Shahrukh Mehboob

The criminal justice system is essentially an instrument of social control: society considers some conduct so dangerous and destructive that it either strictly controls their occurrence or outlaws them outright. It is common knowledge that the two major problems besieging the Criminal Justice System are the huge pendency of criminal cases and the inordinate delay […]

In a democratic society, citizens have a right to contend, debate, or maintain that the law has not been correctly framed by the state in terms of the mischief sought to be suppressed or that the law promulgated by the State ought to contain adequate safeguards against its misapplication or misuse by motivated persons. Seeking […]

Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment trace the root of blasphemy and apostasy laws in the Muslim world back to a historic alliance between Islamic scholars and government. Pakistan has codified paradoxical legislation, encompassing jurisprudence borrowed from Western liberalism and Islamic sharia. It cannot be presumed that any Muslim would willingly and without ostensible cause would hurt […]

A country is known for the quality of its public institutions. Developing sound and strong public institutions is a constitutional obligation with its foundations pillared in democracy, equality, tolerance, social, economic, and political justice. Institutional design and the configuration of its governance must be sensitive to the fundamental rights of the people and its vision […]

In any democratic country where the government assumes the role of “welfare and service state,” the question of governmental liability evokes a serious response. The concept of an intensive form of government requires the active participation of the state in welfare and service activities. On the other hand, the concept of government liability may have […]

This supplication is reminiscent of Act 2, scene 1 of William Shakespeare’s drama, measure for measure, which opens with Angelo stating:-We must not make a scarecrow of the law, setting it up to fear birds of prey, and let it prey, and let it keep one shape, till custom make it their perch and not […]

India stole a victory from Pakistan in 1971 at Dacca. As the people watched petrified with grief, the Armed Forces begged for battle and continuation of the struggle; they were prepared to offer a sacrifice of their very lives to save the integrity and honor of their country. Their commanders, however, whose weak wills had […]

The present system of education prevalent in Pakistan is the heritage of the pre-partitioned British India. A review of the education system of Pakistan suggests that there has been little change in Pakistan’s schools since 2010 when the 18th Amendment enshrined education as a fundamental human right in the constitution under Article 25A of the […]

Quaid-e-Azam, the founder of Pakistan says “I expect press for complete fearless.” regrettably, press in Pakistan has been unsuccessful to appreciate the goal of Quaid-e-Azam. Throughout the first, the decades after 1947 media space in Pakistan remained tightly regulated by the state. There were hardly any players in the broadcast sector. It was restricted to […]