opinion
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Survival in the jungle
Babar Sattar
Legal eye What is common in social media activists being abducted and then attacked in absentia for being unpatriotic and anti-Islam and the government’s bull-headed belief that military...
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Swimming lessons
H A Hellyer
In a judgement handed down on Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights rejected a claim brought by a Muslim couple in Basel, Switzerland, who had refused to allow their daughters to attend...
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The freedom-security trade-off
Hussain H Zaidi
The sun has set on the military courts instituted for the trials of civilians charged with terrorism related offences. It is likely, however, that the sun will soon rise again. Throughout their...
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Laws of disqualification
Dr Ikramul Haq
An extensive debate is going on in the media and elsewhere about the laws related to disqualification of elected members of parliament, especially in the wake of petitions admitted by the Supreme...
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Anti-Trump Trumpism
Jeff Sparrow
“The nation and all of our freedoms hang by a thread and the military apparatus of this country is about to be handed over to scum! Those who ignore these elemental, existential facts –...
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The taboo of plea negotiations
Dr Abdul Razzaq
A plea bargain is a negotiated settlement between the accused and the prosecutors in criminal matters where the accused agrees to accept the charges in exchange for a lesser quantum of penalty for...