Monday, 12 October, 2020
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Forced marriages OUR constitution gives citizens the right to marry according to their willingness. Many underage girl’s and women are forced to marry against their consent. Forced marriage and honor killing have become extremely common in our society. It is one of such brutal cases of human rights violence. It occurs when one or both people do not freely consent to marry and they will be subjected to pressure abuse or coercion. There are more than 3,500 reports of forced marriage in the UK.Today there are 15 million people in forced marriage. Most forced before the age of 15 years. The forced marriage is the increased likelihood of domestic violence and abuse and sexual abuse. Anyone forced into marriage faces an increased risk of rape and sexual abuse as they may not wish to consent or may not be the legal age to consent to sexual relationship. I request the government to help take the culprit to task. Mahikan Sarwar kEch
Valuing women
Denying justice ensuring delay How can a judiciary build trust?
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HERE is no secret that the beautiful word of justice is very attractive and fascinating giving a good hope of welfare and peace for human beings. However, justice concerns itself with the proper ordering of things and persons within a society or state. As a concept it has been subject to philosophical, legal, and theological reflection and to a healthy debate throughout the world. A number of important questions surrounding the system of justice, have been fiercely debated in society. What is justice? What does it demand from individuals and societies? What is the proper distribution of wealth and resources in society: equality, meritocracies, according to status, or some other arrangement? There are numberless possible answers to these questions from divergent perspectives on the political and philosophical spectrum. In one sense, all theories of justice claim that everyone should get what he deserves. Some theories disagree on the basis of the uncivilized attitude of human beings. The main distinction is between theories that argue and are liable to say that all are equal, therefore derive equal accounts of distributive justice, for instance, hard work and merits by which some should have more than others. According to most theories of justice, it is overwhelmingly important, for instance these theories claim that justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of a system of thought. Justice can be thought of as distinct from and more fundamental than benevolence, charity, mercy, generosity and compassion. Justice has traditionally been associated with concepts of fate, reincarnation or heavenly fate, that is, with a life in accordance with the cosmic plan. The association of justice with fairness has thus been historically and culturally rare and is perhaps chiefly a modern innovation. In contrast to the understandings canvassed so far, justice may be understood as a human creation, rather than a discovery of harmony, divine command, or natural law. This claim can be understood in a number of ways, with a fundamental division between those who argue that justice is a creation of some humans, and those who argue that it is the creation of all humans. In a world where people are interconnected
ing system is the main hindrance to reach the point of justice. All the stakeholders of the judicial system never bothered for this plight of jusbut they disagree, institutions are required to cul- tice. There is a need to have a new tivate ideals of justice. These institutions may be comprehensive judicial policy to follow all justified by their approximate instantiation of courts, particularly the subordinate judiciary, justice, or they may be deeply unjust when com- which is bound to deliver justice in an expedipared with ideal standards. Justice is an ideal tious manner. It will take some time to produce which the world fails to live up to, sometimes good results as presently, we are facing an exdespite good intentions, sometimes disastrously. treme shortage of judges at all levels, whether it The question of institube in the civil courts, tive justice raises issues the district courts and of legitimacy, procemore inconveniently in dure, codification and the Lahore High Court, This situation may be interpretation, which which is 20 judges are are considered by legal less than its sanctioned unintentional on the part of experts and philosophy strength. its stakeholders, but is of law. The High Court Another definition being the highest court bothersome to all who are of justice is that it is an of the province, has to independent investigaseeking justice and who have shoulder a greater burtion of truth. In a courtden to decide appelfailed due to the penetration lants’ cases of the room, lawyers and judges are supposed to whole province as well of corruption in our justice be independently invesas to decide the constitigating the truth of an tutional and corporate system, as the whole social alleged crime by argumatters having more ing the matter and consystem we are suffering is significance and ursidering the available gency. But these days without any justification. evidence. This situation only 40 judges are is more logical and near working who, of Apparently, in the given to the truth that everycourse, are not able to body is in search of juscomplete the work of circumstances the instant tice and seeking the 60 judges; thus the judicial system is not solution of his or her backlog of cases is problems. The state has being increased heavily enforceable in the Lahore the responsibility to deand people are frusliver justice and create trated by the scarcity of High Court until the new an atmosphere of judges. Although, the appointments of judges equality and equity for honorable judges and all citizens. In the modlawyers have sacrificed emerge on the judicial ern world, only the somuch to work till sunciety which can survive down, even then the surface to wash away the or which can be demajority of cases were clared as a good civiinconvenience caused to the left over or adjourned, lized society or a people had no general public, by creating a and welfare state by interchoice except to return national organizations, to their homes without good image of an is one which has the obtaining justice. fair system of justice This situation may independent judiciary which for its citizens. be unintentional on the has te potential to provide This can only be part of its stakeholders, explored by creating but is bothersome to all easy and instant justice to the supremacy of law who are seeking justice and a high respect for and who have failed the citizens of Pakistan who humanity, having the due to the penetration have been disappointed by full moral support of of corruption in our justhe general public and tice system, as the our leaders since long its departments which whole social system we are constitutionally liare suffering is without able to collect evidence any justification. Apthrough a well disciparently, in the given plined and trained staff. Whereas in Pakistan; the circumstances the instant judicial system is not word justice is intact in its symbolic state of def- enforceable in the Lahore High Court until the inition without following the pragmatic se- new appointments of judges emerge on the judiquence, even with the unjustified absence of the cial surface to wash away the inconvenience main ingredient of social justice. The people de- caused to the general public, by creating a good sire to get all comforts and facilities, but they are image of an independent judiciary which has te reluctant to discharge their lawful and moral potential to provide easy and instant justice to duty. the citizens of Pakistan who have been disapA similar situation has been dominating in pointed by our leaders since long. our courts as our judicial system is about to collapse and it would become a great source of exThe writer is an Advocate of the Supreme haustion for the citizens. Nobody is willing to Court of Pakistan, Law Professor, Member of appear as an independent witness before the International Bar Association and former court as the impression of a sluggish and fatigu- Assistant Attorney General for Pakistan.
DUE to our old mindset, females are already derieved from education. If they get it, they are killed in the name of honour. The reason for this is that we are living in men society. In an Islamic state, it was taught to everyone to value female and give them equal rights. Then, why is it easy to rape a girl? Why is it easy to kill a girl? These shows we value males more than females. Humans talk about animals and their right, firstly finish the gap between male and female then try to think about other organisms. Females are treated like animals, it is tragic to say this in an Islamic country, but it is true. If we want to finish this gap, we need the help of the government because public is not going to have any change. rahMatullah Shafiq Makran
Is there any law for children? SIR: Apropos a news a item repeated incidents of child abuse warrant greater action from State, society (October 9, 2020) child abuse and kidnapping are increasing day by day in Pakistan. It really hurt me a lot when I read in this news that a five years old girl was kidnapped, raped and murdered and body was found on a garbage heap in Karachi. However MNA Mehnaz Akber Aziz declared there are 108 laws which are for child rights. Where are the laws that children are being kidnapped, raped, and murdered? Is there any law in Pakistan for children ? If there is , Why children are the victim of sexual abuse? Crimes against children who are innocent rising more in Pakistan. According to Sahil, a NGO worker the number of child sexual abuse cases has increased 14 percent. Since January to June 1,489 cases have been reported of repeated incidents. Among them 53 percent were girls and 47 percent were boys. Children who are the builder of nation are suffering a lot. The government needs to take steps to make country safer for children and also ensure that laws will take speedy action after a crime is committed so that parents of children can dare to inform police for enquiry. fazal turbat
Drug addiction DRUG is any substance that causes a change in an organism physiology. But the conception of drugs can be via inhalation, injections, smoking, ingestion absorption via a patch on the skin and dissolution under the tongue. It is the chemical which damaged the body. Further, drugs change the brain in make it incapable to work. Forsooth, drug addiction is considered a relapsing and relaxation of people. Unfortunately, it is destroying the lives of them. According to UN report and estimated 7.6 million people in Pakistan are drug users but the 78% are male and 22% are female. The number of these addicts is increasing as the rate of 40,000 per year and making Pakistan one of the most drug affected countries in the world. It is not being decreased but day by day being increased. As a fact, and (UNODC) calculated in Pakistan more then 800,000 people users of heroin regularly between 15 and 24 aged. But the number of drug users is particularly high in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which is neighbors of Afghanistan,where close to 11 percent of the population is hooked on drugs. Finally, the government should terminate such kind of dangerous things which are in benefit for the nation and save the children’s they are the new generation of the country. najEEb Swali turbat
Darkest city PAKISTAN is facing a major issue in the name of electricity which is needed for everything and to everyone to do something. There are some areas of Pakistan which are facing shortage of electricity like Awaran and now karachi is one of them. Karachi is known the biggest city in the country which is facing shortage of electricity. However, shortage of electricity is a major problem by which people face maximum problems. Worst affected was the port city of Karachi, a city of 20million, where many people spent a sleepless night because of warm and humid weather. Moreover, the city is facing a serious issue that because of power breakdown after heavy rain and some areas ‘s power was restored but still some are without electricity. On the other hand, load shedding is at an time high and helpless citizens are left to crave for every drop of water, at least for 8 to 6 hours load shedding is there. Some areas are worst hit by the crisis including Lyari, Karangi, Landhi, new Karachi and ect. So the government should restore the power immediately to all people of Karachi that they should get electricity. SaMEEr aSlaM awaran
