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…
Decentralise for justice
Under Article 37 of the constitution, the state is bound to provide inexpensive and expeditious justice to the people of Pakistan. For this purpose, Article 7 of the constitution defines…
Incomplete justice
THE state-sponsored judicial murder of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB), a key founder of both mass democracy and constitutionalism in Pakistan, is a historical and legal fact which very few independent…
A new dawn for justice
The debate surrounding the establishment of a Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) in Pakistan is not new; it has been gaining traction since the Charter of Democracy was signed in 2006,…
Mental health and justice
FORENSIC psychiatry, the nexus between psychology and law, has undergone a transformation within Pakistan’s judicial system. Arising from the foundations set by the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860, and the Criminal…
Myths about ‘military justice’
ON Oct 23, 2023, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling. In a short order, detailed reasons for which have not yet been published, the SC held provisions of the…
Justice, not vengeance
ON Thursday, the administrative judge of Anti-Terrorism Courts, Lahore, directed handing over the custody of 16 people arrested in relation to the May 9 riots to the military for trial…
Where justice is a commodity
In the crumbling final days of the Roman Empire, justice too was for sale. Rome, once a city built on laws and moral clarity, was now a marketplace of corruption…
Justice in the trenches
The room is swollen with heat. Clients and lawyers alike wait impatiently. The fortunate sit on creaky wooden chairs; the less fortunate linger near the entrance or press their backs…
