How does a sexual violence trial work?
The Ministry of Law and Justice has recently notified the Anti-Rape (Trial Procedure) Rules 2022 under the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Act 2021. A trial starts once the police submit…
Trump indictment: Conspiracy theorists target familiar bogeyman
Billionaire philanthropist George Soros has long been a bogeyman for the far right, but Donald Trump’s indictment has unleashed a fresh torrent of hate that has also entangled US fact-checkers…
Trump indictment on hush money charges brings few new facts
The long-awaited charges against Donald Trump centering on hush money payments to suppress damaging news stories ahead of the 2016 election revealed few new details about a case that prosecutors…
Donald Trump could be charged any day – what happens next?
Donald Trump could be charged in New York as soon as this week for allegedly covering up hush money payments to a porn star during his 2016 presidential campaign, nearly…
After multi-billion US fund collapse, Germany’s Allianz eschews risk for safe bonds
For years, Allianz, one of the world’s biggest investors, piled billions into property, wind farms and even London’s sewage system, but now it is moving to shun such “alternative” investments…
Corporate power
Federal prosecutors last month charged the crypto currency CEO phenom Sam Bankman-Fried with committing “one of the biggest financial frauds in American history.” The 30-year-old billionaire, the Securities and Exchange…
Redressal for sexual violence survivors
The conviction rate in cases of sexual violence increased from three per cent to 16 per cent during 2022-2023. Data suggests that the reporting rate has also increased. About 12…
Laws, protocols and trafficking
Every country in the world is affected by human trafficking either as a point of origin, transit or destination, and Pakistan is not an exception. The UNODC describes human trafficking…
The affluenza contagion
Rule of law is a cornerstone of democracy. It is also a foolproof safeguard against selective justice or certain groups and individuals meting out extreme excesses, itself a stark manifestation…
Miscarriage of justice
The criminal justice system in Pakistan is not delivering much at the grassroots level, which is evident from the low conviction rate in the lower judiciary mostly in heinous crime…
