Gender-Based Violence Courts In Pakistan
A 3 percent conviction rate in crimes related to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) is evidence that violence against women and girls continues to run [...]
Special Protection Measures & GBV Courts
On October 17, 2020 the Lahore High Court released a notification on guidelines to be followed in letter and spirit in gender-based violence courts.
Economic Affairs Division, Gov of Pakistan Grants NOC to Legal Aid Society
The Economic Affairs Division, Government of Pakistan has successfully granted No Objection Certificate to the Legal Aid Society to implement its programmes and activities in [...]
ADR would be further extended by Sindh Assembly
Essential legislation enabling ADRS would be further extended by Sindh Assembly: Wahab...
Alternative Dispute Resolution to lessen burden on judiciary
KARACHI: The burden of the country’s judiciary, which is struggling to cope with the backlog of 1.9 million cases nationwide, can be reduced by promoting...
Call center launched for free legal advice
Karachi The sindh government in collaboration with a non-profit organisation has set up the Sindh Legal Advisory Call Center under a project titled...
Provincial Minister for law Murtaza Wahab visits
Provincial Minister for Information and law Murtaza Wahab visits Sindh legal advisory call center in Karachi...
Underutilised Ombudsman!
States are social constructs and are intrinsically meant to serve its people. If any state fails to perform such inherent political and administrative tasks...
Are our prisons dumping grounds for the mentally disabled?
The situation is very bleak for mentally challenged prisoners in Pakistan. They are victims of a prison system that aims to maltreat inmates with no [...]
Delays in the delivery of justice in civil cases
Despite the recent series of efforts and good will by the judiciary, the justice system in Pakistan remains frail and far from providing timely and inexpensive justice [...]
For overburdened courts, alternative dispute resolution only solution
With the high number of pending cases and overall caseload facing the judiciary at all levels across Pakistan, court-annexed alternative dispute resolution...
Call for strengthening alternative dispute resolution mechanism
Legal Aid Society chairman Justice (r) Nasir Zahid says over 1.8 million cases are pending before the superior and subordinate judiciary of Pakistan...
Inequality and Discrimination faced by Religious Minorities in Pakistan
Pakistan is one of the worst countries to live in as a member of a religious minority group, due to the lack of human rights protection accorded [...]
We asked how slow Sindh’s courts were. This is what we found
You own a flat in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal which you rent out to a family under a Tenancy Agreement. You make sure all the paperwork is in [...]
Delays and lapses in Pakistan’s criminal justice system
Pakistan’s legal system is notorious for its slow and inefficient handling of cases. In a new report, a group of lawyers drew on data from [...]