Budget is the basic instrument through which financial resources are allocated to different entities within the governance setup in Pakistan. The process is conceptually based on economics and finance, but it has to be legally formalized. Besides, whatever any government may choose to say, the budgetary allocations also reflect the priorities of governance. The Constitution of Pakistan 1973 through its …

The net result of the plethora of amendments to ATA 1997 is that they have taken away the ‘specialty’ of the special law and have relegated it to the level of general penal law of the country. On 6th February, 2014, two bills were introduced in the National Assembly of Pakistan to make amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 (ATA …

Winston Churchill once said, ‘If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law’. The saying is apt for Pakistan, which suffers from excessive legislation. Most of the legislation is arcane in nature as it has been inherited as a colonial legacy. The successive Constitutions of Pakistan have had provisions that protected and ensured continuity of legal …

AN ANALYSIS OF THE PROTECTION OF PAKISTAN ORDINANCE AND THE INVESTIGATION FOR FAIR TRIAL ACT The Investigation for Fair Trial Act, 2013 The Investigation for Fair Trial Act, 2013 was formally assented to by the President of Pakistan on 20th February, 2013 after its approval from the National Assembly and the Senate of Pakistan. The law is conceptually progressive as …

The joy of a celebration depends on its reasonableness; for emotional people, there is little room for reason. The news of grant of GSP Plus status to Pakistan by the EU in December 2013 overwhelmed the Pakistani media who, for many weeks, defined and dissected its tone. But, the outcome opinion wasn’t unanimous rather it was divided as some celebrated …

International Law of Trade or Disarmament? Introduction Is the international law evolving itself or is it defying the very basic principles of law? Quintessentially, it’s a product of agreements between the states and of the consistent conduct, which constitute the customary law. The list of its new subjects, however, is increasingly growing and is including non-state actors and multinational companies …

In the recent past, it was assumed that the age-old question of the very existence of international law has been fully settled; however, the current Syrian crisis has shaken the foundations of this assumption. The question now being posed is whether the international law is part of world order or the world order is part of the international law. The …

The instant article is primarily exploratory in nature and aims at examining some of the core issues related to Police laws in Pakistan. INTRODUCTION The landscape of policing in Pakistan is not very healthy; two eminent personalities bear witness to this and warrant mention here verbatim. Mr Ahmer Bilal Soofi who served as Federal Minister for Law in the interim …

INTERNATIONAL LAW PERSPECTIVE The United Nations Security Council passed its Resolution 2098 (2013) in March 2013. The second recital of the Resolution reads: ‘Recalling its resolution 2086 (2013) and reaffirming the basic principles of peacekeeping, including consent of the parties, impartiality, and non-use of force, except in self-defence and defence of the mandate, and recognizing that the mandate of each …

The latest book entitled ‘Lee Kuan Yew’, based on the interviews with the legendary Singapore leader, Lee Kuan Yew, is being widely acclaimed the world over. In this book, Lee Kuan Yew expresses his views about the law and order in Pakistan in the chapter ‘On Islamic Extremism’ in the following words: ‘We should learn to live with the Pakistan …