Amber Darr

Cartels and consumers

While the CCP has certainly exercised its power to impose necessary fines on cartels, it has had much less luck in recovering them Updated 03 May, 2025 09:23am

Digital Confusion Pakistan

The Digital Nation Pakistan Act hides more than it reveals. Updated 08 Mar, 2025 09:07am

Women and markets

It is important to recognise the core role played by the female consumer in the Pakistani economy and to facilitate its activities. Published 26 Jan, 2025 06:55am

The Islamisation project

Islamisation of the legal system continued beyond the Zia era. Updated 20 Jul, 2023 09:42am

The competition gap

Modern competition laws were expected to help South Asian states break price-fixing cartels. Updated 28 May, 2023 09:57am

Decolonising the law

The starting point for understanding any country’s core institutions is its constitution. Updated 12 Nov, 2022 08:52am

The regulatory state

It is important to trace the history of regulation, how it arrived in Pakistan, and the nature and limits of the adjudicatory... Published 14 Apr, 2022 07:20am

Women in law

Can a single appointment, no matter how laudable, magically erase the considerable obstacles faced by women lawyers throughout... Updated 04 Feb, 2022 08:24am

The limits of sovereignty

Since 1959, Pakistan has entered 53 bilateral investment treaties with 48 different countries. Updated 13 Aug, 2021 08:11am

When farmers protest

Pakistani observers have mostly treated these protests as a specifically Indian phenomenon. Updated 12 Feb, 2021 08:23am

The digital divide

The threat of digital imperialism remains. Published 17 Dec, 2020 07:52am

Inclusive education

Pakistani universities adhere to a single dominant narrative. Published 11 Oct, 2020 06:38am

Women in law

Only 5.8pc of all judges in the country are women. Published 15 Nov, 2016 01:59am

Sound laws for unsound minds

Courts subordinate to the SC may rely upon the recent ruling as a precedent in determining other similar cases. Published 31 Oct, 2016 12:56pm

Making laws matter

Many laws are made without consultation and without an attempt to educate the public. Updated 20 Sep, 2016 09:24pm

Invisible lawyers

Uniform accountability is needed for all lawyers in Pakistan. Published 13 Jun, 2016 01:26am

The hunger games

As citizens of a developing country the threat of hunger and thirst looms large over all our heads. Published 04 Apr, 2016 07:00am

Cab rank rule

Lawyers should provide their services to whosoever asks and pays for them. Published 17 Jan, 2016 05:06am

An economic imperative

Businessmen remain largely disinterested in the rule of law debate, considering it perhaps too idealistic. Published 16 Nov, 2015 01:04am

Vulnerable in court

If witnesses are not protected the Kasur case will fail Published 01 Sep, 2015 05:15am