Punishment

Restorative Justice for Teenage Crimes Restorative justice is a kind of justice which requires the doer of a criminal act to compensate the victim and restore […]

Mental Health and Crime – The Legal Chasms Over the past few years, there has been a growing trend in the discussion of mental health in […]

Medical Malpractice: An Alarming Situation in Pakistan The term ‘medical negligence’ is often used synonymously with ‘medical malpractice’ and for most purposes that is adequate. Medical […]

Pakistan Must Stop Legitimising Barbarity Under The Guise Of Blasphemy Law We have witnessed time and again that blasphemy law in Pakistan has been used as […]

Drowned To Be Cleansed – A Tale Of The “Honourable” Women In Pakistan Pakistan, for 69 years, has experienced the role of the formal judicial law […]

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 […]

Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2016 (Private Member’s Bill) Proposed and moved by: Dr Arif Alvi (Member, National Assembly) Status: Passed (by National Assembly) Summary: The National […]

Punishment — The Only Cure Within A Society? English philosopher William Penn once said, “People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, […]

Qisas and Diyat: Legal Reform To Ensure Murderers Get Away No More The government is set to reform the controversial blood money laws that allow murderers […]

The Criminal Justice System and Absence of Sentencing Guidelines A sentence is the punishment a judge or magistrate decides should be given to someone who has […]

Is The Pakistani Law On Blasphemy An Affront To The Islamic And Pakistani Justice System? Blasphemy  Blasphemy is to say something that is impious about Allah, […]