Parliament

Parliament In Iran Votes To Accept Nuclear Agreement Iran’s Parliament voted 161-59, with 13 abstentions, to accept the nuclear agreement that was introduced and agreed upon by […]

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

PILDAT Legislative Brief on the Right To Information Bill 2014 This brief has been originally published by the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development And Transparency (PILDAT) […]

Food For Thought For Bar Associations Representing The Lawyers’ Community The Bar Councils and Bar Associations in Pakistan represent the lawyers’ community. The lawyers are considered as […]

The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information and Technology has approved the draft Cyber Crime Bill 2015 to be prsented to the House despite ongoing protests from the […]

Democracy: Fact Or Fiction So we are back to “saving democracy”. You may once have thought that accountability was a significant component of democracy, but apparently […]

Originalism v Living Constitution Debate The controversial role of the judiciary (especially after the recent Supreme Court decision on the 18th and 21st Amendment) and whether it […]

The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea The TV’s talking heads are dizzy with excitement: the sun’s boiling, the signs are ominous, and the judges are […]

The ongoing saga of societal and political crisis that the country is facing, has made the Parliament more active with regards to passing of amendments/legislation. As […]

Ishaq Dar, Finance Minister, who heads the Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms, confirmed that work on 13 different constitutional amendments is currently underway as per the […]

It is irony of fate that after the abolition of the Concurrent Legislative list contained in the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic […]

State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament Kremlin, has approved a law that gives internet users the right to request internet search engines to remove the […]

“All men are born equal.” There is no doubt that this ideal should include women. However, since time immemorial, women from all walks of life have […]

The Constitution of Pakistan is said to be rigid and flexible at the same time when it comes to making amendments. A constitution is rigid in the […]