Media Matters
In their celebrated work Satellites over South Asia, David Page and William Crawley had not identified even the broadest contours of the enormity of challenges the private broadcast media will…
Uncivil behaviour
By virtue of his ability of making tactical alliances, Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar became the most successful of all the Mughal kings. From introducing ‘Din-i-Ilahi’, a new ‘religion’ catering to the…
Civil actions under Code of Civil Procedure 1908
For matters relating to the procedure of the courts of civil judicature, the law is contained in the Code of Civil Procedure1 (hereinafter referred to as Code). In addition, the…
Transaction standards for joinder of parties, RS under US civil procedures
The transaction standards as defined in Federal Civil Procedure are the following: (1) Federal Rule 15(c), governs the relation back of pleading and amendments after the statute of limitations has…
Civil service reforms needed
George Bernard Shaw said, “I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.” The same can be…
Election Outlook-IV: Punjab always matters
The proponents of various ethnolinguistic vitality models plausibly argue that 'the Punjabis are the most powerful economic group in Pakistan' and that `Punjab is the most populous and prosperous province…
A civil law and common law perspective: Good faith and unconscionability in contracts
The real justification for the adoption of the doctrine of unconscionability is to permit courts to do openly what they had been doing covertly for years. The covert methods were…
Public participation in financial matters
In Pakistan it is very disturbing to learn about the imprudence of those in power (both civil and military) in disbursing money from the public exchequer. Rules have been properly…
A new dawn for justice
The debate surrounding the establishment of a Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) in Pakistan is not new; it has been gaining traction since the Charter of Democracy was signed in 2006,…
An assault on the constitution
What a farce is being made of our democracy! Amending the constitution is a serious business. But, last Sunday when the bill was ready to be voted upon, no one…
