For The People Pakistani democracy, though it is ‘by’ the people, it is not meant ‘for’ the people. Actually, Pakistani democracy is […]
High Court Admits Rasheed’s Plea On Audit Reports For Hearing
High Court Admits Rasheed’s Plea On Audit Reports For Hearing The Lahore High Court has admitted a petition by the opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly […]
Meet Our National Law Scholar: Maham Fatima Of SZABIST, Karachi
Meet Our National Law Scholar: Maham Fatima Of SZABIST, Karachi “As a child, I had envisioned myself as many things: a doctor, an engineer, a pilot. […]
Reform of Legal Education in Pakistan – More Form, Less Substance
Reform of Legal Education in Pakistan – More Form, Less Substance Legal education in Pakistan like several other aspects of our society has been marred with […]
Violence Against Women: Actual Situation In Pakistan And Effective Measures To Fight Against it
Violence Against Women: Actual Situation In Pakistan And Effective Measures To Fight Against it Introduction “No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your […]
Constitutional Mandate Of The Federal Shariat Court
Constitutional Mandate Of The Federal Shariat Court The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) was established under the Presidential Order No.1 of 1980, incorporated as Chapter 3A of […]
Blasphemy – Unsettling The “Settled Law”
Blasphemy – Unsettling The “Settled Law” While talking to Reuters on 28th January, 2016, Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani, Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) […]
Call For Papers: Judicial System in Islam
Call For Papers: Judicial System in Islam The Shari’ah Academy International Islamic University Islamabad is holding an International Conference on “Judicial System of Islam with focus […]
Internet Challenge
Internet Challenge On Jan 12, 2016, Google launched localised versions of YouTube in three countries. Pakistan was one of them. On Jan 18, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority […]