Image Source: Morocco World News, ‘Where is the Honor in ‘Honor Killings’?’ (MWN, 4 July 2020) Where is the Honor in ‘Honor Killings’? (moroccoworldnews.com) accessed 25 June 2022. Introduction Official statistics show that family members still murder thousands of Pakistani women.[1] The actual numbers on the ground could be even higher. All of this because […]
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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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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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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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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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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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Image Source: Grisly murder of diplomat’s daughter sparks outrage over femicides in Pakistan | Reuters Introduction Domestic violence, also referred to as “intimate partner violence (IPV)”, consists of a pattern of behaviour used to “gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner” through “physical, sexual, emotional, economic or psychological actions or threat of
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Image Source: Govt urged to refer Kashmir issue to International Court of Justice in wake of Myanmar verdict – World – DAWN.COM Pakistan has often pondered upon taking the Kashmir dispute before the International Court of Justice (‘ICJ’). However, the ICJ’s ability to adjudicate the Kashmir dispute depends upon its jurisdiction concerning the same. In
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Image Source: OnuItalia ‘Italy and other 70 states reaffirm support for ICC, a Court of last resort’ (2 November 2020) <https://www.onuitalia.com/2020/11/02/italy-and-other-70-states-reaffirm-support-for-icc-a-court-of-last-resort/> The Prosecutor’s decision to focus on Taliban and IS-K alleged crimes did not come solely because of limited resources. Rather, by everlasting pressure exerted by the US to get a jail-free ticket out of
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Image source: Map of Indian-Administered Kashmir, from BBC News, 6 August 2019, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-11693674 Introduction A conflict has been taking place in Kashmir for decades, rooting from the accession to independence of Pakistan and India in 1947. In 2019, India’s intervention in the Indian Administered Kashmir (IAK) has significantly impacted the Kashmiri people and highlighted, once
