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Commentary "A Nightmare for Everyone": The Health Crisis in Pakistan's Prisons (Human Rights Watch, March 2023) Commentary 'We Are Still Here': Families of the disappeared shape a new Global Alliance initiative (OHCHR, 16 Oct 2026) Commentary 12 men acquitted by ATC in 2015 Kasur child pornography case Domestic 18th Constitutional Amendment §6.3 Commentary A Critical Review of Asia Bibi Case (Mst. Asia Bibi v The State, Crl.A. No. 39-L of 2015) Case law Abdul Baqi v. The State, 2019 P Cr. L J 442 (Balochistan) §4.1 Case law Abdul Khattab v. The State, 2003 YLR 535 (Lahore) Case law Abdul Qayyum v. S.H.O., Police Station Shalimar, Lahore, 1993 P Cr. L J 91 (Lahore) International Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (ILO No. 105) Domestic Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Act 2010 §2.7§6.1 Case law Adeel v. The State, 2016 YLR 2212 (Peshawar, Abbottabad Bench) Commentary Afghan Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement 2010 §1.5 Case law Agha Zubair v. The State through Chairman NAB, 2019 YLR Note 93 (Sindh) §5.3 Case law Ajmal Khan v. Mst. Falak Negar Bibi, PLD 2019 Peshawar 218 Commentary Al-Jehad Trust v. Federation of Pakistan (Northern Areas), Const. Petitions decided 28 May 1999 §1.6 Case law Allah Nawaz v. Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2019 MLD 1016 (Peshawar, D.I. Khan Bench) Case law Ameer Mai v. Justice of the Peace, Yazman, 2012 P Cr. L J 1082 (Lahore) International American Convention on Human Rights (Pact of San Jose, Costa Rica) §4.1 Case law Amir v. Bakhshu, PLD 1975 Lahore 625 Case law Amjad Shah v. The State, PLD 2017 Supreme Court 152 §8.2 Domestic Anti Dumping Duties Act 2015 §1.5 Domestic Anti Terrorism Act 1997 §1.5§1.6§3.1§3.2§3.3§5.4 +3 Domestic Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2010 (Act No. VII of 2010), as amended up to September 2020 §1.5 Domestic Antiquities Act 1975 §1.5 International Arab Charter on Human Rights (1994) §4.1 Case law Arbelo Kalhoro v. The State, 2010 YLR 1750 (Karachi) Commentary ASF report: Acid-throwing cases post sharp decline Case law Ata Muhammad v. The State, PLD 1960 (W.P.) Lahore 111 Case law Attaullah v. The State, PLD 2019 Balochistan 75 §4.1 Case law Ayyaz Ahmad v. Saqib Nazir, Superintendent Central Jail, PLD 2017 Lahore 342 Case law Azam Watto v. The State, 2002 YLR 136 (Lahore) Case law Azeem Khan v. Mujahid Khan, 2016 SCMR 274 §8.2 Case law Aziz Khan, Commander (E) Pakistan Navy v. Director-General, Ports and Shipping, 1991 CLC 362 (Karachi) Domestic Balochistan Domestic Violence Prevention and Protection Act 2014 §2.7§6.1 Domestic Bangkok Rules §1.5 International Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes Case law Bashiran Bibi v. Station House Officer, Police Station Kot Sabzal, 2013 MLD 1359 (Lahore) §3.1 Commentary Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners (GA res. 45/111, 1990) §4.2 International Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1951 §1.7 International Beijing Declaration on South-South Cooperation for Child Rights in the Asia Pacific Region (2010) §7.1 Case law Bilal Akbar Bhatti v. Election Tribunal, Multan, PLD 2015 Lahore 272 §5.3 Domestic Bill on Ratification of International Treaties International Body of Principles for the Protection of all Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment definition of arrest. §3.1§3.2 Domestic Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1992 §7.2 Domestic Bonded Labour System Abolition Act 1992 §2.4 International Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (1990) §4.1 Domestic Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1925 §1.5 International Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biodiversity Commentary CCPR General Comment No. 20 Prohibition of Torture or Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment §4.1§4.2 Commentary CCPR General Comment No. 23: Article 27 (Rights of Minorities) Commentary CCPR General Comment No. 32: Article 14, Right to equality before courts and tribunals and to a fair trial (CCPR/C/GC/32) §5.2 International CCPR General Comment No. 6: Article 6 (Right to Life) §8.1 International Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice (1945) §1.5§1.7 International Chemical Weapons Convention §1.5 International Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Ordinance, 2000 §1.5 Domestic Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 (XIX of 1929) §2.4§2.7§7.3 Commentary Child Protection and Welfare Bureau, Punjab: Overview (web page) Domestic Code of Conduct for Punjab Police Officers §4.1 Domestic Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 §3.1§3.2§4.1§4.2§5.4§6.1 +4 Domestic Code of Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 2011 §3.2 Commentary Committe on the Rights of the Child General comment No. 24 2019 on childrens rights in the justice system §7.1 International Communication No. 560 1993 A. v. Australia Views adopted on 3 April 1997 in UN doc. GAOR A 52 40 vol. II p. 143 paras. 9.3 and 9.4. §3.3 International Communication No. 754 1997 A. v. New Zealand Views adopted on 15 July 1999 in UN doc. GAOR A 54 40 vol. II p. 254 para. 7.2. §3.3 Commentary Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Pakistan (CEDAW/C/PAK/CO/5) Commentary Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Pakistan (CRC, 2016) Commentary Concluding observations on the initial report of Pakistan (Human Rights Committee, 2017) §3.1§3.2§4.1 Commentary Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 44 of the Convention: Fifth periodic report, Pakistan (CRC/C/PAK/5) Domestic Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan §1.5§1.6§2.2§2.4§2.5§2.7 +14 International Convention against Narcotic Drugs and Psychotroic Substances 1988 International Convention against Torture §1.4§2.6§3.1§4.1§4.2§5.2 +1 International Convention Against Torture §1.4§2.6§3.1§4.1§4.2§5.2 +1 International Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict §1.5 International Convention on Biological Diversity (1992) International Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago, 1944) §1.5 International Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species International Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Hague, 25 October 1980) §1.7 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women §1.4§1.7§2.5§2.7§6.1 International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of genocide International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol §1.4§2.8§3.1§6.2 International Convention on the Rights of the Child §1.4§2.4§3.1§3.2§4.2§5.2 +2 Domestic Copy of ATA 1997 §1.5§1.6§3.1§3.2§3.3§5.4 +3 Commentary Cr.P.C. 1898 §3.1§3.2§4.1§4.2§5.4§6.1 +4 Commentary CRC General Comment No. 10 (2007): Children's rights in juvenile justice §2.4§2.8§6.4§7.1§7.3 Commentary CRC General Comment No. 11 (2009): Indigenous children and their rights under the Convention Commentary CRC General Comment No. 5 (2003): General measures of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child Domestic Criminal Law (Amendment) (Offences Relating to Rape) Act, 2016 (Act No. XLIV of 2016) §6.1 Domestic Criminal Law Amendment Act 2004 §2.7 Domestic Criminal Law Amendment Act 2010 §2.7 Domestic Criminal Law Second Amendment Act 2011 §2.7§6.1§7.3 Domestic Criminal Law Third Amendment Act 2011 §2.7 Domestic Criminal Laws Amendment Act 2017 §7.3 Case law Darshan Masih alias Rehmatay v. The State, PLD 1990 SC 513 International Declaration and Agenda for Action, 1st World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (Stockholm, 1996) §7.1 Domestic Disabled Persons (Employment and Rehabilitation) Ordinance, 1981 §2.8 Commentary DNA helps police catch suspect in Zainab case Commentary Does a Juvenile Get a Better Law This Time? A Comparative Review of the New & Old Juvenile Laws of Pakistan (LUMS Law Journal, vol. VI, 2019) Domestic Domestic Violence Prevention and Protection Act 2013 Sindh §2.7§6.1 Domestic Domestic Violence Prevention and Protection Bill 2012 Case law Dost Muhammad v. Additional Sessions Judge Barkhan at Rakhni. §3.2 Case law Dost Muhammad v. Additional Sessions Judge, Barkhan at Rakhni, 2017 P Cr. L J 1654 (Balochistan) Case law Dr. Mehmood Nayyar Azam v. State of Chhattisgarh, 2013 SCMR 66 (Supreme Court of India) §4.1 Case law Dr. Yasin Zia v. Government of Punjab, PLD 2016 Lahore 94 §4.1 Domestic Employment of Children Act 1991 §2.4§7.3 Domestic Employment of Children Act 1991 §2.4§7.3 Domestic Employment of Children Rules, 1995 §2.4 International Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (ILO No. 100) §1.7 International European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (ETS No. 126) §4.1 International European Convention on Human Rights (as amended by Protocols Nos. 11 and 14, with Protocols 1, 4, 6, 7, 12, 13, 16) §8.1 Commentary FATF 40 Recommendations (October 2003, incl. amendments to October 2004) §1.5 Commentary Federal Ombudsman presented quarterly implementation report regarding improving jail conditions of Pakistan in the Supreme Court (Wafaqi Mohtasib press release, 1 Aug 2019) International Fifth periodic report submitted by Pakistan under article 18 of the CEDAW Convention (CEDAW/C/PAK/5) Commentary Flashback: Forging ahead for democracy Domestic Foreigners Act, 1946 §3.3 Case law Foundation for Fundamental Rights v. Federation of Pakistan, PLD 2013 Peshawar 94 §1.6§1.7§3.3§4.1§5.3 Domestic General Clauses Act 1897 §5.4 International General Comment 8 on Article 9 of the ICCPR §3.1 Case law Ghulam Hussain v. The State, PLD 2020 Supreme Court 61 §1.6§5.4 Case law Ghulam Mohy-ud-Din alias Haji Babu v. The State, 2014 SCMR 1034 §8.2 Commentary Ghulam Sarwar v. The State, 1984 P Cr. L J 2588 (Lahore) §3.2 International Guidelines for Action on Children in the Criminal Justice System (ECOSOC res. 1997/30) Commentary Guidelines on the Applicable Criteria and Standards relating to the Detention of Asylum Seekers and Alternatives to Detention §3.1 Case law Hafiz Junaid Mahmood v. Government of Punjab, PLD 2017 Lahore 1 Case law Hakim Mumtaz Ahmed v. The State, PLD 2002 Supreme Court 590 §3.2 Commentary Hanover Fire Insurance §1.6 Case law Hanover Fire Insurance Co. v. Messrs Muralidhar Banechand, PLD 1958 SC (Pak.) 138 Case law Haseeba Taimor Afridi v. The State, 2013 SCMR 1326 §3.2 Case law Hassan and others v The State and others PLD 2013 Supreme Court 793 §8.2 International Human Rights and Arrest, Pre-trial Detention and Administrative Detention (Chapter 5, OHCHR Professional Training Series No. 9) §3.1 Commentary Human Rights Case No. 29388-K of 2013 (missing persons), PLD 2014 Supreme Court 305 §1.6 International Human Rights Committee Concluding Observations Argentina UN Doc CCPR CO 70 ARG 2000 para. 10 §3.2 Commentary Human Rights Committee discusses the initial report of Pakistan (OHCHR press release, 12 July 2017) Commentary Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: A Manual on Human Rights for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers (OHCHR Professional Training Series No. 9, 2003) Case law Iftikhar Ahmad v the State 2019 SCMR 1224 §8.2 Case law Iftikhar Ahmed Khan v. Asghar Khan, 2009 SCMR 502 §8.2 Case law Ijaz Ahmed v. The State, 2018 P Cr. L J 698 (Lahore) Commentary ILO CEACR Observation (adopted 1995, published 1996): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), Pakistan International ILO Convention C138 Minimum Age Convention 1973 No. 138 §7.1 International ILO Convention No. 111 Discrimination §1.7 International ILO Convention No. 138: Minimum Age for Admission to Employment (1973) §7.1 International ILO Forced Labour Convention 1930 No. 29 International ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention 1999 No. 182 §7.1 Case law Imran Maqbool v. Federation of Pakistan, PLD 2019 Lahore 17 §1.7 Commentary In re Suo Motu Case No. 14 of 2009, 2010 GBLR 50 §4.2 Case law In re: Violence in Christian Colony in Badami Bagh over alleged blasphemy (Const. Petition No. 10 of 2013), 2013 SCMR 918 Case law Inbox Business Technologies Ltd. v. Pakistan, 2018 PTD 621 (Sindh High Court) §5.3 Domestic Industrial Relations Ordinance, 2002 Commentary Inextricably linked Commentary Initial report of Pakistan to the Human Rights Committee (CCPR/C/PAK/1) Commentary International Commission of Jurists definition of administrative or preventive detention §3.3 International International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance §1.4 International International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings §1.5 International International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (1999) §1.5 International International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination §1.4 International International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965) §1.4 International International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (1990) §1.4 International International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the crime of apartheid International International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights §1.4§1.5§1.6§1.7§2.1§2.2 +12 International International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights §1.4§1.5§1.6§1.7§2.1§2.2 +12 International International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights §1.4§2.1§2.3§5.3§6.1§6.4 +1 International International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights §1.4§2.1§2.3§5.3§6.1§6.4 +1 International International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) §1.4§2.1§2.3§5.3§6.1§6.4 +1 Domestic Introduction to Police Order 2002 CPDI Pakistan Commentary Is Kasur really the hub of child sexual abuse in Pakistan? (Dawn, 22 Jan 2018) Case law Ishrat Batool v. Government of Punjab, 2018 PLC (C.S.) Note 165 (Lahore, Multan Bench) Commentary Judging Juvenility: Determination of Age of Juvenile Offenders under Pakistan's Juvenile Justice System (Pakistan Journal of Criminology, 2009) Domestic Juvenile Justice System Act 2018 §2.4§3.3§4.2§7.0§7.2§7.3 +1 Domestic Juvenile Justice System Act 2018 §2.4§3.3§4.2§7.0§7.2§7.3 +1 Domestic Juvenile Justice System Act 2018 §2.4§3.3§4.2§7.0§7.2§7.3 +1 Domestic Juvenile Justice System Ordinance 2000 §4.2§7.2§7.3 Case law Kaneez Begum v. Additional District Judge, PLD 2026 Lahore 610 Case law Khalid Iqbal v. Mirza Khan, PLD 2015 SC 50 Case law Khan Asfandyar Wali v. Federation of Pakistan, PLD 2001 SC 607 Case law Khizar Hayat v. The State, 2006 SCMR 1755 §8.2 Domestic Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Elimination of Custom of Ghag Act 2018 §6.1 Domestic Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prohibition of Employment of Children Act 2015 §7.3 Domestic Khyber Pakthunkhwa Child Protection and Welfare Commission Act 2010 §2.4§7.3 Case law Kishore Kumar v. The State, 1993 P Cr. L J 55 (Quetta) Domestic KP Child Protection and Welfare Act 2010 §2.4§7.3 Domestic KP Police Act 2017 §3.3 International Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change §1.5 Case law Lal Khan v. The Crown, PLD 1952 Lahore 502 §8.2 Commentary LHC commutes death sentence of juvenile imprisoned for 20 years (press release) Commentary LHC rejects govt's application to form judicial commission over Kasur child porn case (Express Tribune, 10 Aug 2015) Domestic Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance 1960 §3.3 Case law Malik Muhammad Mumtaz Qadri v. The State, PLD 2016 SC 17 Case law Malik Tilla Mohammad v. Director General Excise and Taxation, 2016 MLD 958 (Peshawar) Case law Manthar Ali v. Station House Officer, 2013 P Cr. L J 553 (Sindh) Commentary Memorandum on International Legal Framework on Administrative Detention and Counter-Terrorism (International Commission of Jurists, March 2006) Case law Mian Ghulam Ijaz v. The State, PLD 2018 Lahore 151 Case law Michael and Brian Hill v. Spain, Communication No. 526/1993, CCPR/C/59/D/526/1993 (HRC Views, 2 April 1997) Commentary Migration and International Human Rights Law: Practitioners Guide No. 6 (ICJ, 2011) Case law Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan v. The Special Court, PLD 2020 Islamabad 82 §5.3 Commentary Ministry plans to present Anti-Torture Bill in next NA session (The News, 10 Jan 2019) Case law Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto v. President of Pakistan, PLD 1998 Supreme Court 388 §4.1§4.2 International Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer Case law Mrs. Amatul Jalil Khawaja v. Federation of Pakistan, PLD 2003 Lahore 310 Case law Mst. Asia Bibi v. The State, PLD 2019 SC 64 Case law Mst. Hina v. Province of Sindh, PLD 2019 Sindh 363 Case law Mst. Jamila Begum v. Awam-un-Nass, PLD 1978 Lahore 1376 Case law Mst. Razia Pervez v. Senior Superintendent of Police, Multan, 1992 P Cr. L J 131 (Lahore) Case law Mst. Rohaifa v. Federation of Pakistan, 2012 SCMR 388 §4.1 Commentary Mst. Rukhsana Bibi v. Government of Pakistan, PLD 2016 Lahore 857 §1.7 Case law Mst. Sabeeha v. Ibrar, 2012 SCMR 74 §8.2 Case law Mst. Saima Bibi v. Additional Sessions Judge (East), Islamabad, 2018 PCrLJ 1328 §4.2 Case law Mst. Shahida Parveen v. The State, 1996 P Cr. L J 179 (Federal Shariat Court) Case law Muhammad Afzal v. Senior Superintendent of Police, Operation, Lahore, PLD 2005 Lahore 377 Case law Muhammad Amin v. The State, 2007 PCrLJ 1303 (Karachi) §4.1 Case law Muhammad Arshad v. The State, 2015 SCMR 258 Case law Muhammad Hashim Raza v. The State, 1997 MLD 1130 (Lahore) Case law Muhammad Hashim Raza vs. The State 1997 M L D 1130 §5.3 Case law Muhammad Ilyas Ashraf v. Aitzaz Ahmad, Magistrate 1st Class, Gujranwala, 2004 YLR 1299 (Lahore) Case law Muhammad Ismail Qureshi v. Pakistan, PLD 1991 Federal Shariat Court 10 Case law Muhammad Ismail v. The State, 2017 SCMR 713 §8.2 Case law Muhammad Nadeem Arif v. Inspector-General of Police, Punjab, 2011 SCMR 408 Case law Muhammad Nadeem Arif vs. Inspector General of Police Punjab 2011 SCMR 408 §5.3 Case law Muhammad Saleem Nawaz v. Additional District Judge, Chistian, PLD 2012 Lahore 217 Case law Muhammad Sharif v. The State, 2008 YLR 387 (Lahore) Case law Muhammad Sharif v. The State, 2019 SCMR 1368 §8.2 Case law Muhammad Sharif v. The State, PLD 2009 SC 709 §8.2 Case law Muhammad Siddique v. Mansha, PLD 1997 Lahore 428 Case law Muhammd Afzal Ex Assistance Sub Inspector vs. Senior Superintendent of Police Operations Lahore P L D 2005 Lahore 377 §5.3 Case law Mukhtar Ali Qureshi v. S.H.O., Police Station Westridge, Rawalpindi, 2004 P Cr. L J 1545 (Lahore) Case law Munshi Khan v. The State, 1983 P Cr. L J 778 (Supreme Court of AJ&K) Case law Nasreen v. S.H.O., Police Station Batala Colony, Faisalabad, 2001 P Cr. L J 685 (Lahore) Commentary National Assembly passes Zainab Alert Bill with majority vote (Dawn, 11 Mar 2020) Commentary National Commission for Child Welfare and Development (Ministry of Human Rights web page) Domestic National Commission for Minorities Act 2015 Domestic National Commission on the Status of Women Act 2012 §2.2§2.3§2.7 Case law National Commission on the Status of Women v. Government of Pakistan, PLD 2019 SC 218 §1.7§6.1 International National Mechanisms for Reporting and Follow-up: A Practical Guide to Effective State Engagement with International Human Rights Mechanisms (OHCHR, 2016) §2.0 Case law Nazir Ahmed v. Capital City Police Officer, Lahore, 2011 SCMR 484 Commentary No execution under blasphemy law in Pakistan so far (The News, 1 Nov 2018) Case law Noor Jehan v. The State, PLD 1980 Peshawar 103 Case law Noor Muhammad v. S.H.O. Police Station Klur Kot, 2000 YLR 85 (Lahore) §3.2 Domestic NWFP Compulsory Primary Education Act 1996 §2.4 International Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (2002) International Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict §1.4§2.4§7.1 International Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography §1.4§2.4§7.1 International Optional Protocol to the CRC on the involvement of children in armed conflict 2002 §1.4§2.4§7.1 International Optional Protocol to the CRC ont he sale of children child prostitution and child pornography §1.4§2.4§7.1 International Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) §8.1 Commentary Over 77,000 inmates lodged in 114 jails with capacity of 57,742, SC told (Dawn, 10 Nov 2019) Commentary Overcrowding in jails declared unconstitutional by IHC (Dawn, 6 Apr 2020) Domestic PAF Act 1953 §6.3 Domestic Pak Army Act 1952 §6.3 Domestic Pak Navy Act 1961 Commentary Pakistan 2015 Human Rights Report (US Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices) Domestic Pakistan Environmental Protection Act 1997 §1.5 Domestic Pakistan Penal Code 1860 §2.6§3.1§4.1§4.2§6.1§6.3 +3 Domestic Pakistan Penal Code 1860 §2.6§3.1§4.1§4.2§6.1§6.3 +3 Domestic Pakistan Prison Rules 1978 §1.5§3.3§4.2§7.3 Domestic Pakistan Prison Rules 1978 §1.5§3.3§4.2§7.3 Commentary Pakistan stumbles upon its 'biggest' child abuse case (Al Jazeera, 11 Aug 2015) Commentary Pakistan yet to enact anti-torture law (Dawn, 26 Jun 2017) Commentary Pakistan: Alternative Report to the Human Rights Committee (JPP, OMCT, Reprieve; July 2016) Commentary Pakistan: Ensure effective implementation of Human Rights Committee recommendations (ICJ statement, 27 Jul 2017) Commentary Pakistani prisons house 77,275 inmates against authorised capacity of 57,742 (Express Tribune, 25 Mar 2020) Commentary PHC warns DCs against misusing Section 3 of MPO (8 Feb 2016) Domestic Police Order 2002 §2.6§3.1§3.3§4.1 Domestic Police Order 2002 §2.6§3.1§3.3§4.1 Domestic Policies for Special Persons in Pakistan: Analysis of Policy Implementation (Berkeley Journal of Social Sciences, 2011) Commentary Power, Impunity and Anonymity: Understanding the Forces Driving the Demand for Sexual Exploitation of Children (ECPAT International, 2016) Domestic Prevention of Anti-Women Practices (Criminal Law Amendment) Act, 2011 (summary) Domestic Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act 2018 §6.1§7.3 Commentary Principles for the Protection of All Persons under any Form of Detention or Imprisonment §3.1§3.2 Domestic Prohibition of Smoking and Protection of Non Smokers Health Ordinance 2002 §1.5 Domestic Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act 2010 §1.7§2.7 Domestic Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act 2010 §1.7§2.7 International Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances (ETS No. 187, 2002) §8.1 International Protocol on the Abolition of the Death Penalty Organization of American States §8.1 Case law Punjab Land Commission v. Mst. Iqbal Abbasi, 2013 SCMR 96 Domestic Punjab Marriage Restraint Amendment Act 2015 §7.3 Domestic Punjab Restriction on the Employment of Children Act 2016 §7.3 Case law Qaiser Mehmood v. The State, 1996 MLD 157 (Lahore) International Qanun e Shahadat Order 1984 §4.1§5.4 Case law Rafaqat Ali v. Deputy Commissioner, Rawalpindi, 2019 P Cr. L J Note 154 (Lahore, Rawalpindi Bench) Case law Raheel v. The State, 2017 MLD 1548 (Peshawar, Abbottabad Bench) Case law Raja Amanullah v. The State, 2002 MLD 1817 (Karachi) Case law Rasool Bux v. The State, 2005 YLR 915 (Karachi) Domestic Ratification of Foreign Agreements by Parliament Bill §1.3 Domestic Reformatory Schools Act 1897 §4.2§7.3 Case law Rehan v. The State, 2009 SCMR 181 §3.2 Commentary Report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, Addendum: Mission to the United Arab Emirates (HRC 29th session) §3.1 International Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on its mission to Pakistan (HRC 22nd session, 2012) §3.1 Commentary Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Pakistan (A/HRC/37/13) §3.2§3.3 Commentary Report over Kasur pornography scandal reveals authorities' failure (The Nation/NNI, 8 Jan 2019) Domestic Reproductive and Healthcare Rights Act 2013 §2.7 Commentary Right to Free and Compulsory Education in Pakistan: Enforcement of Article 25-A of the Constitution of Pakistan (PILDAT Background Paper, June 2011) International Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention §1.5 International Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (ILO No. 98) §1.5 Commentary Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court §8.1 Domestic Rules of Business 1973 amended till 2020 §1.3 International SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution §7.1 International SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia §7.1 Case law Salim Uddin v. The State, PLD 1985 Karachi 594 Case law Saqib Raza v. The State, 2015 MLD 515 (Sindh) §3.2 International Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR (abolition of the death penalty) §8.1 Case law Secretary, Local Government and Rural Development, Government of Punjab v. Ahmad Yar Khan, 2010 SCMR 861 International Security Council Resolution 1267 (1999) International Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001) International Security Council Resolution 1456 (2003) Commentary Senate adopts Zainab Alert, Response and Recovery Act 2020 (The News, 5 Mar 2020) Commentary Shadow Report to the Committee against Torture on the Examination of the Initial Report of Pakistan, 60th session (HRCP, OMCT, SPARC, March 2017) Case law Shaukat Ali Hayat v. Government of Punjab, 2017 PLC (C.S.) 1325 (Lahore) Commentary Sheltering Al Qaeda man a punishable offence, LHC told (Dawn, 8 Feb 2003) Commentary Significant decrease in acid attacks cases during 2015 (The News, 10 Mar 2016) Case law Sikandar Shah v. The State, 2000 PCrLJ 1962 (Peshawar) §5.3 Domestic Sindh Children Act 1955 §2.4 International Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the 1972 Protocol International Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners §1.5§3.1§3.2§4.1§8.2 International Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (1955; ECOSOC res. 663 C and 2076) §4.2 Commentary States of Emergency: Their Impact on Human Rights (International Commission of Jurists, 1983) Commentary Statute of the International Court of Justice §1.2 International Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Case law Sumayyah Moses v. Station House Officer, Faisalabad, PLD 2020 Lahore 716 §1.7 Case law Suo Motu Case No. 1 of 2014 (Peshawar church attack; Kalash and Ismaili threats), PLD 2014 SC 699 Commentary Suo Motu Case No. 4 of 2010 (contempt proceedings against Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani), PLD 2012 SC 553 §5.3 Case law Superintendent, Land Customs, Torkham (Khyber Agency) v. Zewar Khan, PLD 1969 SC 485 §1.7 Case law Syed Mohsin Ali Shah v. S.H.O., Police Station Garh Maharaja, 1995 MLD 771 (Lahore) Case law Tariq Mehmood v. The State, 2011 SCMR 1880 §8.2 Domestic The Balochistan Child Protection Act, 2016 §7.3 Domestic The Balochistan Mental Health Act, 2019 (Act No. IX of 2019) Domestic The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 §2.4 Domestic The Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933 (Act No. II of 1933) §2.4§7.3 International The Geneva Conventions 1949 §1.5§1.7 Domestic The Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (Act VIII of 1890) §2.4 Domestic The Islamabad Capital Territory Child Protection Act, 2018 (Act No. XXI of 2018) §7.3 Domestic The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Disabled Persons (Employment and Rehabilitation) (Amendment) Act, 2012 Domestic The Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973 (Act XXXV of 1973) §5.4 Domestic The Lunacy Act, 1912 (Act IV of 1912) §6.3 Domestic The Mental Health Ordinance 2001 §2.8§6.3§8.2 Domestic The Mental Health Ordinance 2001 §2.8§6.3§8.2 Domestic The Mental Health Ordinance, 2001 Domestic The National Commission for Human Rights Act, 2012 (Act No. XVI of 2012) §4.1 Domestic The National Commission on the Rights of Child Act, 2017 (Act No. XXXII of 2017) §2.2§2.3§2.7§7.0§7.3 Domestic The North-West Frontier Province Establishment of a Commission on the Status of Women Act, 2009 (NWFP Act No. XIX of 2009) §2.7 Domestic The Pakistan Bar Council Free Legal Aid Rules, 1999 (S.R.O. 1095(1)/99) §5.4 Domestic The Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951 (II of 1951) §1.7 Domestic The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority Ordinance, 1982 §1.5 Domestic The Police Rules 1934 §3.1§3.2§6.1 Domestic The Prevention and Control of Human Trafficking Ordinance, 2002 §7.3 Domestic The Prisoners Act, 1900 (Act III of 1900) §6.3 Domestic The Prisons Act, 1894 (Act IX of 1894) §2.6§4.2§7.3 Domestic The Protection of Breast-feeding and Child Nutrition Ordinance, 2002 (XCIII of 2002) §2.4 Domestic The Protection of Women Criminal Laws Amendment Act 2006 §2.7§6.1 Domestic The Punjab Commission on the Status of Women Act, 2014 (I of 2014) §2.7 Domestic The Punjab Destitute and Neglected Children Act, 2004 (Pb. 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