Syeda Aamna Hasan is a JURIST correspondent and law graduate working as a legal researcher, covering legal developments in Pakistan. She holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law. On Wednesday, September 16, Pakistan’s Supreme Court deferred proceedings regarding the medical treatment and the proposed transfer of imprisoned former Prime Minister and founder of Pakistan’s [...]
Abu Bakar Khan is a lawyer and a JURIST correspondent based in Lahore, Pakistan. On August 31, 2026, the Court of Arbitration—a treaty-established tribunal, distinct from the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, which administers its proceedings—issued two unanimous rulings with immediate consequences for India and Pakistan. The first held that India’s April [...]
Pakistan-administered territories of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) are witnessing one of their most serious episodes of political unrest in recent years, as protests led by Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) have escalated into deadly confrontations with security forces, disrupting elections, transport, and public life across several districts. While AJK enjoys some level [...]
Since January, Pakistan’s Tirah Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province has remained the focal point of an ongoing humanitarian and political crisis. Rumors of a counterterrorism operation against the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) escalated into one of the country’s most severe winter emergencies, with tens of thousands of civilians still displaced as of late February. [...]
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. A profound constitutional crisis is gripping Pakistan. Two of the country’s most respected Supreme Court justices, Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Athar Minallah, have resigned in protest, declaring that the [...]
Abu Bakar Khan is a JURIST staff correspondent and a lawyer based in Pakistan. On November 13, the 27th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan completed a legislative journey that lasted less than a week. Introduced in the Senate on November 10 and approved the same day, the amendment passed through the National Assembly with [...]
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 [...]
