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Good Outcome To A Flawed Election

Good outcome to a flawed election

The power-sharing agreement signed a week ago by the incoming Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his election rival Abdullah, soon to be appointed to a specially created and tailor-made post…

Elections not entertainments

American jurist Brandeis once wrote that “sunlight is the best of disinfectants”. Both sunlight and disinfectant could be used for our bar elections. All the cycles we witness are the…

Why gender laws need follow-up

In recent years, Pakistan has seen the passage of several progressive laws aimed at safeguarding women’s rights, laws that promise protection against violence, harassment at the workplace, equal participation and…

Let’s have a young election

Zohran Mamdani is well on his way to becoming the mayor of New York. This is a win from the lens of representation: a young South Asian Muslim being able…

Law in flux

IF the law is kept in a state of flux – not in small fringe matters, but in its most fundamental aspects, such as constant knee-jerk tinkering with the statutes…

Corporate board elections

In July 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) amended the Code of Corporate Governance through S.R.O. 906(I)/2023, introducing a new regulation (7A) that mandates separate, category-wise voting…

Lawfare limited to warfare unlimited

From the construction of canals in the Cholistan desert to the abduction of activists and journalists in cities and towns of Pakistan; and from attacks and baton charges on Baloch…