A Journey From Individual Rights To Collective Rights Introduction The judgement of the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Ms Imrana Tiwana, etc Versus the Province of Punjab makes an interesting read. The gist of the facts of the case is that the Government of the Punjab planned a project called ‘Signal-free Corridor’ on Lahore’s famous Jail Road (one of the …

Introduction The prefatory question is not ‘how to measure,’ but is ‘why to measure’ terrorism. The question may be open to many an answer; one response with erudite credentials came from Bruno S. Frey and Simon Luechinger of the Institute of Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich, Switzerland. In a paper entitled “Measuring Terrorism” (2003), they opined that the …

INTRODUCTION The joint session of Pakistan’s parliament, from 6th to 10th April, 2015, culminated into a Resolution. Point 12 of the Resolution expressed the parliament’s desire that the Government should take steps to move to the UN Security Council (UNSC). What legal consequences such an expression can ensue, is the moot point of the instant write-up. Although many authors, in …

A judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, His Lordship Mr Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja, has appointed Senior Advocate Khawaja Haris Ahmed as an amicus curiae in a case titled Haider Ali vs. the District Police Officer, Chakwal, asking him to assist the apex court on the redress mechanism of grievances of public at large in an effective and efficient …

From the Perspective of International Nuclear Law INTRODUCTION The civil nuclear deal between the US and India is being treated as a waterline of a ship by media in Pakistan. The framework of most analyses hovers around the military and security aspects of the deal but the legal, commercial and technological dimensions have not received much attention. The instant write-up …

The 21st Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan after the Presidential assent on 7th January 2015 has become the law of the land. Notional debate on the substance of the Amendment in the media is still on. The purpose of this writing is to briefly examine some aspects of the Amendment.

While Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Republican Party candidate in US Presidential Election 2012, observed that Shariah was a mortal threat to the survival of freedom in the United States, some academics have tried to take a more objective and serious look at Shariah. Two researchers have jointly published a research paper in …

Besides, regional and international law, both India and Pakistan have their own constitutional laws related to the Kashmir Dispute. Article 370 of the Indian Constitution links the legislative competence of the Parliament on Kashmir to the Instrument of Accession. It may be noted that the Instrument of Accession, on which Article 370 lays the foundation of its relationship with Indian …

The instant piece is aimed at exploring the new frontier of the international law in the form of the Global Administrative Law (GAL) with a brief discussion on its concept, status and kinds. Later, a brief résumé of the use of the GAL in relation to global terrorism has been presented with analytical remarks. Introduction Charles Louis Montesquieu, in his …

The boilerplate versions of different aspects of Pakistan Affairs are in abundance; the Constitution of Pakistan is no exception. The chief versions of the Constitution that often come under discussion are: the 1956 Constitution, the 1962 Constitution and the 1973 Constitution. The standard comparison of the three versions involves similarities and dissimilarities among them. The similarities highlight the basis of …