Adeel Wahid

Loaded dice

Loaded dice

Fairness dictates that the rules not be changed once the game has been played. Published 04 Oct, 2024 07:20am
The generalists

The generalists

Our bureaucracy is afflicted with major design flaws. Published 09 Sep, 2024 05:50am
Bureaucratic ills

Bureaucratic ills

Riding horses in exclusive clubs and dining in expensive restaurants with their patron politicians rarely instils this sense of equal respect and dignity. Updated 19 Jun, 2024 09:43am
The right way?

The right way?

Going before ‘neutral arbiters’ seems pointless to citizens. Published 22 Feb, 2024 08:28am
Settling scores

Settling scores

Justice must be done with the reviled, the abominable, the abhorred. Published 06 Jan, 2024 07:13am
Impotence of law

Impotence of law

Without the right ideals, it is hard to prop up the law. Published 13 Dec, 2023 06:07am
Fair play

Fair play

There are many reasons why lawyers here are the way they are. Published 25 Sep, 2023 08:05am
Assigning guilt

Assigning guilt

It must be stressed that each person is responsible for his own conduct. Published 20 Sep, 2023 05:17am
Two visions

Two visions

Man can be viewed as an object to be controlled, disciplined, indoctrinated. Published 13 Jul, 2023 08:00am
The rule book

The rule book

The morality of the law cannot be separated from the letter of the law. Updated 25 May, 2023 08:48am
Hard times

Hard times

The people are feeling forsaken. Nobody seems to be coming to our aid. Published 19 Apr, 2023 07:11am
More equal…

More equal…

Our society is designed to create and perpetuate these differences. Published 22 Mar, 2023 06:56am
We the people

We the people

In Pakistan, the concept of ‘We the People’ has not really taken root. Updated 11 Jun, 2022 09:53am
Shadow docket

Shadow docket

Our courts need to devise a mechanism to provide more information... Published 24 Apr, 2022 04:44am
Those who can’t

Those who can’t

Law professors can turn their students into craftsmen. Published 24 Mar, 2022 07:11am
Missing out

Missing out

We could be blocking out great jurists. Published 06 Feb, 2022 07:03am
Seniority is toxic

Seniority is toxic

Old men — and men only — get the opportunity to monopolise the field of law. Updated 16 Dec, 2021 07:54am
Missing files

Missing files

The court file is somewhere, but somehow, no one knows where. Updated 14 Nov, 2021 05:05pm
Curtness of courts

Curtness of courts

There are at least four problems with short orders. Published 18 Oct, 2021 06:53am