Vague laws
Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are inconsistent with a number of human rights including freedom of expression; freedom of thought, conscience and religion; and equal protection of the law, which have all…
Disregard of international law
A VERY large section of teachers at seminaries and religious scholars refuse to see Muslims as anything other than a single organic ummah. For them, the resort to coercive methods…
Becoming an international lawyer
The word 'International lawyer' looks attractive for someone to use it as title. However, to be called an international lawyer one has to have proficiency in more than one language…
SBP, MoF must get their claws into business
No matter how it is happening, but it is a fact that on paper economic performance has shown improvement. When the economy is meeting numbers in tough conditions, it is…
Chaos and complexities in international taxation
In recent years, tax practitioners have had little interest in the question whether or not a relationship exists between structural changes in a country's economy and the level of taxation.…
Elements of international trade law
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…
Corporate law: statutory rectification under UK’s corporate laws
There are divergent views on the issue of court's powers to rectify entries in the register of shareholder under the UK's company law. Generally the powers of the court under…
Issues of obedience in international law
The analytical jurists like Austin had questioned the validity of the international law on the ground that the system lacked sovereign's command and as such its norms were not enforceable,…
Financial crime and our laws
At the International Judicial Conference 2012 hosted in April in Islamabad by the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan, one of the themes was terrorism and money laundering. The group…
Banking, other financial businesses: customer identification program and international conventions
Customer identification in banking and financial businesses has gained importance due to abnormal increase in financial crimes including tax evasion, money laundering and terrorist financing. There are two sets of…
