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The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, which was unanimously passed by Parliament in 1973, was authored by my late father, Abdul Hafeez Pirzada. The […]
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Aasia Bibi – More Sinned Against than Sinning Recently a judgment was announced by the European Court of Human Rights in which it was categorically stated […]
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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 […]
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Panama Papers: Fair Criticism Of Judicial Act Or Contempt? The Panama Papers case attained finality on November 7, 2017 after the Supreme Court of Pakistan decided […]
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