The writer is a lawyer based in Islamabad.
There is no polite way of saying this: democracy and its institutions are on a very short leash. With Sadiq Sanjrani elected chairman of the Senate,...
At a time when superior courts are wielding contempt powers as a sword, there is a need to consider whether the offence of scandalising the court...
The constitution is supreme. But the constitution is what the judges say it is. We have had direct military rule. We have seen a troika keeping...
“Graveyards are full of indispensible men” is the rule that proves exceptions such as Asma Jahangir. Can there be a more precise measure of a...
What is the PML-N’s “movement for justice” that Nawaz Sharif claims to have launched? It is a political manoeuvre to project the Supreme Court...
In this age of populism where we have convinced ourselves that the system is broken and we need a saviour to save us from ourselves, the return of...
Dear Amma Jee: I am dismayed by our society’s propensity for violence. From domestic violence within homes and corporal punishment for children...
