Abu Bakar Khan | U. Law College, U. Punjab, PK, Author at JURIST

Pakistan dispatch: the new 26th Amendment’s drastic impact on Pakistan’s courts

Abu Bakar Khan | U. Law College, U. Punjab, PK

October 22, 2024 03:59:18 pm

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 recent law graduate of the University Law College, University of the Punjab, and is currently practicing in the courts of Pakistan. As these lines are being written, the parliamentary committee [...]

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Pakistan dispatch: Supreme Court reversal of Article 63-A ruling amid controversy over constitutional amendments

Abu Bakar Khan | U. Law College, U. Punjab, PK

October 7, 2024 10:13:21 am

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 recent law graduate of the University Law College, University of the Punjab, and is currently practicing in the courts of Pakistan. On Thursday the Supreme Court of Pakistan overturned its [...]

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Pakistan dispatch: Supreme Court verdict on reserved seats will be pivotal for Pakistan’s democracy

Abu Bakar Khan | U. Law College, U. Punjab, PK

July 11, 2024 03:24:42 pm

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. All eyes are now fixed on the Supreme Court of Pakistan to [...]

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Pakistan dispatch: judges, lawyers and other luminaries gather to celebrate the legacy of Pakistan human rights pioneer Asma Jahangir

Abu Bakar Khan | U. Law College, U. Punjab, PK

April 30, 2024 01:53:59 pm

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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THIS DAY @ LAW

James Earl Ray sentenced for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.

On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the murder of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.. Ray died in 1998, still seeking a retrial of his case. On December 9th, 1999, a Memphis jury handed down a verdict agreeing with the King family that the 1968 assassination of the civil rights leader was a conspiracy rather than the act of a lone gunman.

Gandhi arrested for sedition

On March 10, 1922, Mahatma Gandhi was arrested and charged with sedition for leading a campaign of mass civil disobedience against the British in India. He was then convicted and sentenced to six years in prison. After his release, Gandhi continued to build Indian unity and use civil disobedience and non-cooperation to oppose British rule in his country, culminating in the Salt March of 1930 and eventual Indian independence in 1947. Learn more about Mahatma Gandhi from the government of India.