Forced Marriage

Forced marriage

BY MUHAMMAD MAJID BASHIR A bilateral offence Everywhere in the world, marriage without consent or against the consent of the boy or girl is illegal. All over the world, every religion, customary and conventional law, have declared marriage as a civil contract. However, we deliberately neglect the prerequisite of a civil contract that is; a free […]

Morality and public office

Morality and public office

EXCEPTIONAL personal moral standards ought to be a prerequisite for holding high public office, particularly in the case of those whose task it is to judge the morality of others. But unfortunately, such high standards are in short supply in this land of the pure. That has led to diminishing public trust in our state […]

Pakistan’s Justice System, Success or Failure

Pakistan’s Justice System, Success or Failure

Since our school-going years, we have been familiar with maxims like these, “Justice delayed is justice denied”. “Do justice even if heaven falls”. Justice keeps balance and order in a society and gears it towards prosperity and progress. While an unjust society cannot even imagine to prosper and progress because it collapses sooner or later […]