Hafiz Ahsaan Ahmad Khokhar

Advocate Supreme Court

Pakistan Needs a Governance Reset: New Provinces, Decentralisation and the Will of the People

Pakistan’s debate over the creation of new Provinces should now move beyond a narrow regional, linguistic or political discussion and become part of a comprehensive…

Redefining justice after 27th Amendment

PAKISTAN’S constitutional governance has entered a defining and transformative phase with the establishment of a dual apex court system, consisting of the Federal Constitutional Court…

Reforming Tax Litigation in Pakistan: A Constitutional Imperative and Global Lessons

Pakistan’s fiscal challenges are often attributed to a narrow tax base, low compliance, and weak documentation. Yet, an equally critical, underexplored factor lies in the…

Public Highways, Public Rights: Why Governance Must Rise Above Politics

The recent five-page detailed order of the Division Bench Peshawar High Court directing the reopening of blocked highways is not merely a routine judicial intervention;…

Treaty on trial

The Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 stands as one of the most carefully negotiated and legally resilient transboundary water agreements in international law. Concluded between…

Indus Waters Treaty at the Crossroads: Arbitration, Obligations, and the Rule of International Law

The Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 stands as one of the most carefully negotiated and legally robust transboundary water agreements in modern international law. Concluded…

Establishing a Constitutional Court – How it works

Pakistan’s justice system stands at a defining moment. The proposal for establishing a Constitutional Court through the 27th Constitutional Amendment represents not merely a structural…

Fundamental rights, political party and election symbol

SUBJECT to any reasonable restrictions imposed by the law in the interest of public order, morality, or Pakistan’s sovereignty or integrity, there is no legal…

Constitution, political party and election symbol

EVERYONE has the right to form groups or unions, as recognized by the Elections Act of 2017 and Article 17 of the Constitution (which has…

Repatriating illegal foreigners is a critical need now

PAKISTAN is not signatory and party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol on the Subject thus not bound by any international agreements…

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