The age of judges
The 114th Constitution Amendment Bill has been tabled in the Lok Sabha (the Indian parliament). The bill seeks to enhance the retirement age of judges, proposing that the retirement age…
In terror of the mob
The violent phenomenon of mob justice is evident when a group of people (sometimes in the hundreds) take the law into their own hands, and act as accuser, judge and…
The need for a new story
There are competing narratives about the US`s drone war in the Waziristan area, a bastion of militants. These narratives have so far failed to gain traction in the public, inside…
Outcome of judicial activism
The PPP chairman, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, in his first public speech, underlined the exercise of judicial activism by the Supreme Court of Pakistan and objected to the court’s performance. He…
Sheer ignorance of law?
Ignorantia juris non excusat or ignorantia legis neminem excusat (Latin for "ignorance of the law does not excuse" or "ignorance of the law excuses no one") is a legal principle…
Judicial review of fiscal laws
Judicial review is the means by which the Superior Courts of a country exercise a supervisory jurisdiction over inferior courts, tribunals or other public bodies. It is a specialised remedy…
Crime and terrorism: Financial challenges – II
Risk-based approach: Nations are operating within a comprehensive international framework that deters financial crime and terrorism in the first place; detects it when it happens and disrupts the activities of…
No fear of accountability
The Victorian chimney sweep in Britain, the first industrial nation, was once an even bigger symbol of inhumanity than the bonded child labourer and sex-trafficked women of Pakistan and India…
Performance or…
On the 27th of December, 2012, Benazir Bhutto's fifth death anniversary, a major political event took place with Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing those who came to pay their respects to…
Keep your books open
The registrar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has flatly refused to appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and also to provide details of the expenditures charged on the public fund…
