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• A Focus On Pakistan & Nepal

  This post highlights FCPA enforcement actions concerning conduct (in whole or in part) in Pakistan and Nepal. United Technologies (2018) The enforcement action concerned conduct in Russia, Azerbaijani, China, Kuwait, South Korea, Pakistan, Thailand, and Indonesia. As to Pakistan, the allegations were: “In addition to the purely leisure trips arranged by Otis to influence foreign...

• European Parliament Resolution Condemns Abduction, Forced Conversion and Child Marriage of Religious Minorities in Pakistan

  On July 9, the European Parliament adopted a Resolution (full text) on the abduction, forced conversion and child marriage of Hindu and Christian girls in Pakistan. It reads in part: A.  whereas Maria Shahbaz, a Christian girl from Lahore, was 13 when she was abducted and forced to convert to Islam and marry her abductor;…...

• Political on Rural Areas of Pakistan

  Political Impacts on Rural Areas of Pakistan Article Human RIghts Author (s) Hafsa Masood Table of Contents Pakistan’s political system has always defended the interests of the ruling class. Despite being the representational authority, political leaders have failed to inspire optimism for a democratic state that would deliver socioeconomic justice to all Pakistanis. The political leadership failed...

• Extra Judicial Killings In Pakistan

  Extra-Judicial Killings In the Context of Pakistan Author (s) Sadaf Jalil Malik Table of Contents Extra-judicial killings or murders are defined as the wrongful and intentional killings of  people by government agents or anyone working on its behalf, without due process of law. These  murders take place outside of the legal system and without the...

• Non-Qualifying Ceremonies: The Futility of Foreign Registration of Islamic Marriages under English Law

  This blog note is kindly provided by Dr.

• Thank you, Roundtable Contributors!

  In February and March, we hosted a roundtable on “Knowledge in the Islamic Court.”  We thank the contributors for their essays.  In case you missed one, here they are (in order of publication): Ari Schriber, Knowledge in the Islamic Court Mashal Saif, Evidence for the Laity but not the Courts: Dreams and Blasphemy in Contemporary...

• Punjab Government (Pakistan) Issues Stamp Duty Exemption Notification on Corporate Mergers in Pakistan

  On 21 January 2026, the Government of the Punjab, Pakistan, issued a notification remitting stamp duty on mergers approved under the Companies Act, 2017, thereby supporting lawful corporate restructuring and resolving the long-standing provincial inconsistency. Background: This notification emerges directly from the ongoing litigation surrounding the Jadeed Feeds Industries (Pvt.) Ltd. vs. Board of Revenue,...

• Pakistan dispatch: Tirah Valley faces humanitarian crisis amid displacement and political tensions

  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....

• ::Roundtable:: Evidence for the Laity but not the Courts: Dreams and Blasphemy in Contemporary Pakistan

  By Mashal Saif In late 2010, many Pakistani ʿulamā’ publicly declared that Salman Taseer, the governor of Pakistan’s largest province, had insulted the Prophet Muḥammad and Islam.[1] In January 2011, Governor Taseer was shot dead by his own bodyguard, Mumtaz Qadri, who reported being inspired by the ʿulamā’s statements. Regarding his killing of Taseer, Qadri...

• Immigration roundup podcast: January 2026

  In Sonia’s final episode, we cover the first substantive judgment concerning the use of “public order disqualification” powers in trafficking cases, an updated CPIN on Pakistan for LGBT+ people and the policy that’s pushing people in conflict zones to make dangerous journeys to enrol their biometrics. Barry covers a really important judgment on children’s settlement...

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• Mere Change In Job Duties Is Not An Adverse Employment Action

  Baloch v. Kempthorne, ___F.3d___(D.C. Cir. Dec. 30, 2008), reminds us that a mere change in job duties is not an adverse employment action under Title VII. Thus, the plaintiff here failed to make a claim for discrimination.Here, the employer changed the job duties of the plaintiff who described...

• From the Bookshelves: The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed Masood

  Practicing attorney Syed Masood has a new comic novel about Muslim immigrants finding their way in modern America titled The Bad Muslim Discount. It follows two families from Pakistan and Iraq in the 1990s through to San Francisco in 2016. From Booklist *Starred Review* The first time Anvar had to...

• Punjab Government (Pakistan) Issues Stamp Duty Exemption Notification on Corporate Mergers in Pakistan

  On 21 January 2026, the Government of the Punjab, Pakistan, issued a notification remitting stamp duty on mergers approved under the Companies Act, 2017, thereby supporting lawful corporate restructuring and resolving the long-standing provincial inconsistency. Background: This notification emerges ...

• Chief Justice of Pakistan to be Reinstated

  The government of Pakistan has reportedly just agreed to reinstate former Chief Justice of the Pakistan Supreme Court, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.  Click here to read more.   Justice Chaudhry was dismissed two years ago by then-President Pervez Musharraf. (mew)...

• HR Power Hour with Humza Khan- What's Covered? – First Five Steps for DE&I

  On this episode of HR Power Hour, join Verrill attorney Tawny Alvarez as she talks to Humza Khan, founder of Inclusion Maine, about all things diversity, equity and inclusion. This episode discusses the foundation of building a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion program and the first five steps any...

• Thank you, Roundtable Contributors!

  In February and March, we hosted a roundtable on “Knowledge in the Islamic Court.”  We thank the contributors for their essays.  In case you missed one, here they are (in order of publication): Ari Schriber, Knowledge in the Islamic Court Mashal Saif, Evidence for the Laity but not the Courts:...

• Pakistan Supreme Court Rejects President’s Judicial Nominees

  The tensions between the judiciary and the presidency in Pakistan continue with the rejection by the Pakistani Supreme Court of two judicial nominees by President Asif Ali Zardari.  The Supreme Court deferred the appointments because the President had not consulted with the Chief Justice of the...

• From the Bookshelves: Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American by Wajahat Ali

  Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American by Wajahat Ali Here is the publisher’s description of the book: “`Go back to where you came from, you terrorist!’ This is just one of the many warm, lovely, and helpful tips that Wajahat Ali and other...

• Non-Qualifying Ceremonies: The Futility of Foreign Registration of Islamic Marriages under English Law

  This blog note is kindly provided by Dr. ...

• CEO of a Pakistani Asbestos Cement Company Faces Possible Role in Investigation of Cancer Death of a Person Associated with the Plant

  A new example of the global spread of environmental consciousness as it applies to persons who work at or service manufacturing plants that utilize “toxins.”    As a result of a cancer death of  person associated with a manufacturing plant in Pakistan, the CEO of Dadex Eternit faces  a summons to...