ICCPR – The Law Today Pakistan

Editor, Khudayar Mohla, Kashmir, Pakistan, India, Article 370, Article 35A, BJP government, Kashmir dispute, Indian Constitution, legal consequences, international law, bilateral treaties, UN Security Council resolutions, Kashmir issue, Jammu and Kashmir, plebiscite, self-determination, human rights violations, Indian aggression, UNSC Resolution 47, geopolitical conflict, Simla Agreement, Line of Control, military occupation, fundamental rights, media blackout, arbitrary detention, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ICCPR, UN Charter, International Humanitarian Law, Geneva Conventions, Kashmir identity, demographic change, International Court of Justice, ICJ advisory opinions, East Timor case, Chagos Archipelago, Israel Wall case, Namibia case, erga omnes obligations, jus cogens, global human rights organizations, international law instruments, Vienna Declaration, Helsinki Final Act, Kashmir autonomy, territorial sovereignty, political rights, freedom of expression, war crimes, UN resolutions on Kashmir, Pakistan’s stance on Kashmir, Kashmir referendum, Kashmir conflict resolution, India-Pakistan relations, Kashmir insurgency, indigenous rights, human rights abuses in Kashmir, war crimes in Kashmir, legal status of Kashmir, Kashmir independence, peace process in South Asia

Kashmir – A Legal Battle

Estimated read time 7 min read
March 30, 2025

The law is against India

Editor, Khudayar Mohla, court directive, military trial of civilians, constitutional bench, Supreme Court, Imran Khan, Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, army chief tenure, Pakistan military trial, extension in service, judicial precedent, legislative function, constitutional law, Adiala Jail, political parties, MQM petition, election laws, Asfandyar Wali case, NAB law, ICCPR, international conventions, fair trial, fundamental rights, European Union, GSP Plus status, Kulbushan Jadhav case, Pakistan law, international obligations, military tribunal, public hearing, prison restrictions, judicial review, Supreme Court obligations, political controversies, legal precedents in Pakistan.

CB Cites Court Directives in Former Army Chief Bajwa Extension Case as Precedent

Estimated read time 5 min read
February 25, 2025

There was no provision of extension in service tenure of the army chief, but the law was enacted on Supreme Court’s suggestion to the parliament in 2019, Justice Afghan

UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, ICCPR, PLD 2012 SC 553, Parliament, Treaty, Human Rights, Pakistan, Editor, Public, Fair, PLD 1999 SC 1126, Article 199, Article 184 (3), Fair Trial, PLD 2023 SC 32, 2023 SCMR 1955

Judiciary is a means to an end

Estimated read time 4 min read
May 17, 2024

In the prevailing culture of egregious human rights violations, impunity, the final guardian of fundamental rights must guard the guardians so that they can, in turn, guard the rights of people.

FATF, INGOs, Modi Government, International Law Commission, State Responsibility, Islamabad Policy Research Institue, Canadian Government, ILC, Article 5 ILC, Evidence, Admissible, Concrete,UK, ICJ, Spain, Germany, ASweden, Lithuania, Human Rights Commission of UN, ICCPR,

Canada’s International Law Options

Estimated read time 6 min read
October 30, 2023

What recourse does Canada have under international law after accusing India of assassination?