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: ‘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
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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Image Source: Balochistan to seek review of ICSID decision in Reko Diq case – Pakistan – DAWN.COM The Reko Diq case is the most recent and archetypal example of uncovering the truth behind dubious judgments taken at both national and international levels. This decision casts a serious doubt on not just Pakistan’s attempt to circumvent
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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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