Articles

May 20, 2018

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS IN PAKISTAN: A SUBSTANTIVE CRITIQUE

 “The importance of a thing is determined not by its worth but by its general pervasiveness at one time.” The Fundamental Rights have been granted to […]
April 19, 2018

Approaches to Constitutional Interpretation

Thomas Reed Powell was known for his advice to his first-year students at Harvard Law School, to not read the Constitution because it would only confuse […]
November 9, 2017

The purview of the term “Service of Pakistan”, and its applicability to the Public Service Commissions

  Abstract The Article goes through various constitutional provisions to firstly define the term “Service of Pakistan”, and then to establish whether or not the “Service […]
October 21, 2017

Laws Protecting Mental Health in Pakistan- Adequate Enough?

Following the partition of Indian Subcontinent in 1947, Pakistan continued to make use of most of the laws it inherited by the British Raj(Crown rule). Instead […]
September 30, 2017

NEED OF CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF PAKISTAN LAW CLINIC

The word ‘clinical education’ has a deceptive impression. Many would think that it is something that is only done in the field of medicine. This is […]
September 8, 2017

Literacy in Pakistan – is a stricter legal pursuit required?

“Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a […]
August 5, 2017

Is the Muslim Family Law Ordinance’s regulation of the institution of marriage, a call for its reform?

  Pakistan came into being on the premise of the Pakistan Movement’s ‘Two Nation theory’, according to which Muslims  were to be granted a separate nation. […]
June 30, 2017

Has the Pakistani Legislation in Place to Combat Drugs Failed?

Pakistan sits on one of the world’s busiest drug trafficking corridors, largely due to the cultivation of Opium, Poppy and Cannabis in Afghanistan. After being credited […]