Author Archives: Amber Darr
3 days ago
Judiciary goes native
IT is perhaps little known outside of legal circles, that the Supreme Court of Pakistan has recently initiated a programme for translating its judgments into Urdu and placing them on its website for easy public access.
IT is perhaps little known outside of legal circles, that the Supreme Court of Pakistan has recently initiated a programme for translating its judgments into Urdu and placing them on its website for easy public access.
3rd March, 2013
How to build a state
IN a statement released to the press in the wake of the gruesome massacre of Shia Hazaras in Quetta, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif declared, rather ominously, that Pakistan was on the verge of turning into a “failed state”.
IN a statement released to the press in the wake of the gruesome massacre of Shia Hazaras in Quetta, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif declared, rather ominously, that Pakistan was on the verge of turning into a “failed state”.
22nd January, 2013
The investor’s exchange
A SOMEWHAT underplayed, but certainly significant corollary of last week’s political turmoil was its impact on the Pakistani stock market.
A SOMEWHAT underplayed, but certainly significant corollary of last week’s political turmoil was its impact on the Pakistani stock market.
18th December, 2012
In courts we trust
IT is perhaps an unwitting consequence of the lawyers’ movement and the tussle between the executive and the judiciary, that even an ordinary person, not otherwise concerned with the law, has become familiar with
IT is perhaps an unwitting consequence of the lawyers’ movement and the tussle between the executive and the judiciary, that even an ordinary person, not otherwise concerned with the law, has become familiar with
22nd November, 2012
Partners in law
IN a recent press release, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan announced the incorporation of 320 new companies in the month of October.
IN a recent press release, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan announced the incorporation of 320 new companies in the month of October.
27th March, 2012
The fractured nexus
ON March 10, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, whilst addressing newly enrolled advocates of the Supreme Court in Islamabad, stated, that “the nexus between the bench and the bar is very strong and the
ON March 10, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, whilst addressing newly enrolled advocates of the Supreme Court in Islamabad, stated, that “the nexus between the bench and the bar is very strong and the
22nd February, 2012
An unfulfilled mandate
“DOES the bar have a mandate?” was the question posed to me when I mentioned the title of this article to a colleague.
“DOES the bar have a mandate?” was the question posed to me when I mentioned the title of this article to a colleague.
22nd November, 2011
The overriding objective
IN 1996, after extensive consultations with a law review committee of which he was the head, Lord Woolf, the then second-most senior judge in England
IN 1996, after extensive consultations with a law review committee of which he was the head, Lord Woolf, the then second-most senior judge in England
27th October, 2011
The ethical lawyer
The challenge to us as lawyers is not to degrade the principles and the values we hold civilised by failing in applying them when we…
The challenge to us as lawyers is not to degrade the principles and the values we hold civilised by failing in applying them when we…
