By Shahid Khalid Madni Introduction The dispute over the twelve refugee seats in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly has become one of the most important constitutional questions raised by the recent Joint Awami Action Committee movement. The controversy is not simply about the existence of seats for displaced Kashmiris. It concerns the…
By Kamran Adil and Warda Kamran Adil INTRODUCTION Emerging developments in international relations can be analysed through different lenses. These may include, inter alia, military and strategic considerations, international legal frameworks, economic consequences, religious dimensions, and cultural perspectives. The purpose of this brief analysis is to take stock of the legal issues that should be…
By Kamran Adil and Warda Kamran Adil INTRODUCTION Honour killing is the most extreme form of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) that has gained the spotlight due to its prevalence in Pakistan. The issue has received significant international and national attention, which is periodically reignited whenever some odd event takes place. While society and the media have…
International relations, as an academic discipline, is more tolerant to interchangeable terms as compared to international law, which is more particular about the use of terminology employed to elucidate a set of facts.
Contrary to popular perception, international law is at the core of China-India recent standoff. China’s claim rests on the primacy of customary international law compared to the claim of India, which is based on succeeding rights from British India. Interestingly, India was not even privy to the agreements from which it derives succeeding claims. The…
The novel coronavirus, COVID-19 is a highly communicable disease, labelled as a modern-era pandemic and a public health emergency by the World Health Organization. Spreading throughout the world, it has infected millions, and claimed the lives of more than 170,000 people. Countries all over are faced with the unenviable challenge of balancing the health of their citizens — with stay-at-home orders, closure of industries, etc — and the need to ensure that social safety nets to maintain the livelihoods of the poorest demographics.
In 2018, FATF placed Pakistan on its ‘grey-list’ citing ‘structural deficiencies’ that resulted in failure to target terrorism financing and money laundering. These included lack of necessary legal frameworks to target TF/ML
Since 9/11, India has been propagating the view that Pakistan is the epicenter of terrorism in the region. Conversely, despite sincere efforts by Pakistan to unearth the truth through evidence-based investigations, India has rejected every opportunity to work jointly and investigate acts of terrorism by following an evidence-based approach.
The direction of global events is leaning more towards power and interest based decision-making than towards a rule-based system that was installed in the Post World War II era. This direction is made evident through many manifestations.
The latest judgment of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in case of Ghulam Hussain vs. the State[1] is an attempt to interpret the codified definition of ‘terrorism’ in Pakistan’s anti-terrorism law. Before entering into the legalese of the judgement itself, it is imperative to ask this question: Why should the Supreme Court of Pakistan venture to interpret the definition of ‘terrorism’?