With two wars currently grabbing global attention, this bit of international immigration news might have slipped your notice: Pakistan has been forcibly removing hundreds of thousands (not a typo, that many) Afghans from its country.Pakistan is acting to rid the
Pakistan Announces November 1 Deportation Deadline for Afghan Refugees
Numerous media outlets are reporting on Pakistan’s announcement of today as a deportation deadline for Afghan refugees. According to Time, “[t]he decision largely stands to impact the 1.7 million Afghan refugees who live in the country without documentation, though
Reforming the Criminal Justice System in Pakistan, An Analytical Study of Recent Judgment of Supreme Court of Pakistan on Mental Health Illness and Mental Disorder
Abdul Samee Sohoo, Reforming the Criminal Justice System in Pakistan, An Analytical Study of Recent Judgment of Supreme Court of Pakistan on Mental Health Illness and Mental Disorder (2023):The Pakistani state based on three pillars namely legislature, judiciary and
Call For Papers: Law & Society in South Asia (LASSA) Workshop (August 18 deadline)
The LASSA Workshop is a North-South collaboration among Law & Society scholars working on Pakistan and postcolonial South Asia more broadly. The Workshop is envisaged as a key platform for bringing together diverse and multidisciplinary scholars to deepen Law &
Abortion Laws in Pakistan and around the World a Case Study of Roe Vs Wade.
Urooj Lashari (Sindh Mehran Institute of Law), Abortion Laws in Pakistan and around the World a Case Study of Roe Vs Wade. (2023): The problem of abortion is one of social justice, freedom, equality, and women's health. Pakistan has an anatomical
A Legislative Cuff around the Pharmaceutical Industry in Pakistan
Shan Ali (Bahria University Islamabad), Hamza Khalid Niazi (Independent), Syed Zaheer Hussain Shah (Bahria University Islamabad), Sadia Tanveer (Independent), A Legislative Cuff around the Pharmaceutical Industry in Pakistan, 8 J. Islamic Countries Soc’y Statistical Sciences 3 (2022):The profit-oriented pharmaceutical
Pakistan Court Quashes Blasphemy Charge– Dreams Are Not Criminal
In Khan v. Station House Officer, (Lahore High Ct., Nov.11, 2022), a Pakistani appellate court held that Pakistan Criminal Code Sec. 295A that prohibits deliberate and malicious insulting of religious beliefs was not violated by petitioner when he began
Pakistan Agency Creates Unit To Handle Blasphemy Complaints
The News on Sunday reports that on Oct. 6 Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency announced that it has created a dedicated unit to deal with complaints of blasphemy on social media. The report says in part:Sources in the FIA say the Agency
Warning letters sent to food firms in Nicaragua, Pakistan and Iceland for seafood violations
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days
Article: The Transgender Persons (Protection Of Rights) Act 2018: A Shariah Appraisal of Self-Perceived Gender Identity and Right of Inheritance of The Transgender
Afrasiab Ahmed Rana (International Islamic University, Islamabad) and Hafiz Muhammad Siddique (University of Oxford) recently published an article entitled, The Transgender Persons (Protection Of Rights) Act 2018: A Shariah Appraisal of Self-Perceived Gender Identity and Right of Inheritance of The…