At one point, marriages were made over tea in the drawing rooms: biodata files, reserved smiles, and low-key questions about the family background. Nowadays, the first rishta frequently occurs on
We often sit and reflect on our interactions with people around us. What is usually overlooked is the fact that we let the perception of others shape our behaviour. And
Meaning: The law does not compel the impossible. Explanation: Legal obligations cannot be enforced if performance is truly impossible. Example: A seller excused where a flood destroys the only factory
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide
Meaning: The law does not concern itself with trifles. Explanation: Courts will ignore trivial matters that do not warrant legal process. Example: A tiny scratch on a neighbour’s fence causing
Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store, Though foolishly he lost the same, Decaying more and more, Till he became Most poor: With thee O let me rise As
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Meaning: Use your property so as not to injure others. Explanation: Property rights are limited by duty not to harm neighbours or the public. Example: A factory cannot emit noxious
When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry ‘weep! ‘weep! ‘weep! ‘weep!’ So your chimneys I sweep &
A New Political Party for My Pakistan A political party is formed to achieve certain goals and decisions. I highly appreciate that the All-India Muslim League was formed in 1906,
It usually happens late at night. You are meant to be sleeping, or at least pretending to. The book is open on your chest; the light dims to something justifiable.
“Time heals” is a common saying, but its truth is more complex than it seems. Healing is often described as something gradual and linear, which you may achieve over the
Meaning: Against the one who offers (contract interpretation). Explanation: Ambiguities in contract wording are interpreted against the drafter who provided them. Example: A vague exclusion clause in an insurance policy
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
Meaning: Equity supports those who timely assert their rights. Explanation: Delayed claimants may be denied equitable relief if they unreasonably postponed. Example: A claimant who waits years to assert an
Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To thy warlike lover I fly. True, a new mistress now I
Higher powers of the country are ordained by the Holy God (Holy Bible, Romans 13:1). The Honourable Lahore High Court has given a major decision against the appointment of Bishop
Captain Jack Seely, age twenty-six, rode his horse Warrior into battle at Passchendaele on November 6, 1917. Warrior was an eight-year-old bay gelding, Jack’s mount for two years—an animal that
“Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.” — John Lennon
Meaning: To one who volunteers, no injury is done. Explanation: Consent to a known risk limits liability for resulting harm. Example: A spectator injured at a sports event they knowingly
Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass! Reaping and singing by herself; Stop here, or gently pass! Alone she cuts and binds the grain, And sings a
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” — Albert Einstein
Meaning: The welfare of the people is the supreme law. Explanation: Public interest can justify measures that protect collective safety, subject to balance with rights. Example: Authorities may impose temporary
Tell me not, in mournful numbers, “Life is but an empty dream!”— For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life
Meaning: A later law repeals an earlier one to the extent of inconsistency. Explanation: New statutes prevail over older conflicting provisions for overlapping matters. Example: A modern data-protection law can
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch,
A district and sessions court on Saturday sentenced lawyer and activist Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Advocate Hadi Ali Chattha, to a total of 17 years in prison each
The global power struggle unrolling today is less about oil and more about declining power. As the unipolar world is shifting to a multipolar world, the US views the changing
When 3 drops of purple are added to water, which already has 2 drops of white in it, the result of the solution is lighter shade of purple. Whenever something
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” — Theodore Roosevelt
Meaning: Stand by decisions and do not disturb settled matters (precedent). Explanation: Precedent sustains legal predictability; courts follow earlier rulings unless there’s strong reason to depart. Example: A court follows
“My belief has gained strength that Islam has saved humanity from losing its equilibrium.” — Muhammad Iqbal
Meaning: No one is bound to accuse themselves (right against self-incrimination). Explanation: Individuals cannot be compelled to give testimony that would incriminate them. Example: A defendant declines to testify in
She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love: A violet by a mossy stone
‘Baithak’ is a traditional South Asian term, and, as the very word implies, it is a physical place where people gather, like drawing rooms or common areas. Here, people sit
Meaning: No crime without law. Explanation: Criminal acts must be previously defined by law; prohibits retroactive punishment. Example: A person cannot be criminally punished for conduct that was not illegal
Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O, well for the fisherman’s boy,
“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” — Tony Robbins
Meaning: The law is harsh, but it is the law. Explanation: Laws must be applied even when outcomes are severe; reform requires lawful change. Example: A statute imposes strict penalties
When God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings standing by, “Let us,” said he, “pour on him all we can. Let the world’s riches, which dispersèd lie,
“My dear, you need to move on!” Ayesha begs me for the third time. Her impatience is glaring at me as if she is going to swallow me whole. Even
Sir, Through your esteemed daily I want to draw attention to the American Congress and the American people about our President, Donald Trump. In spite of his fruitful efforts to
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” — Plato
Meaning: Where there is a right, there is a remedy. Explanation: Rights should be enforceable by legal remedies; courts must make rights effective. Example: If a tenant’s right to quiet
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For
It starts, more often than not, with a locked phone. Family convenes in the aftermath of a loss. There are clothes to sort, books to shelve and papers to file away. There’s the
Literary history tends to view Mary Shelley as a child prodigy: a young girl who stumbled on a masterpiece. This framing reduces her intelligence and the radicalism of her contribution.
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” — Edmund Burke
Meaning: An act does not make one guilty without guilty intent. Explanation: Criminal liability normally requires wrongful action plus a culpable mental state. Example: An accidental breaking of property differs
My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it
Patience of ink used to predominate before the appearance of blue ticks and instant replies. Communication by mail took days, even months, and during that time, there was a refinement
The internet told us to romanticise our lives, but what if that performance only isolated us further? On some days when I don’t have much to watch on TV or
Since the dawn of human civilisation, the world population has continued to grow. From small communities to larger ones, the human population has been increasing exponentially. In Pakistan, at the
In the present day, electricity and its applications form the cornerstone of our daily lives. If the electricity supply were suspended even for a day, tasks that once felt easy
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” — Mahatma Gandhi
Meaning: You shall have the body (protection against unlawful detention). Explanation: Courts can require authorities to justify detention; protects liberty. Example: A person arrested without charge can petition habeas corpus
When I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is death to hide Lodged with me
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” — James Baldwin
Meaning: Remedies must fit the wrong. Explanation: Sanctions or state measures should be proportionate to the harm addressed. Example: A regulatory penalty should reflect actual damage rather than be excessively
The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;— Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” — Mahatma Gandhi
Meaning: The thing speaks for itself. Explanation: Where harm plainly results from negligence, circumstances may shift burden to defendant to explain. Example: A consumer finding a foreign object in sealed
I wander thro’ each charter’d street, Near where the charter’d Thames does flow, And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of woe. In every cry of
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” — Steve Jobs
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