Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. Abu Bakar Khan is a final year law student at University Law College, University of the Punjab. He files this dispatch from Lahore. Lahore hosted the 5th Asma Jahangir Conference, titled ‘People’s Mandate: Safeguarding Civil [...]
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The pending deportation of British Columbia, Canada climate activist Zain Haq, scheduled for last Sunday, was called off last week, according to his lawyer Randall Cohn. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) contacted Haq to confirm he would not face a removal order. Haq’s upbringing was in Pakistan before he arrived in Canada on a [...]
The Associated Press (AP) reported that a Pakistani court sentenced a 22-year-old student to death and gave a teenager life in prison on Monday under the country’s blasphemy laws. The 22-year-old student’s lawyer, Aslam Gujar, told the AP that Junaid Munir had been sentenced to death last week. The charges come as a result of [...]
Democratic Nullification of Criminal Cases: A Case for Imran Khan — and Possibly Donald Trump
Can a country’s citizens nullify the criminal cases that a popular leader faces by handing them an electoral victory in the general elections? This question raises issues that could prove pivotal to the political processes in Pakistan and the US, pertaining respectively to their former prime minister Imran Khan and former President Donald Trump. Its [...]
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan appeals convictions in 3 cases
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan appealed his conviction in three controversial cases on Friday. Two of the three appeals were reportedly filed in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad’s High Court, while the other was filed in Sessions Court, a criminal court subordinate to the High Courts. Khan’s defense lawyer Latif Khosa talked to the press and [...]
Pakistan court convicts former PM Khan and wife of unlawful marriage
A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, to seven years in prison for violating a marriage law when they wed in 2018, officials and a lawyer for the couple said. The prosecution asserted Khan and his wife violated Islamic law, which says that a woman must [...]
Pakistan court finds Imran Khan 'compromised Pakistan's international standing' in cypher case
The Pakistan court that sentenced former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for leaking state secrets released its full opinion on Thursday. The court, which sentenced Khan to ten years imprisonment, found that as a result of the actions of Khan and Vice President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Shah Mahmood Qureshi, “Pakistan has faced serious economic, [...]
Pakistan court sentences former PM Imran Khan and wife to 14 years in prison
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were sentenced to 14 years in prison on Wednesday for corruption during Khan’s tenure as prime minister. Khan was sentenced to ten years in prison the day before over revealing state secrets. The couple was investigated by the National Accountability Bureau, Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency, [...]
Ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, was sentenced to ten years imprisonment on Tuesday. Vice Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, was sentenced to the same punishment alongside Khan. Khan, who is currently serving a three-year sentence for corruption, was trialed under accusations of “use of official secret information and illegal [...]
The resumption of any kind of negotiations or diplomatic ties with the Taliban should come with principles and conditions. Such conditions should be no less than those enshrined in the fundamental principle of human rights and dignity and expected in a multi-ethnic and democratic country. Afghanistan cannot afford to settle for anything less than the [...]