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‘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…

A flawed system of governance

A Muslim majority state was envisaged by its founder Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah to ensure conducive conditions for the Muslims of British-India for socio-economic, cultural and religious development. Pakistan geographically…

Laws cannot be inhuman

When "law is blind" is taken literally, it spells trouble. Laws are supposed to be a set of rules made by a state for keeping the peace and security of…

Updating Christian Personal Law

Updating Christian personal law

In 2016 a Christian man, Ameen Masih, wanted to divorce his wife. However, much to his dismay he found out that he could not do so under the 1869 Divorce…

Religious tourism

THE governments of Pakistan and India seem to not realise that, in international law, it is incumbent on them to freely grant visas and facilities to the neighbouring countries’ nationals…

Law Vs Order

Law vs order

At critical junctures in history when we have been asked to choose between law and order, we have chosen order at the expense of the law. Are we sliding towards…

Unjust Law

Unjust law

The last time I attended Westminster Magistrates Court was in March 2013, when I was brought in a convoy of police cars with flashing lights and blaring sirens and taken,…

Two debatable draft laws

PARLIAMENT is currently seized of two significant bills, one for punishing the crime of causing enforced disappearance and the other for the trial of blasphemy and other offences under the…

Lawmakers Or Super Nazims?

Lawmakers or super nazims?

Elections 2018 have now been held. Candidates across the country campaigned in their respective constituencies, running from pillar to post to meet and convince as many voters as possible. Numerous…

The Iron Claw

The iron claw

The events that have unfolded over the past fortnight or so in Islamabad, and continue to simmer, have exhibited to all of us just how easy it can be to…