IT’S CLIMATE EMERGENCY NOT CLIMATE CHANGE: UNCONDITIONAL NEED FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE & EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE IN THIS CATASTROPHE.
Climate justice is an essential moral and ethical value and may be regarded as one that tries to identify how climate change adversely affects vulnerable communities and future generations. It promotes the fair sharing of the burden brought about by the climatic change and the obligation in terms of mitigation measuring an imperative awareness of…
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX & PAKISTAN: A HORRIFIC PICTURE OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND STANDARD OF LIFE
INTRODUCTION The Human Development Index ( HDI ) is a multidimensional instrument invented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and it reflects critical dimensions of the human development. The HDI measures the quality of development compared to assessing development on economic grounds alone, and the IDI takes into consideration health, education, and the quality…
Victims Breaking the Shackles of the Unspoken: Countering the Trend of Victim Blaming in Pakistan
Sexual assault is an abhorrent transgression that leaves indelible physical, emotional, and psychological wounds upon its victims. Tragically, all too frequently, survivors of such violations are subjected to an additional layer of agony in the form of victim blaming. This insidious practice, which assigns culpability for the assault to the victim rather than the aggressor,…
NOOR MUQADAM’S CASE & DIGITAL MEDIA EVIDENCE’S ADMISSIBILITY AS A PRIMARY EVIDENCE.
Introduction All aspects of human life have evolved due to the change in technology and the justice administration is not left behind. Digital media evidences have come to be one of the most important and in the majority of cases conclusive in the criminal justice systems in the world today. A very recent and high-profile…
PECA AMENDMENT ACT 2025: HALT ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH OR A SAFETY FROM CYBER-CRIMES
INTRODUCTION Cyber laws are sine qua non for 21st century but, not at the cost of throttling the free speech and freedom of expression. since the advent of cyberspace and technological advancement in virtual world, digital delinquency has also created severe enigmas. Such as data theft, harassments, blackmailing’s, cyberterrorism, hate speech, unauthorized information system access,…
TRAILBAZLING VERDICT ON MAINTENANCE OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILD: 1O1 CRITICAL ANALYSIS
BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE The controversy in the case is concerning a claim for recovery of maintenance allowance made by Esha Rani (also known as Esha Bibi) against the petitioner, Muhammad Afzal, alleging she is his biological daughter. From the record, Maryam Zahid, the mother of Esha Rani, claimed to have been raped by…
Military Courts and Civil Rights: A Critical Analysis of Pakistan’s Judicial Paradox
The Supreme Court of Pakistan’s early verdict in Constitution Petitions Nos. 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, and 35 of 2023, holding certain provisions of the Pakistan Army Act, 1952 as ultra vires to the Constitution, was a giant step to affirming the supremacy of the Constitution and protecting fundamental rights. This judgment, passed by…