Munir Ahmad stood accused under Section 9(1)(c) of the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997, over the alleged recovery of 1,400 grams of charas during a police patrol Read More ...

Living relationships remain prohibited by Islamic law and unrecognised by state law, yet they persist in Pakistan's social reality. The issue is not their legitimisation, but whether the harms arising from them can still be overlooked. Their endurance exposes deep gaps in protection and accountability. Pakistan’s reflective minds must now consider how these harms may be addressed without disrupting constitutional boundaries. If an experience produces harm but not ‘crime’ because the relationship does not fit a legal form, what does that say about the gap between lived harm and the state’s definition of criminality?  Read More ...

The Lahore High Court overturned the death sentence awarded to our client in a murder case holding that the delayed and manipulated FIR eroded the prosecution’s credibility as the foundational document, the witnesses were “chance witnesses” without convincing  Read More ... 

The case involved an individual accused of transporting a substantial quantity of charas on a motorcycle. At trial, the court initially sentenced the accused to 4 years and 6 months of rigorous imprisonment under Section 9(c) of the Control of Narcotic Substances Act...   Read More ... 

The Lahore High Court, sitting as a Division Bench, recently overturned a death sentence in a high-profile murder case. Our Chambers represented by Barrister Haider Najafi appeared for the appellant in this matter, where the Court’s ruling reaffirmed one of the fundamental principles of criminal law: it is better that ten guilty persons be acquitted than Read More...