Uncertainty Looms As The Apex Court Rules On Defecting Lawmakers
The judgment on the Presidential Reference seeking the top court’s opinion on defection by parliamentarians has seemingly made the situation ...
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Judge Denied Entry Into Special Court: PM Shehbaz Orders Inquiry
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz to probe security officials' act of preventing a judge ...
Present Shireen Mazari By 11.30 PM, Orders Islamabad High Court As It Reopens After Working Hours
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered the authorities to present Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shireen Mazari before the court ...
How Recruitment Heists And Nepotism Destroy The Quality Of Pakistan’s Human Resources
The dream of inclusive social development will not materialise unless an efficient workforce selected through meritocracy reigns supreme in the ...
Votes Of Lawmakers Switching Loyalties Not To Be Counted: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Pakistan, in a split 3-2 decision, has stated that in case of a vote in a ...
Lettergate And President Alvi: Parliamentary Democracy Turned On Its Head
If the existing political and constitutional morass bedeviling the country was not serious enough, President Dr Alvi has written a ...
Article 69: Parliamentary Privilege Or Embargo On Court?
In the past month, there has been much discussion on whether the Superior Courts can interfere in parliamentary procedure and ...
Unpacking PTI’s ‘Mistake’ on Justice Qazi Faez Isa
The PTI’s much-vaunted three-and-a-half-year sheen of moral rectitude and high ethical standards is losing its shine with embarrassing rapidity. But ...
Punjab CM Elections To Take Place on 16 April: LHC
The Lahore High Court (LHC) has rejected a plea for early elections in the Punjab Assembly, filed by PML-N leader ...
76 New Cases Of Missing Persons In March: Commission On Enforced Disappearances
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances has received 76 new complaints of missing persons in March, the monthly report ...
The Judgement: How The SC Ruling Can Begin Our Process Of Healing From Judicial Letdowns
When Paul Keating, the former prime minister of Australia, built on the four successive election victories of his legendary predecessor, ...
Let The Speaker Speak
Like many other countries, the constitutional scheme of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is based on trichotomy of power, viz ...
SC Adjourns Crucial Hearing Once Again As Constitutional Crisis Continues
A five-member bench headed Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial and including Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Mohammad Ali ...
Right To Liberty And Bail For Those Accused Of Serious Crimes
The right to liberty and the security of a person are enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). ...
Judicial Powers For Deputy Commissioners: A Return To The FCR?
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has decided to appoint Deputy Commissioners of the amalgamated tribal districts of Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, ...
Aurat March Petitions LHC To Uphold Right To Assembly, Condemns Lahore Administration’s Lack Of Cooperation
Aurat March Lahore has filed a writ petition before the Lahore High Court (LHC), calling for women’s right to march ...
Bar Politics And Judicial Reforms In Pakistan
Why is Pakistan's justice system perceived to be a 'weak' system? Why is it failing to safeguard the life and ...
Academic Freedom And The Future Of Democracy In Pakistan
Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, a Pakistan-based jurist serving as Supreme Court judge, issued a powerful and debate-provoking judgment on ...
Senator Farhatullah Babar To Challenge PECA Amendment Ordinance At Islamabad High Court
A constitutional writ petition has been filed by former senator Farhatullah Babar before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) challenging Prevention ...
Free, With ‘Honour’ Intact – How The Acquittal Of Qandeel’s Killer Emboldens Violent Criminals
Pakistan ranks as the sixth most dangerous country in the world for women, with countless cases of rape, domestic violence, ...
The Myanmar Junta’s Defense In The Rohingya Genocide Case At The ICJ Is Troubling
Following the military-led "clearance operation" that forced 750,000 Rohingya to flee to neighboring Bangladesh, Gambia, a West African nation, in ...
Are The Consequences Of Articles 62 And 63 Too Harsh?
There are as many political systems in the world as there are countries. It goes without saying that some countries ...
Why We Must Save The HEC From Collapse
It is now about a year since Pakistan’s higher education has been besieged by crisis. The situation was already not ...
PECA Law Impinging Upon Freedom Of Expression: IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah
Chief Justice Athar Minallah of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has expressed the view that the Prevention of Electronic Crimes ...
Kidnapping Accused Escapes From Karachi’s Dolmen Mall: Police Did Not Expect To Be ‘Betrayed’
After one of the accused in the Bisma Saleem and Dua Mangi kidnapping cases escaped police custody while being escorted ...
Sialkot Man Who Made Video Justifying Lynching Of Priyantha Kumara Gets One Year In Prison
A resident of Sialkot has been convicted by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) for uploading a video which supported the murder ...
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Uncertainty Looms As The Apex Court Rules On Defecting Lawmakers
The judgment on the Presidential Reference seeking the...