Pakistan’s judicial history, rich in its complexities and dramatic turns, has always captivated the nation. With recent Supreme Court proceedings broadcast live on television and social […]
Redemption and Justice: Shawshank and PTI
The Shawshank Redemption, a movie released in 1994, is based on a story in which a banker is falsely convicted of murdering his wife and her […]
A Win for Democracy: SIC Reserved Seats Case
Pakistan is said to be a democracy. Democracy is derived from two Greek root words: demos, meaning people, and kratos, meaning power. Democracy is the power […]
Protection of Minority Rights in Pakistan’s Constitution: Adequacy, Discrimination and Marginalization
[Note: The use of the term ‘non-Muslims’ in this article is for legal purposes only and not meant to be exclusionary in any way]. Pakistan is […]
Redressing Under-Representation of Women in Law with Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women
The Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women (ANHW) Pakistan presents the Islamabad Bar Council Election Debate 2020: Redressing Under-representation of Women in Law, scheduled to take place […]
Discrimination In Appointment Of Female Judges To The Supreme Court
Discrimination In Appointment Of Female Judges To The Supreme Court To this day, there has not been a single female judge in the Supreme Court of […]
Ways In Which The UN Can Be Improved Under The Umbrella Of International Law
Ways In Which The UN Can Be Improved Under The Umbrella Of International Law The disintegration of the Soviet Union and the democratization of Eastern Europe, […]
Religious Minority Representation In Political Process Conspicuously Absent
Religious Minority Representation In Political Process Conspicuously Absent Despite a lapse of 69 years, religious minority communities of the country lack representation in mainstream politics. A […]
Silencing Dissent In Gilgit-Baltistan
Silencing Dissent In Gilgit-Baltistan Gilgit-Baltistan is one of the most strategic and important regions of Pakistan. It is famous for its beautiful landscape and serenity. But […]
New Permanent Seats In UNSC Won’t Make It More Representative: Pakistan
New Permanent Seats In UNSC Won’t Make It More Representative: Pakistan NEW YORK: Reiterating its firm opposition to expanding the United Nations Security Council’s permanent members, […]
Panama Leaks – Democracy In Tears
Panama Leaks – Democracy In Tears Democracy means that the people have full power to control their destinies excluding any form of directive rule of other […]
Food For Thought For Bar Associations Representing The Lawyers’ Community
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 […]
First Female Judge Nominated to Afghan Supreme Court
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has nominated a female judge Anisa Rasouli, the head of the Afghan Women Judges Association and a former juvenile court judge, to sit as […]
How To Close The Gender Gap? Get Political
“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 […]