January 2018

By: Urainab The Control of Narcotics Substances Act, 1997 (hereinafter the Act), is a special law. The object of the Act, inter alia, is to control the production, processing and trafficking of narcotics, etc. In order to find sentencing trends of different courts on narcotic substances, the Lahore High Court (LHC) carried out a survey. The information gained through the …

Taxes are widely used to support a range of government policies besides raising revenue for balancing budgets. Normally, taxes are levied to promote desirable economic and social activities and to discourage those activities that are considered harmful by a society.  Economically and socially, direct taxes, owing to their neutral and progressive nature, are preferred over indirect taxes. Like many other …

How to tackle the most daunting challenge As a non-traditional security threat, climate change has continued to pose daunting challenges to Pakistan. The pressing issue of global warming jeopardizes a country’s future economic stability and security. The devastating floods of 2010 and 2011 and the extreme heatwave of 2015 have indicated that the state should brace itself for more natural …

Introduction Land signifies different things to different segments of society. Whatever use it may be put to, land is, succinctly, a repository of capital, fertile source of wealth, vehicle of getting into the socio-political mainstream, agency of gaining political leverage, instrument of getting let-in into the corridors of power and means to climbing up the higher rungs of the ladder …

The Threat of Nuclear Annihilation Since the day Donald J. Trump entered the White House, one thing has been established with absolute veracity: he is a consummate liar. He has told numerous lies to the world as well as to the American people. The frequence of his lies can be assessed from a report published by the Washington Post recently …

Will they continue in 2018? There is no doubt that nationalist populism will remain an important driver of Europe’s debates. As shown in the 2017 Chatham House research paper on the future of Europe, elites across the EU identify populists as their number one challenge. Thus, as we enter 2018, it seems that many observers were too optimistic about the …

THE INTERNATIONAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL LEGAL DEBATES -4 Introduction On 6th December 2017, the Office of the Press Secretary, White House issued the text of the speech of the US President Trump, in which he said: “[W]e finally acknowledge the obvious: that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital. This is nothing more, or less, than a recognition of reality. It is also the …

Decades of Middle East diplomacy thrown away in one sentence “It is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. While previous presidents have made this a major campaign promise, they failed to deliver. Today, I am delivering.” — Donald J. Trump President of the United States Introduction On December 06, 2017, the President of the United States, …

By: Abdullah Shibli For 2017 and beyond The year 2017 can be chalked down as a prosperous one for the world economy. Wherever we live, we welcome the New Year, which, by all indications, we hope, will be a better year in all respects. The most common measures of economic health viz. output, inflation, employment and cost of borrowing, all …

Polluted Water in Sindh There is no doubt that water is the most fundamental need of living things. Without water none can be alive. But, despite its huge importance, the people of Sindh are facing the menace of water pollution. Polluted water is very dangerous to human health as it creates a large number of diseases; such as cancer, hepatitis, …