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Panama case judgement: Dismissal of review petitions

Nawaz Sharif, his offspring, son-in-law, Muhammad Safdar, and father-in-law of younger daughter, Muhammad Ishaq Dar, in multiple review petitions filed against the decisions of Supreme Court of April 20, 2017…

Legal Eye: Hard Cases, Bad Law

Legal eye: Hard cases, bad law

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr of US Supreme Court observed in 1904 that, “great cases like hard cases make bad law. For great cases are called great, not by reason of…

A Case Of Forgetfulness

A case of forgetfulness

Like the Supreme Court verdict in the Panama case, the decision given in the disqualification case of Imran Khan and Jahangir Tareen has come under severe criticism by legal and…

Can The Panama Papers End Corruption?

Can the Panama Papers end corruption?

Imran Khan recently tweeted congratulations to the nation as a serving prime minister will be under rule of law for the first time. Taking the Panama Papers to their logical…

Case In Point: Justice Seen To Be Done?

Case in Point: Justice seen to be done?

Justice Robert Jackson of US Supreme Court had famously stated that, “we are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final.” Our Supreme…

Panama: take two

We now have a bench to implement the Panama verdict. It rightly comprises judges who heard the case and ruled that there is a need for further inquiry. Whether the…

Panama: take two

We now have a bench to implement the Panama verdict. It rightly comprises judges who heard the case and ruled that there is a need for further inquiry. Whether the…