Fake accounts and fragility on March 22, 2019For the fair play of equity, the effect of provisions of punitive laws has to be retrospective. That’s the fundamental rule of criminal jurisprudence. In Pakistan, the same has been given existence by being embodied in Article 12 of the Constitution, and made a fundamental right, which in turn is protected by Article 8. However, […]
Time for South Punjab on May 28, 2018More than half a decade prior to the Partition of India, the units that were to form Pakistan were given the authority to administer themselves. Point three of 1940’s Lahore resolution clearly made them ‘autonomous’ and ‘sovereign’. However, Pakistan took twenty five years to codify and incorporate this in its supreme law. Finally, they could […]
The contempt of Parliament on April 19, 2018Earlier, the governments were sent home; now, only the elected prime ministers are. ‘My lords’ of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan have played a paramount role in making the fate and history of this nation. And that role continues till day. In the 20th century, they acted via Salus populi suprema lex esto; while the […]