Reforming contempt
The National Assembly of Pakistan has passed the Contempt of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) Bill, 2023. As per reports, the bill stipulates a punishment of 2-6 years and a fine of one…
The National Assembly of Pakistan has passed the Contempt of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) Bill, 2023. As per reports, the bill stipulates a punishment of 2-6 years and a fine of one…
In the Finance Bill 2020, presented along with federal budget 2020-21, a highly lamentable—rather unconstitutional amendment is proposed—to the effect that for availing right to appeal the aggrieved taxpayer will…
It needs to be mentioned that the principle contained in Additional Collector-II Sales Tax, Lahore Vs M/s Abdullah Sugar Mills Ltd (2003 SCMR 1026) relied by Division Bench was misplaced,…
In tax disputes the principles relating to stay of recovery in appropriate cases with or without condition, whether provided statutorily or as a matter of inherent jurisdiction, are well-established. The…
The PTI regime in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa surreptitiously promulgated KP Actions (In Aid of Civil Power) Ordinance, 2019 on August 5 and is now using it to justify holding up citizens in internment…
When Georges Clemenceau claimed that, “military justice is to justice what military music is to music,” he was being unfair to military music. We legitimised military justice through the 21st…
Who was Zakaria Mohammad? A young man from Lyari killed by the police in the posh area of Defence, Karachi, on Jan 1. Leaving aside the quite unbelievable story in…
A few days back when Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif began his midnight address to the nation at the conclusion of an All-Parties Conference, many of us had our hopes high.…
DOES the Protection of Pakistan Act strike the right balance between the fundamental rights of citizens and the state’s needs to deliver peace and security to society? All rational Pakistanis…
Recently, the Election Commission of Pakistan appointed certain retired district and session judges as election tribunals. They have been taken out of retirement, on contract basis, for one year. Their…