‘Law enforcement’ via leaks
A Parliamentary committee tasked with drawing up the terms of reference for a judicial inquiry into the Panama Papers leaks is deadlocked with an increasingly frustrated opposition threatening to take…
How to escape the long arm of the law
The message from Zaman Park, Lahore is loud and clear: Imran Khan is a popular leader and thus needs ‘special treatment’. The courts should wait for hours if he has…
Laws, protocols and trafficking
Every country in the world is affected by human trafficking either as a point of origin, transit or destination, and Pakistan is not an exception. The UNODC describes human trafficking…
Punishment and law
Law and punishment are very different concepts and should not be unduly amalgamated. The function of law is the codification of norms, definition of rights and obligations, creation of mechanisms…
Identity theft and benami law in Pakistan
Readers may test their vocabulary before reading this article by asking themselves meaning of the word “benami” in common parlance. Many people might have never heard this word and many…
Need for income tax law – III
Part 2 - Special Cases 66. (1) Where a person dies, his legal representative or the executor shall be liable to pay any sum, which the deceased would have been…
Anti-money laundering regulations and fiscal laws – I
General perception about money laundering 'Money laundering' in general sense means, actions and processes of projecting money acquired as proceed of crime as untainted money. This subject gained international significance…
General’s ‘general law’ vs ‘special law’
The Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 was promulgated by General Pervez Musharraf, through a Presidential Ordinance on September 13, 2001, repealing the Income Tax Ordinance, 1979, which was also introduced by…
Labour laws and productivity
Labour laws should also spotlight on productivity rather than the dampening effects of archaic laws from the times of Industrial Revolution that have hampered rather than promoted productivity. Labour laws…
Elite capture and lack of rule of law
The country will pay a heavy cost for the most recent appalling example of vigilantism in the name of religion as evidenced in Sialkot, roundly denounced by the country’s military…
