When Salman met Putin on October 27, 2017Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was recently in Russia. The landmark trip ended with an agreement whereby Riyadh would buy missiles from Moscow. It is worth mentioning here that the latter is playing an instrumental role in propping up the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. Thus this bilateral defence pact was not received well by Washington, […]
How to avoid solitude? on October 22, 2017A few days ago, Chief of the Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa expressed his views on security and economy at a seminar held in Karachi. The situation of governance in Karachi is deplorable and pathetic. The provincial government of Pakistan Peoples Party seems to be least concerned about that the province, even in areas like […]
The conundrum that is Pakistan-Russia ties on October 16, 2017Relations between the states are not dependent upon emotions; instead it is the economic interests which play a pivotal role in international relations in the present era. It was a huge blunder on the part of US president Donald Trump that through his speeches fuelled and ignited nationalistic feelings at the altar of internationalism. Such […]
Improving Pak-Iran relations: A game changer on October 8, 2017There was a time when the relations between Iran and Pakistan were cordial. In 1947 Iran was the first country to recognize Pakistan as an independent country. King Raza Shah Pehlavi was the first foreign leading dignitary to pay a state visit to Pakistan. Both countries were members of SEATO. The cultural links between both […]
The standards of legal education in Pakistan on September 30, 2017Chief Justice Syed Manor Ali Shah recently took the decision to set aside the exam exemptions being given to foreign law graduates. Details regarding the decision can be read on page A62 of the Pakistan Law Journal (PLJ). I had a role to play in this decision as I appeared as a counsel to the […]
The curious case of Maryam Nawaz on September 20, 2017 In November 2014, the Honourable Lahore High Court’s incumbent Chief Justice, Mr Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, gave a landmark judgement in which directions were issued to the chairperson youth loan scheme Maryam Nawaz to leave the honorary post.Eventually the lady had to resign. A few months ago, the judgement regarding this case has […]
The Menace of Child Labour on September 16, 2017On 16 March 2017 the honourable Chief Justice, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, declared the appointment by the Chief Minister of Director General Child Protection welfare bureau Fatima Sheikh illegal and void ab initio and further directed the chief minister to make a new appointment within fifteen days. The judgement has been recently reported in […]
Minorities rights enforcement on September 14, 2017On 19 June 2017, the honourable Chief Justice of Lahore Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah gave a landmark judgement regarding the interpretation of Christian divorce Act 1869. The judgement was recently reported in a law journal called the Pakistan Law Digest August edition on page 610. The honourable chief justice delineated that the court is […]