rule of law

Pakistan: A Permanent Building Or A Tent The last Viceroy of British India, Lord Mountbatten in a brutally blunt metaphor, stated, “Administratively it was the difference between […]

Does Panama Case Set A Dangerous Precedent? 28th July, 2018 might be remembered as a turning point in the history of Pakistan. When the rule of […]

Panama Case And Reconstructing The Ideals Of Justice This article is in response to Maryam S. Khan’s piece titled ‘‘Mega political’ judgment’ which was published by […]

Panamagate: Not A Historic Decision For Sure Sorry to say but the short order announced in the Panama case today (on 20 April 2017) by the […]

Judicial Accountability Begins At Home  Ch. Muhammad Akram v Registrar Islamabad High Court (IHC) The Honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan, in a recent judgment titled Ch. […]

Accountability In The Land Of The Pure Self-accountability is no accountability in a country such as Pakistan. Even the so-called independent bodies of accountability like the […]

The Struggle For Rule Of Law(yers) A few days ago Chief Justice (CJ) of the Lahore High Court (LHC) suspended the licence of an advocate in […]

Parliamentary Committees And The New Election Commission Of Pakistan “They sit there in committees day after day And they each put in a color and it […]

A Proposal For Legal Reforms My learned friends, I would like to present an open resolution for three important reforms before this august house—a house of […]

No One Can Take Law Into Own Hands No person shall be deprived of life or liberty save in accordance with law (Article 9 of the […]

Un-Islamic “Islamic Courts” Since 1990 Jamat-ud-Dawa, a private religious organization which claims to render social welfare services besides running charitable schools and hospitals in Pakistan, has […]

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 […]

Seeking Peace Without Valuing Law While speaking at a local school for career counselling I asked children about their future goals. Everyone who stood up to […]

Political & Statutory Victimisation Of National Accountability Bureau How can one expect the National Accountability Bureau to function fearlessly when its Chairperson is appointed by the […]

Dispensation Of Justice Or Upholding The Rule Of Law  Can we distinguish between justice and the term ‘upholding the rule of law’. By upholding the rule […]

Freedom Beheaded The year 2016 begins with the news of Saudi Arabia executing 47 terrorists gallantly. A strong message to all those out there that the […]

Police Reforms Agenda The police seek and preserve public favour not by catering to public opinion, but by constantly demonstrating absolute impartial service to the law. […]