Arif Anwar Baloch For centuries girls and women are being used as a tool to settle disputes between tribes and families. It has never been emphasized/highlighted that the role of women is very important to control the problem and handle extremism of all sorts. There…
Sharafat A. Chaudhry, Rabia Mustafa Constitutional Provisions The Constitution of Pakistan guarantees a meaningful life and considers protection of children as their fundamental right. Children like adults have been constitutional guarantee of protection, welfare and development. Article 9 of the Constitution guarantees the right to…
Sharafat A. Chaudhry Rabia Mustafa Marriage is a formalized, binding partnership between consenting adults, which sanctions sexual relations and gives legitimacy to any offspring. Child marriage, on the other hand, involves either one or both spouses being children and may take place with or without…
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Amira Ibrahim Under International Arbitration law, expropriation is not illegal in and of itself. Expropriation will be declared legal under most IIAs if it meets all of the following criteria: In the public interest or for a public purpose. In an equitable and nondiscriminatory manner.…
Amira Ibrahim Expropriation is the ‘occupying or taking of property belonging to a non-native investor by the government, if done illegally, exposes the government to international liability’. In investment arbitration, expropriation refers to two concepts: Each State’s right to implement sovereignty over its territory; Each…
Sharafat A. Chaudhry, Rabia Mustafa In recent years, several incidents of gender-based violence occurred in Pakistan that captured the limelight of the social and electronic media. These incidents are scars on the face of Pakistani society and the international community are also looking at that…
Sharafat A. Chaudhry, Rabia Mustafa ‘Modesty’ as defined by the Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries is ‘the fact of not talking much about your abilities or possessions’. Also, it is defined as ‘the action of behaving or dressing so that you do not show your body or…
Rabia Mustafa, Sharafat A. Chaudhary Background Pakistan has been at the vanguard of the international movement for the protection of the rights of children. Pakistan was one of the six countries that initiated the World Summit for Children in 1990 to highlight concern about the…
Rabia Mustafa Any method or process of resolving conflicts by a neutral third party, such as a mediator or arbitrator outside of court or without litigation process is referred to as Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). The word ‘alternative’ is itself self-explanatory. Negotiation, conciliation, mediation, and arbitration…
