Zarmina Khan Communities are facing an increasing but often invisible danger, which is heavy metal contamination in drinking water across the world. From arsenic-laden groundwater to lead leaching pipes, this calamity is silently unfolding beneath our feet and flowing straight from household taps. Heavy metals…
Rabia Mustafa In today’s deeply fragmented world, the need and urgency of peace has never been more urgent. Ongoing conflicts and rising geopolitical tensions, from the intensifying confrontation between the United States and Iran to the involvement of other states in this war, reflect a…
Rabia Mustafa Every year on 23 April, the global community observes World Book and Copyright Day, an initiative of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that celebrates the power of books and the importance of protecting intellectual creativity. Established in 1995, this day…
Rabia Mustafa Recently, Pakistan published a national framework titled the National Strategy for Addressing Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) 2026–2030, which provides the country’s first comprehensive response to rising digital violence against women and marginalized communities. The strategy recognizes that online abuse is not only a…
Rabia Mustafa Every year on 5 April, the world observes the International Day of Conscience, a global reminder that peace begins with individual moral awareness. The day emphasizes that the decisions we make, guided by conscience, shape not only our personal lives but also the…
Aftab Anwar Baloch The Track and Trace System (TTS) has emerged globally as a highly effective mechanism to combat illicit trade, enhance tax compliance, and strengthen regulatory oversight across high-risk sectors. By enabling real-time monitoring of production, distribution, and sales through secure digital traceability and…
Rabia Mustafa Legal text types are closely linked to the concept of genre, which is crucial for understanding legal language. Genre allows legal documents to perform specific legal acts rather than simply describe intentions or events. In other words, legal texts often create legal effects,…
Rabia Mustafa Legal language represents one of the most prominent intersections between language and law. It refers to the distinctive way language is used in legal contexts, which many consider a recognizable linguistic variety separate from other forms of communication such as medical discourse, journalism,…
Aftab Anwar Baloch Although Pakistan is still grappling with the nationwide rollout and effective enforcement of its tax stamp and production monitoring system – introduced in 2021 on tobacco products, sugar, cement and fertiliser – the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has now turned its…
Sharafat Ali & Rabia Mustafa For nearly two decades, children accused of offences in Pakistan were processed under the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000. The Ordinance marked an important beginning. It introduced the idea that children in conflict with the law required a separate legal…
