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Irshad Ahmad
Irshad Ahmad

The writer is a Peshawar-based lawyer.

  • October 27, 2023

    Practice and procedure

    The Supreme Court building in Islamabad. — AFP/File The Supreme Court...

  • January 12, 2022

    Seniority and merit

    For the first time in the judicial history of Pakistan, the Judicial...

  • November 01, 2021

    Independence of judiciary

    Last week, Pakistan was ranked 130th among the 139 assessed countries...

  • June 18, 2021

    From FCR to ADR

    Since Independence, the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas ...

  • November 07, 2020

    Re-election to UNHRC

    In the middle of October this year, Pakistan was re-elected as a member...

  • April 05, 2020

    Fata and the internet

    After countless sacrifices of its people and as many operations, peace...

  • March 30, 2020

    Meet all our heroes

    A month on, confirmed Covid-19 confirmed patients have passed from zero...

  • February 06, 2020

    We need students’ unions

    For the current financial year, the government allocated Rs59 billion to...

  • November 25, 2019

    Whose job is it?

    Since the PTI-led government has entered the second year of heading the...

  • November 13, 2019

    State of prisons

    Last week, the Supreme Court was apprised by the federal ombudsman on the...

  • October 29, 2019

    Towards cleaner cities

    World Cleanup Day 2019, which was commemorated on September 21, was...

  • August 22, 2019

    Unchecked atrocities

    On August 5, India revoked Article 370 and Article 35-A of the Indian...

  • December 23, 2018

    No justice, no peace

    On December 16, the nation observed the fourth anniversary of the APS...

  • November 14, 2018

    Judicialisation in Fata

    For decades, the people of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas were...

  • October 27, 2018

    How to mainstream Fata

    The persistent struggle for equal rights and the matchless sacrifices by...

  • October 04, 2018

    A question of quality

    With its 100-day plan, the incumbent PTI government hopes to bring about...

  • September 01, 2018

    Remember the missing

    On December 21, 2010 – after noticing the alarming increase in enforced...

  • March 04, 2018

    The right to labour rights

    The protection of the rights of the workers appears to have become more...

  • February 26, 2018

    A woman of principles

    Asma Jahangir fought for her principles and not for or against a person...

  • February 05, 2018

    The problem with PhDs

    Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s education minister made some alarming revelations...

  • January 28, 2018

    Execute reforms not people

    We have a history of taking temporary fixing measures but never focus on...

  • January 15, 2018

    Crushed to death

    With the passing of the 18th Constitutional Amendment, the subject of...

  • January 12, 2018

    Miscarriage of justice

    The last week of 2017 was extremely depressing. A bench of the Supreme...

  • December 24, 2017

    Unions for students

    The recent 15 day-night long ‘peaceful agitation’ by the students of...

  • December 10, 2017

    Fata after the UDHR

    Besides the doctrine of vicarious liabilities, across the globe every...

  • December 04, 2017

    A matter of inclusion

    Since 1992, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities has been...

  • November 27, 2017

    Collateral damage

    After being in power for more than four years, the PTI-led KP government,...

  • November 20, 2017

    No space for equality

    The incident of a girl who was forcibly stripped to and paraded through...

  • October 22, 2017

    Devolution for the marginalised

    The provincial autonomy and ‘devolution’ of twenty-seven...

  • October 09, 2017

    Reinstate the moratorium

    The World Day against the Death Penalty will be observed tomorrow. The...

  • September 11, 2017

    Changing Fata

    In 1901, the Frontier Crimes Regulations was promulgated in Fata. The...

  • August 17, 2017

    Politics of the reserved

    After the 18th Amendment, administrative powers were decentralised and...

  • July 29, 2017

    Implement the law

    The annual report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan suggests...