Princes of procedure
AT times, judges are put on the spot. It might be that the positions they have consistently stated throughout their career on a certain issue are on the line in…
Criminal silence over genocide
More than two million besieged people are facing the catastrophe of famine with barely any food trickling in. But the international community has failed to stop the worst genocide in…
Practice and procedure
The Supreme Court has given its findings on the much-debated Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act 2023. Although the detailed judgment is awaited, still, the short order has said that…
A case of criminal politicisation
For long, Pakistan has been faced with external challenges. But the challenge from within is a new phenomenon which has raised its head in a loathsome manner. If allowed to…
Revamp the criminal justice system
The inadequacies of the criminal justice system were witnessed in the recent past when a woman was molested in the vicinity of Minar-e-Pakistan. The police have arrested more than a…
Criminal justice
Our new chief justice is one of the best criminal law judges in Pakistan. He will confront a poor performance record within Pakistan’s criminal justice system. Pakistan was ranked in…
Custodial deaths
THE death in police custody of 29-year-old Rizwan Asad Pandit in the early hours of March 19 in Srinagar has aroused strong condemnation by unionists, separatists and civil society alike.…
Women in prisons
THE global female prison population is growing at a faster rate than that of men. While women still represent a smaller percentage of the total prison population in most countries,…
The Zainab Alert and beyond
Eleven children were abused in Pakistan every day in the year 2023, per Sahil – an NGO working for children’s welfare. In total, 4,213 cases of child abuse were reported…
McNamara Fallacy
‘LAW reports’ are a series of books that publish judicial decisions known as ‘judgements’ or ‘orders’ from a selection of case law decided by courts. Not every decision of a…
