Reema Omer

An effective defence

In blasphemy trials, lawyers’ conduct falls far short of the required standard to ensure a fair trial. Published 04 Jul, 2015 12:48am

Impartial courts

Judges who hear blasphemy cases are often harassed. Published 26 Apr, 2015 01:01am

Vague laws

The broad wording of the provision makes Section 295-C very vague. Updated 01 Apr, 2015 01:35am

Crisis of impunity

A National Assembly bill against torture raises several points of concern. Published 27 Dec, 2014 02:35am

Where is NCHR?

Pakistan has passed laws that violate its global obligations. Updated 11 Dec, 2014 04:33am

Courts and the death penalty

Pakistan’s faulty criminal justice system makes the death penalty all the more abhorrent. Published 11 Oct, 2014 01:01am

Military justice?

Civilian courts should try cases of missing persons. Published 31 Aug, 2014 02:11am

No more preventive detention

It is striking that Article 10 of Pakistan’s Constitution, 1973, allows parliament to make preventive detention laws Published 25 Aug, 2014 01:15am

A welcome judgement

SHORTLY before his seven-month term as the chief justice of Pakistan came to an end, Justice Tassadduq Hussain... Published 14 Jul, 2014 01:25am

Poor report card

ON March 14, 2013, Pakistan accepted recommendations made during its second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the... Published 13 Mar, 2014 07:37am

No end in sight

ON Feb 26, 2013, the United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) published its... Published 04 Mar, 2014 07:37am

Pakistan’s Lankan affair

IN a meeting with External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris last week, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed his... Published 09 Sep, 2013 07:55am

Justice for the ‘disappeared’

THE attorney general of Pakistan recently informed the Supreme Court that over 500 persons reported to be... Updated 29 Jul, 2013 07:03am

Of rights and sovereignty

YOU know that something has gone terribly wrong when senior politicians and media persons condemn a visit by a UN Working Group on Enforced or Involun-tary Disappearances (WGEID) for being a conspiracy Published 15 Sep, 2012 09:03pm

Turkish forces kill 15 Kurdish rebels in southeast

Turkish PM Erdogan was quoted by the TV 24 channel as saying that a PKK-linked Kurdish presence could give Turkey cause to intervene militarily in Syria. Published 26 Jul, 2012 03:27am

The third option

WHEN discussing the possible choices before the Supreme Court in the NRO implementation case, most commentators talk about only two options: either the court follows the precedent set with former prime Published 24 Jul, 2012 02:02am

Revisiting basic structure

EVERY few years the question of the basic structure of the constitution of Pakistan and the limitations of parliament’s power become issues of great public interest. Published 17 Jul, 2012 03:02am

Rethinking contempt

WHILE contempt of court laws for scandalising the judiciary are becoming obsolete in most common law jurisdictions around the world, the flurry of proceedings initiated by the Supreme Court in Pakistan Published 25 Jun, 2012 02:03am