End of a stalemate ends: the US-Taliban peace agreement on March 4, 2020Doha, capital of Qatar, in the Middle East, became the rendezvous place for talks to bring peace in a volatile part of modern South Asia: Afghanistan. It has come to be known as the US-Afghan Taliban Agreement, a deal to ease the peace process in Afghanistan. The way forward is intra-Afghan dialogue. It is an […]
Amendment in NAB law: eclipse on accountability regime in Pakistan on January 1, 2020The recently issued NAB (Second Amendment) Ordinance 2019 amending the NAB Law of 1999 is an indicator of the reversal of the policy of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)fromjustice and curbingcorruption to injustice and giving an open and blank legislative cheque for corruption to civil servants (bureaucrats) and other public office-holders (politicians). All of a sudden, […]
Kashmir internationalised: Pakistan to strategise plebiscite on August 18, 2019August 5, 2019, was the darkest day in the annals of South Asia. The Modi-led BJP Indian government unlawfully scrapped Articles 370 and 35-A from the Constitution of India. This illegitimate action stripped Indian-held Kashmir of its special status, brought IhK under law and constitution of India and revoked curbs on non-resident Indians regarding the […]
Government and its political legitimacy on August 18, 2019Communism might seem gone with the fall of Union of Soviet Russia (USSR), yet its theoretical model to achieve political mileage is still in the field, especially in Pakistan. One of the major political parties, founded on the slogan “Roti Kapra Aur Makan” in the 1960s, jumps into every general election with the same rhetoric. […]
US-Iran tensions: the myth and reality on May 26, 2019The United States under President Donald Trump appears adamant to act like the sole stalwart it once was despite the fact and the awareness that the world is no longer unipolar. Radical changes have swept the globe over the last decade and a half. Given the current situation on the global chessboard, the US narrative […]
Professional development in legal profession on May 21, 2019Human lawmakers may fail to foresee a number of situations emerging in the future. One way of defining legislation is as an acknowledgment of a social order. Every society undergoes changes in the course of time. Most of these stem from changing socio-economic, cultural and political conditions. Law is thus ever evolving. It needs to […]
Time to reform the civil services on April 10, 2019Why are the youth today generally pessimistic about their future? Is all this talk about merit being the sole consideration a hollow political slogan? Why is the governance at what appears to be the lowest ebb? Why do the youth doubt that Pakistan can ever become a great nation? In a public speech, Prime Minister […]
A robust national education policy: a catalyst for real change on April 2, 2019Ever since independence of Pakistan in 1947, the problems faced by it have multiplied manifold. The governments, dictatorial and democratic, gave their own policies giving therein vent to their flawed manifestos. Let them get due credit of half-heartedly implementing such policies. The area that must have been the focal point of rapt attention has remained […]
25th constitutional amendment: a milestone for rule of law: Part-II on March 21, 2019In consequence of 25th Constitutional Amendment and judgments of august supreme court, referred to hereinbefore, jirga (council of elders) in all forms has been declared as illegal. There is no room for jirga for criminal cases. Jirga is permissible only in civil cases. All three forums under FCR, i.e., Deputy Commissions (Political Agent), Commissioner FCR […]
25th constitutional amendment: a milestone for rule of law: Part-I on March 20, 2019Ever since independence, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)have been governed under the Frontier Crimes Regulation, 1901. The Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 in its Articles 1(2)(c), 246 and 247 conferred special status on these areas. Parliament had no authority to make any law for these areas. The president was law-giver who could, by […]