Judge Hercules
It is practically impossible to apply the law with complete homogeneity. In all jurisdictions, dichotomy subsists. To resolve such contradictions, Professor Ronald Dworkin in the 1970s conceived the concept of…
Military feared mistakes in LA deployment could have ‘far-reaching’ implications, records show
As President Donald Trump began his push to send the National Guard and Marines to US cities, military leaders privately questioned whether the troops had received proper training and warned…
Pakistan: retrospect and prospect—II
Gen Ziaul Haq promised elections within 90 days; they actually exceeded 1000 days. He put Bhutto to the gallows on trumped charges of conspiracy to murder. In a split decision…
Global Sumud flotilla
Food. Medication. Shelter. Freedom of movement. Water. Air. Six basics for the survival of any human being and yet, for the past 23 months, we have watched with horror as…
Justice within reach
Justice in Pakistan is too often defined by the judgments of higher courts. For the ordinary citizen, however, justice is what they experience in a district courtroom, in a tehsil…
Reforms for the SC
The constitution enshrines equality before the law, equal protection, and the right to a fair trial as fundamental guarantees, while Article 37(d) obliges the state to provide inexpensive and expeditious…
The silent witness
In 2023, engineers at Samsung inadvertently uploaded confidential source code to ChatGPT. The aim was simple: debugging assistance. The outcome was catastrophic. Fragments of sensitive corporate code later appeared in…
Future of justice
Public trust in the justice system is not shaped only by the judgments of higher courts. It is built, day by day, through the experiences of ordinary citizens in the…
Justice in decay
FOR many litigants and junior lawyers, City Courts is their first experience with Pakistan’s judicial system. It is the court of first instance: where rights are first asserted, arrests first…
From guardian to spectator
The 26th Amendment to the constitution of Pakistan did not arrive quietly. It came on the heels of coerced obedience, after lawmakers were abducted and the legislature was forced to…
