Irshad Ahmad

Irshad Ahmad

The writer is a Peshawar-based lawyer.

  • Practice and procedure

    Practice and procedure

    The Supreme Court building in Islamabad. — AFP/File The Supreme Court has given its findings on the much-debated Supreme Court Act 2023....

  • Seniority and merit

    For the first time in the judicial history of Pakistan, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan , through a majority decision, nominated a woman judge...

  • Independence of judiciary

    Last week, Pakistan was ranked 130th among the 139 assessed countries globally in “adherence to rule of law”, evaluated by the World Justice...

  • From FCR to ADR

    Since Independence, the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas were governed through the draconian Frontier Crimes Regulation, 1905.Until...

  • Re-election to UNHRC

    In the middle of October this year, Pakistan was re-elected as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which works globally for the...

  • Fata and the internet

    After countless sacrifices of its people and as many operations, peace has finally returned to erstwhile Fata. Parliament passed the 25th...

  • Meet all our heroes

    A month on, confirmed Covid-19 confirmed patients have passed from zero to more than 1400 in Pakistan. Sadly, people are not only horrified at this...

  • We need students’ unions

    For the current financial year, the government allocated Rs59 billion to the HEC against the demand of Rs103 billion – Rs6 billion less than the...

  • Whose job is it?

    Since the PTI-led government has entered the second year of heading the affairs of the government; there has been much debate around the question of...

  • State of prisons

    Last week, the Supreme Court was apprised by the federal ombudsman on the state of the country's prisons. Ostensibly, the report claimed that 77,275...

  • Towards cleaner cities

    World Cleanup Day 2019, which was commemorated on September 21, was successful in directly mobilizing more than 20 million people across the...

  • Unchecked atrocities

    On August 5, India revoked Article 370 and Article 35-A of the Indian constitution through Presidential Order C.O 272 to alter the special...

  • No justice, no peace

    On December 16, the nation observed the fourth anniversary of the APS Peshawar attack. People paid tributes and spoke about the sacrifices of the...

  • Judicialisation in Fata

    For decades, the people of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas were forcedly kept under the draconian colonial Frontier Crimes Regulation...

  • How to mainstream Fata

    The persistent struggle for equal rights and the matchless sacrifices by the people of former FATA, along with tireless efforts by activists,...

  • A question of quality

    With its 100-day plan, the incumbent PTI government hopes to bring about improvements in the country’s education sector, which emerged as a major...

  • Remember the missing

    On December 21, 2010 – after noticing the alarming increase in enforced disappearances in various countries in the world – the United Nations...

  • The right to labour rights

    The protection of the rights of the workers appears to have become more than a challenge for our country, particularly after the 18th Amendment was...

  • A woman of principles

    Asma Jahangir fought for her principles and not for or against a person or institution. Regardless of her ideological and personal differences, she...

  • The problem with PhDs

    Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s education minister made some alarming revelations last month about his department receiving more than 700,000 applications...