Stories by Hassan Kamal Wattoo
The writer is a lawyer and columnist based in Lahore. He can be reached @hkwattoo1
The 26th and 27th Amendments must be repealed.
Published 09 May, 2026 05:56am
The executive has dangled a sword over every judge.
Published 09 Dec, 2025 07:13am
What’s changed is that power has been taken away from certain judges.
Published 10 Nov, 2025 05:57am
A court meant to defend rights instead shielded power — and in doing so, revealed how fragile our freedom truly is.
Updated 17 Sep, 2025 08:18am
To love your country is to speak out when those who run it go astray.
Published 11 Sep, 2025 07:36am
The principles at play here rise above politics and into the realm of individual liberties and the rule of law, which once chipped away, leave every single one of us more vulnerable.
Published 11 Aug, 2025 03:05pm
What is there to be so insecure about?
Published 29 Aug, 2023 08:21am
Those with disabilities are not a monolith.
Published 11 Aug, 2023 08:11am
The ‘one-man show’ must end.
Updated 20 Apr, 2023 09:32am
Judges across the globe are regular human beings.
Updated 19 Mar, 2023 12:09pm
How many success stories did we undo?
Published 12 Feb, 2023 06:42am
Is a woman never an individual in her own right?
Published 15 Jan, 2023 07:01am
It’s not about security. It never has been.
Updated 11 Dec, 2022 09:11am
As far as the authorities are concerned, we are a nation of 220 million delicate little flowers, our sensitivities constantly under threat by the weakest amongst us.
Published 15 Nov, 2022 03:13pm
Whoever decided they were above all criticism?
Published 08 Nov, 2022 06:36am
The legal system robbed him of a year’s worth of sunsets.
Published 25 Sep, 2022 04:07am
The legal recourse is to take the matter to court under the defamation law.
Updated 11 Aug, 2022 10:02am
Are we supposed to pretend it’s normal?
Updated 27 Jul, 2022 08:49am
Why do those in power need so many privileges?
Published 17 Jul, 2022 07:02am
The world is cruel, but the justice system is crueller...
Published 03 Jul, 2022 07:22am
