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Anees Jillani
Anees Jillani

The writer is an advocate of the Supreme Court.

  • November 02, 2024

    How does the 26th Amendment help?

    Some of us may have experienced General Zia’s martial law in the 80s; it was a dark period in our history

  • August 24, 2022

    Imran or Netflix: the choice is yours

    There is no doubt Imran is the best communicator amongst the politicians at the moment.

  • January 11, 2021

    The Hazara killings

    One of the first things one realizes about Pakistan is that its...

  • November 16, 2020

    Democracy has suffered

    The world has heaved a sigh of relief that Joe Biden has clinched the...

  • October 29, 2020

    After 73 years

    The people of Kashmir observe October 27 as the day of occupation because...

  • November 04, 2018

    Confronting cruelty

    Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched the Pakistan Citizens’ Portal to...

  • July 27, 2018

    The missing rights of the child

    Children constitute 50 percent of Pakistan’s population but remain the...

  • May 08, 2018

    A ‘minor incident’

    In Spain last month, hundreds of people protested against the sentence...

  • April 26, 2018

    Strange cruelty

    Some of you may have heard of Kavaan, the lonesome and only elephant...

  • April 09, 2018

    Kashmir deserves better

    There is hardly any arena of our lives that is not touched by the Kashmir...

  • March 29, 2018

    Demilitarising Kashmir

    Pakistan claims that 52 of its citizens were killed in 1,300 ceasefire...

  • January 18, 2018

    Nothing’s changed

    It is difficult to hold on to the virtues of positive thinking when it...

  • August 17, 2017

    Protecting child rights in Sindh

    Pakistan is one of those unfortunate countries where hundreds of...

  • April 05, 2017

    The child worker

    A bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, headed by Chief Justice Saqib...

  • January 13, 2017

    The Tayyabas of Pakistan

    Our society has suddenly discovered Tayyaba, a ten-year-old girl who was...

  • October 10, 2016

    Confusing punishment

    On October 6, 2016, parliament in a joint session passed the Criminal...

  • September 25, 2016

    A new beginning

    If one watches the Indian news channels, one gets the impression that an...

  • August 13, 2016

    Helping Kaavan retire

    It is about time Kaavan retired from his service at the Islamabad Zoo and...

  • May 13, 2016

    A question of honour

    Sixteen-year-old Ambreen was dragged out of her house by one Sardar Saeed...

  • March 13, 2016

    The law of contempt

    Article 19 of Pakistan’s constitution gives every citizen the right...

  • February 11, 2016

    The status of health

    Access to health is not a fundamental right under Pakistan’s...

  • February 05, 2016

    Children at kilns

    In January 2016, the Punjab government enacted a law titled the...

  • February 01, 2016

    How to appoint a minister

    We have heard many times that our country is passing through a...

  • January 17, 2016

    No country for animals

    Life is getting from bad to worse for almost everyone in the country but...