Hina Hafeezullah Ishaq

We, the Pakistanis, are a resilient people. We have, by large, a deep rooted faith in God and his protection, regardless of our follies and foolhardiness. I guess that keeping in mind the uncertain circumstances and the security issues, it is a good thing; I often think that the Americans went to pieces over one […]

I have a serious issue with fundamental rights. Sometimes I feel that my definition of the term is totally delusional, given the respect that it commands in this country, and the true term is actually ‘fund-a-mental’, in its urban sense. The more I read and the more I practice, I tend to become more delusional. […]

Whilst driving up the Mall Road, Lahore, towards Cantonment, there is a picket near the Mian Mir Bridge, manned by both the Punjab Police and the Military Police. I often wonder, if God forbid, I ever needed help, who would I approach? The answer always is: not the Punjab Police. Years ago, we lived in […]

Most of us who are avid viewers of English movies and serials are familiar with, “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say or do can and will be held against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one […]

Kamal and Amina had been married for 10 years. They had no children. Desperately conscious of the fact that they might never be able to have their own biological child, they decided to adopt. Incidentally, they lived in Pakistan and were Pakistani Muslim citizens. Content and hopeful with their decision, they embarked upon the harrowing […]

In 1957, a five-member bench of the honourable Supreme Court of Pakistan gave a landmark judgment, which sadly has sat in the archives of case law for more than half a century, without being cited much in recent years. In 1954, a group of girls from a college in Lahore went to the Hiran Minar, […]