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Why the UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution Failed, Again.

Earlier this year, the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) came to a close. Just by this, you can...

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Courting The Law

Amra Faraz

The IHC’s Intervention on Sewerage Workers’ Rights in Pakistan: A Constitutional Reckoning

The Islamabad High Court’s recent judgment, addressing the hazardous and degrading working conditions of sewerage laborers, represents a...

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Courting The Law

Muhammad Imran

Minority Rights and the National Commission for Minorities’ Rights Bill 2025: An Analytical Overview

The National Commission for Minorities’ Rights Bill 2025 represents a landmark step in Pakistan’s legislative response to the protection of...

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Courting The Law

Maria Batool

Basic Structure Theory – The Case of Pakistan

The debate over the “Basic Structure” of the Constitution of Pakistan resurfaces after every major constitutional amendment. The theory suggests...

05.12.2025 5

Courting The Law

Muhammad Imran

Comparison of 18th, 26th, and 27th Amendments of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

The comparison between the 18th Amendment and the later 26th–27th Amendments becomes even sharper when examined through the lens of...

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Courting The Law

Maria Batool

When Morality Creeps Into Justice

Justice Ali Baqar Najafi’s additional note in the Noor Muqaddam judgment – where he frames an unimaginably brutal murder as a warning against...

05.12.2025 5

Courting The Law

Maria Batool

Fearing Purposivism: the Pakistani Supreme Court and its Overturning of Pragmatic Judgments

Introduction: Late Justice Antonin Scalia of the United States Supreme Court was a curmudgeonly textualist. So hardwired was he to his philosophy...

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Courting The Law

Ali Hassan