Rights

When we talk about the right of the accused in a criminal trial, two fundamental and inalienable rights which come to mind are the right to […]

Inaccessibility of Legal Remedy Cured by Technology Amartya Sen’s idea of human well-being revolves around intangible, as well as tangible factors. According to Sen, the very […]

A case of harassment against the transgender community was reported recently in Sialkot. A grotesque video surfaced on the internet where someone who seemed like a […]

#TransLivesMatter On November 13, 2016, a video went viral on social media, which showed a transgender woman pinned down and being viciously flogged by a gang […]

Pakistan’s Case For Democracy The American diplomat Richard Holbrooke pondered over a problem on an evening of September 1996 during the elections in Bosnia which were […]

Freedom Of Press Versus Right Of Reputation – My Rights Are Better Than Yours My words are my pride – I can attack your character as […]

Do You Know Your Qaaf Se Qanoon? Good things should be appreciated and promoted, a recent example would be Qaaf se Qanoon, a radio-show, launched on ZAB […]

The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Private Member’s Bill) Proposed and moved by: Dr. Nikhat Shakeel Khan, Ms.Saman Sultan Jafri, Ms. Kishwer Zehra, Mr. […]

Acquisition Proceedings Revisited Unjustifiable acquisition of land by government authorities in the name of public interest is in limelight these days. Pressure groups and affected individuals […]

Pakistan – A Pseudo State The rights of the people of Pakistan would not have been trampled upon had the ruling elite faithfully followed the constitutional […]

How Judiciary Has Institutionalized Curb On Free Speech “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want […]

Has Article 2(4) Of The UN Charter Become Redundant In The 21st Century? The principle of non-intervention in international relations is indeed deep-rooted. It would be difficult, if […]

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 […]

First Same-Sex Marriage Application Accepted by China Court A court in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, agreed to hear China’s first legal challenge over a […]

Two-Fold Opposition For Practicing Muslim Women Let me smile for I do not have any more tears to let go. Let me walk for the bed […]

Extremism — Defying Diversity The relation between Muslim societies and the West is quite complex. In recent decades it has come to be underpinned by suspicions […]

Rights – Unknown Prejudice which articulates itself in discrimination and oppression goes against the first two Articles of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). According to […]