The study noted that Pakistan’s court-martial system had a 93 per cent conviction rate over the last 20 years, with nearly all convictions based solely on confessions. Salman Akram Raja argues ...

Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan asked Raja that during your party’s (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) tenure, amendments were made in ...

Chief Justice Yahya Afridi said on Tuesday that serious issues had been raised in a letter penned by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan. As a result, he referred the letter to the ...

Presidents must follow court orders. Ever since the Civil War, they have, often unhappily. Whatever debates there might be ...

Pakistan's justice system is groaning under the weight of a staggering backlog of over two million cases, with some legal battles spanning decades. For the average citizen, the pursuit of justice ...

The new version—Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act, 2025—passed hurriedly, within a week, in both the houses without debate, and signed into a law by President Asif Ali Zardari on January ...

In response to the transfer of three high court judges to the Islamabad High Court (IHC), the Karachi Bar Association (KBA) ...

From Paraguay to Uganda, Indonesia to Botswana and Pakistan, the latest reports from civil society organisations paint a sobering picture of deteriorating operational environment and growing ...

Pakistan — A Pakistani man suspected of killing his U.S.-born 15-year-old daughter in a so-called honor killing after she apparently refused to stop sharing videos on TikTok appeared in court ...

"There is overwhelming evidence that Pakistan's blasphemy laws violate human rights and encourage people to take the law into their own hands. Once a person is accused, they become ensnared in a ...

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