The politically volatile region of Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) has once again plunged into a crisis of civil unrest. In late September, a local protest over government plans to drop subsidies for wheat and electricity rapidly transformed into a broader movement demanding comprehensive reform, accountability, and regional economic relief. The demonstrations have pressured the [...]

Abu Bakar Khan is a JURIST staff correspondent and lawyer based in Pakistan. On Friday morning, five sitting judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) walked into the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP)—not to hear cases, but to file one. In an extraordinary and historic move, Justices Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, Babar Sattar, [...]

Abu Bakar Khan is a JURIST staff correspondent and lawyer based in Pakistan.   Pakistan’s information and freedom of speech landscape has steadily narrowed over the past several years as the state began systematically removing independent voices from television channels and newspaper columns. In response, many journalists turned to digital platforms—primarily YouTube—to continue reporting on [...]

Noor Ul Huda is a JURIST staff correspondent in Pakistan and a recent graduate of Punjab University Law College. She files this dispatch from Lahore.  Pakistan has long been a nation where the winds of change blow frequently, especially when it comes to its judiciary. Ever since the 26th Constitutional Amendment, there hasn’t been a [...]

Syeda Aamna Hasan is a recent Pakistani law graduate and LLM student currently working as a legal researcher.  Torrential monsoon rains have triggered devastating floods across Pakistan in recent days, leaving at least 18 people dead and dozens missing, as the country scrambles to contain the humanitarian fallout of yet another climate-induced disaster. The worst-hit [...]

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.   A tragic militant attack in the Baisaran Valley near [...]

Noor Ul Huda is a JURIST staff correspondent in Pakistan and a recent graduate of Punjab University Law College. She files this dispatch from Lahore.  The last week of November was a troubling time for Pakistan, marked by significant protests and internet disruptions in major cities such as Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and Lahore, as well as [...]

Rabia Shuja holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law from Griffith College, Dublin and is Chief Correspondent for JURIST in Pakistan. She reports from Islamabad.  On Wednesday, Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)  party announced that it was calling off its protest in light of what it described as the government’s plan to turn the [...]

Abu Bakar Khan and Noor Ul Huda are JURIST staff correspondents in Pakistan and recent graduates of Punjab University Law College. They filed this dispatch from Lahore. On November 13, Imran Khan, the incarcerated ex-prime minister of Pakistan and the party leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), issued a “final call” for nationwide protests scheduled for [...]

Noor Ul Huda is a JURIST staff correspondent in Pakistan and a recent graduate of Punjab University Law College. She files this dispatch from Lahore.  Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city with a population exceeding 13 million and the city where I live, is currently facing a recurring smog crisis — a situation aggravated by factors like [...]