Since the end of World War II, the nations of the world have made approximately 3,000 investment treaties.1 As new agreements emerge almost monthly from diplomatic negotiations, investment treaty-making continues…
In order to manage risks in international commercial transactions, contracting parties often seek to agree in advance on how disputes arising out of a transaction between them are to be…
International trade law is a complicated subject as it involves transnational transactions; it derives its sources from customary international law, international conventions, bilateral treaties, and multilateral treaties. These instruments of…
International trade transactions relate to the importation or exportation of goods or services from one country to another. Both on importation and exportation these transactions confront many problems and at…
It was predicted that new arrangements governing international trade will give rise to trade wars. The same is now happening. Despite the fact that it was agreed that countries will…
The focus of this paper is to highlight the key issues arising form relationship between treaties and domestic law. The literature is extensive on this topic and some of that…
Slogans of banning child domestic workers are making headlines once again in public seminars and media, gaining attention of the wider civil society due to two ghastly incidents recently. Rizwana,…
The Islington Crime Surveys conducted in the 1980s by UK-based criminologists found that 73 per cent of women were concerned about going out alone at night, and 68 per cent…
Pakistan’s prevailing outlook paints a grim picture of a state in deep trouble. In view of perpetual political instability coupled with the economic meltdown, the country has been grappling with…
The second point in the judgment authored by the Honourable Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan in the case titled ‘M/s Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited & another v Federation of Pakistan…
