Khan’s humanity and the citizenship issue on February 6, 2019On September 17, 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that his government would grant citizenship status to Pakistan-born children of foreigners. The Prime Minister’s sudden statement greatly raised the hopes of about two to three million persons, a little over one percent of the entire population, mostly persons of Afghan and Bengali heritage, who have […]
Legal reform: a case for mediation on September 28, 2018Both the Supreme Court and the Federal Government are presently abuzz with the talk of reforming the civil justice system. In this environment, it is important to locate our reform efforts in the global context. Pakistan is not the only country in the world where the civil justice system is facing delays. Delays in the […]