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The Indus Water Treaty: Trans-Boundary Water Dispute in South Asia

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Image Source: Musaib Manzoor, ‘India’s bid to disentitle Pakistan from the Indus Waters Treaty’, (5 April 2023, LF Kashmir) India’s bid to disentitle Pakistan from the Indus Waters Treaty – Legal Forum for Kashmir India’s bid to disentitle Pakistan from the Indus Waters Treaty (lfkashmir.com) accessed 29.02.2024. The Indus River originates in Tibet and Afghanistan […]

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Water Scarcity in Pakistan and the Applicable Legal Framework

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Image: Business Standard, ‘Water Crisis Looms Large in Pakistan, may face absolute scarcity by 2040’, <https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/water-crisis-looms-large-in-pakistan-may-face-absolute-scarcity-by-2040-121032200050_1.html> accessed on May 23, 2022. Introduction In current times Pakistan is considered one of the most densely populated countries in the world. As economists may suggest, an evident effect of a high population is the scarcity of resources. This

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The emotive issue of the religious minorities in Pakistan: convert or die?

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Image Source: Pakistan urged to act against forced child marriages, conversions | Human Rights News | Al Jazeera Introduction “You are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this state of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste

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Draft Guidelines for Corporate Social Responsibility for Marginalised Communities

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Image Source: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Influence on Purchase Decisions – Win Worldwide Independent Network of Market Research and Opinion Poll (winmr.com) 1.1 Diversity in the workplace has been a long-overlooked facet of corporate social responsibility. Promoting equitable inclusivity that attempts to remediate conventional patterns of underrepresentation and oppression is a prime example of

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Better Late Than Never: The Criminalisation of Custodial Torture

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Image Source: Mahim Firaz Khan, CUSTODIAL TORTURE IN PAKISTAN (April 12, 2023,legalresearchandanalysis.com) An Introduction to Custodial Torture Pakistan’s formation and the years since have seen it attempt to grapple with one common thread of burden: introducing and implementing effective legislation. A stark gap between rules in theory and their application, as well as the complete

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The Constitutional Framework for Right to Protest in Pakistan

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Image Source: Daily Times “Islamabad admin denies allowing PTI long march at place decided by party” (25 May 2022, Daily Times) https://dailytimes.com.pk/940932/islamabad-admin-denies-allowing-pti-long-march-at-place-decided-by-party/ accessed: 27.08.2022. Democracies run and thrive on the fuel of public opinion. It is vital not only for the formation of democracy but also for its continued existence. In a democratic setup, the

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Steps Toward Real Action: The Possibility of an International Criminal Tribunal on Kashmir.

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Image source: ‘Big rally in New York’s Time Square slams Indian actions in Jammu & Kashmir’ (Daily Pakistan, 9 February 2020) <https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/09-Feb-2020/big-rally-in-new-york-s-time-square-slams-indian-actions-in-jammu-kashmir> accessed 15 June 2022 This article explores the prospects of creating an international criminal tribunal over the Kashmir issue. The Kashmir conflict has bred a myriad of human rights and international law violations

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Is Pakistan truly committed to ending impunity from victims of sexual assault?

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Image Source: Shaping justice — tracing the evolution of rape laws in Pakistan – Pakistan – DAWN.COM Pakistan has been struggling with the problem of sexual misconduct throughout history. The criminalization of the conduct of sexual assault (SA) was introduced by the Pakistan Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860).[1] However, this action did not lead

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Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards and the Public Policy Exception: Article V (2) (b) of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards

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Source: PUBLIC POLICY EXCEPTION TO ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS: NIGERIA VIS A’ VIS CURRENT TRENDS IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION SPACE | LinkedIn The New York Arbitration Convention, formally known as the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, is regarded as one of the fundamental legal documents in international arbitration. The

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