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Item Role of legal regimes in the empowerment of women in Pakistan(UMT.Lahore, 2019) Haider Ali KhanThis paper discusses the current situation of women empowerment in Pakistan and how far legal regimes concerning sexual harassment advance this cause. Initially it is discussed what constitutes women empowerment and what its status is in Pakistan. We consider whether our legal system is equipped with adequate remedies to overcome sexual harassment and discrimination at workplaces, which shall naturally lead us to examine the legal regime of sexual harassment in Pakistan. To create a better understanding of Pakistan’s legal regime and possible gaps and lacunas a comparative analysis is made with the Indian, Bangladeshi and USA’s example, after which this paper embarks upon an analysis of the gaps in Pakistan’s legal regime and recommendations to address them.Item Role of Legal Regimes in the Empowerment of Women in Pakistan(UMT, Lahore, 2019) Haider Ali KhanThis paper discusses the current situation of women empowerment in Pakistan and how far legal regimes concerning sexual harassment advance this cause. Initially it is discussed what constitutes women empowerment and what its status is in Pakistan. We consider whether our legal system is equipped with adequate remedies to overcome sexual harassment and discrimination at workplaces, which shall naturally lead us to examine the legal regime of sexual harassment in Pakistan. To create a better understanding of Pakistan’s legal regime and possible gaps and lacunas a comparative analysis is made with the Indian, Bangladeshi and USA’s example, after which this paper embarks upon an analysis of the gaps in Pakistan’s legal regime and recommendations to address them.Item Investigation of delays in Murder trial inside the court under the law of Pakistan(UMT, Lahore, 2019) RAZA RASHEEDItem Investigation of delays in murder trial inside the court under the law of pakistan(UMT, Lahore, 2019) RAZA RASHEEDVarious measures and techniques have been developed to meet the problems of delayed justice in murder trial cases by the Government of Pakistan, by Law commissions. Committees and leL,al scholars, unfortunately the desired results have not been achieved. This study was conducted to investigate the reasons of delays inside the courts in murder trials under the law of Pakistan. The study was descriptive in nature. There was one research objective of the study to investigate the reasons of delays inside the courts in murder trials under the law of Pakistan with three research questions. Population of the study was comprised of all judges and advocates of Session Court, High Court and Supreme Court of Lahore. The researcher adopted "simple random sampling technique, to selecf'lOO advocates and judges from three type of courts, (section court. High court. Supreme Court). The instrument used for data collection was questionnaire that was self constructed with the reliability of .775, Questionnaires were tested first through pilot testing for improvement. The data were analyzed by using SPSS software followed by descriptive and inferential statistics in which t-test, ANOVA, were used on all the research questions. One of the finding was There was no significant difference measured in male and females opinion in the role of advocates in delays of murder trials inside the court under the law of Pakistan. This study further suggests other research work. There are practical implications of the findings of this research for policy makers, advocates and judges for the improvement of delays in murder trials.Item Domestic violence against women in pakistan(UMT.Lahore, 2019) JAHANGIR KHANWomen are seen as inferior to be ruled by their men’s to have better or for the major cases they should be ready for the worse situation. Women are not allowed to raise voice against domestic violence by men that includes brothers, fathers, and husbands after their marriage or the male relatives who are in the control their physical being. Most common form of violence against the women is domestic violence. Because of the high profile incidents the cases of domestic violence are not reported virtually and that is why, cases are never investigated. The study is basically a content analysis on multisource data derived from different statutes, case laws, articles published in academic journals, international reports, articles from different periodicals and dailies, and different online sources, written on violence against women at domestic level in Pakistan. Concluding the issue of Domestic Violence against women in this research study includes that females sometimes get victim of violence because of fear, sometimes it happens due to family pressure and early marriages. In future policy makers and legislators should work more and run advocacy campaigns to minimize this issue.Item Implementation of child labor law in pakistan(UMT.Lahore, 2019) Noof AliChild labour is one of the problems that have remained persistent despite the efforts that have been put in fighting it. The objectives of this study are: to determine various child labour treaties or declarations in Pakistan, India and USA; to determine the objectives of the Pakistan’s child declarations; to determine how the implementation of Pakistan’s child declarations differ with that of other countries such as India and USA. A systematic review was conducted by reviewing relevant literature. The literatures were sought using key words and a combination of the key words in Google scholar search engine. Articles with relevant titles and contents of the abstract were selected. An inclusion and exclusion criteria was set to allow selection of the articles for review. The relevant key words included child labour in Pakistan, labour laws in Pakistan, treaties associated with child labour and the objectives of the child labour treaties. Articles which were published earlier than 2010 were not included in the study. The study revealed that there are various laws and treaties in Pakistan which protect children from child labour. International treaties and conventional are also present to ensure that child labour become an issue of the past generations. There are more laws in the developing countries that are aimed at ensuring the welfare of children than in developed countries. However, the study also revealed that child labour is still rampant in Pakistan and it is necessary to create awareness and sensitize community members against child labour. Sound policies should be put in place by the government of Pakistan to boost economic empowerment and end extreme poverty. Child welfare is better improved when the society is economically empowered.Item KASHMIR DISPUTE A LEGAL REGIME(UMT, Lahore, 2019-06-19) ABRAR ALIFrom almost seventy years, the people of occupied Kashmir are waiting for their freedom promised by the United Nations. It is one of the oldest territory dispute, waiting for justice in this world. There are dozens of U.N. resolutions, providing the solution of the Kashmir dispute but India is not pleased to implement these resolutions. Indian armed forces have committed numerous human rights violations from the last thirty years in the occupied Kashmir. Occupying the territory through the deployment of more than six hundred thousand armed forces and denying the implementation of these resolution, India is clearly violating the international humanitarian law.Item COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS GUARANTEED IN THE CONSTITUTION OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN 1973 WITH INDIA AND UNITED KINGDOM(UMT, Lahore, 2020) AUSAF AKBAR KHANFundamental rights are commonly understood as inalienable rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because he or she is a human being. My research work examines the concept of fundamental rights, its origin and enumeration in written constitution of Pakistan and India and those contained in human rights act 1998 of United Kingdom. My work was to make a comparison of the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution of Pakistan 1973, Indian Constitution 1950 and Human Rights Act 1998 of the UK. Since UK has no written constitution. For the purpose of comparison of fundamental right between the countries named above, I have observed and reproduced with brevity the cases heard and decided by the honourable courts of Pakistan, India and UK.Item BRIEF HISTORY OF PAKISTAN & 18TH AMENDMENT(UMT, Lahore, 2020) BEHROZE ABBASItem Perceptive Dissertation on Child abuse in Pakistan(UMT, Lahore, 2020) Muhammad ZahidItem CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS IN PAKISTAN(UMT, Lahore, 2020) MUHAMMAD ARSLAN SHOUKATWith the advent of technology, the world saw a drastic fall in the quality of air. Realizing the need of time, some countries took efficient and effective steps to cope with the issues of environmental change, while some countries had been negligible towards the importance of air pollution, Pakistan being one of them, is ranked among worst countries hit by environmental pollution. Laws to curb the situation were promulgated but could not meet their purpose due to lack of political will. Pakistan is a developing country and it is exposed to multiple issues, leaving environment on the back burner.Item ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)(UMT, Lahore, 2020) MINAHIL ATHARThe purpose of this paper is to explore why there is a need of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). By providing a context for when each topic is appropriate to use. Each conflict is explained within the project context, as well as brief suggestions on how ADR could mitigate each situationItem THE CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IN PAKISTAN(UMT, Lahore, 2020) SHAN ARIF BHATTIIllustrating the Child Abuse in Pakistan is research thesis for enlightening the causes and effects of child sexual abuse. It is a worldwide problem and in Pakistan many laws have been promulgated under the guidelines of child sexual abuse laws in countries like United Kingdom, United States of America and India. The Child sexual Abuse is an offence anywhere in the world, the trial procedure may be different but punishments are more or less the same. The abuse is prevailing in Pakistan very rapidly due to certain reasons and flaws in socio-legal system. The system can be made better by proposing suggestions in legal and social setup which requires hard-work by every individuals of our society. In my thesis I would like to discuss causes and effects on the victims and its family. Further I will conduct a comparative study of child sexual abuse laws of United Kingdom, United States of America and India.Item POVERTY AND THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE OF PAKISTAN(UMT, Lahore, 2020) Haider Ali SaleemiPakistan has been in a state of poverty from the time it gained independence. There has been a rise in poverty within Pakistan and mostly the tribal areas are affected by it, leading to a subsequent increase in crimes. Along with affecting our society and having a detrimental impact on our economy, it has also had a negative impact on our image at an international level. This thesis focuses on how the Government of Pakistan can tackle the rise in poverty in the country and will identify the existing weaknesses in the system that can be attributed to the poverty rate.Item ISLAMIZATION OF LAWS IN PAKISTAN(UMT, Lahore, 2020) FURQAN IFTIKHARThe aim of this thesis is to examine the three major steps of Islamization process in Pakistan’s legal History, which are the enactment of Objective Resolution, introduction of Hudood Ordinances in country’s criminal legal system and Blasphemy Laws. These laws are analyzed whether they are fully in conformity with the injunctions of Islamic Principles and also what different grey areas are present in these laws. Research shows that for every Islamic state there is no choice for the ruler but to run all the matters of individuals as well as of state according to the injunctions and principles of Quran and Sunnah.Item Child Labour In Pakistan(UMT, Lahore, 2020-07-18) Ali AshrafChildhood is actually can be considered a social construct because a child is an unworldly person who is immature, irresponsible, and quite juvenile. Childhood is an ideology of many facets which may include dependency on the guardian or the care taker and the ideology of incompetency. Children are deprived of the ability to distinguish between what is right and what they might call wrong. Pakistan is among those unfortunate country which are hit by child labor at its worst. There are around 200 million minors in the world who should have been into schools but ended up in places like workshops, factories, brick kilns etc. An estimated 12 million of minors are hit by child labor in Pakistan.Item Delay in Criminal Trials and its Effect on Society(UMT, Lahore, 2021) Saad AliAs expressed from the title, the research work mainly revolves around delay in criminal trials and their impact on our society. The question as to why the timely disposal of case is necessary and how can we achieve it is also discussed in detail. References to constitution of Pakistan, 1973 and Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 are also made to put forth the state laws regarding the criminal trials and procedure, powers of courts and their jurisdictionsItem Alternative Dispute Resolution and Adjudication(UMT, Lahore, 2021) Muhammad ShoaibCommercial tensions have risen in tandem with the expansion of trade liberalization. Countries are debating how to deal with extreme trade conflicts and have enacted legislation to track trade disputes and put in place effective dispute resolution mechanisms. For some countries involved in various types of trade disputes, Alternative dispute resolution is the preferred method of resolution. Alternative dispute resolution is your first option. This paper discusses the importance of resolving trade disputes in Pakistan, as well as the implementation and application of alternative dispute resolution. The first chapter gives a general overview of the topic, as well as a brief history of Alternative dispute resolution. This study is only concerned with PakistanItem PROBLEMETIC ASPECTS OF RIGHT TO BAIL UNDER PAKISTANI LEGAL SYSTEM(UMT, Lahore, 2021) Awais Ahmed LaliThe law of offense and bail in Pakistan is explained in this paper. The Pakistan Penal Code, 1860, contains general penal law, while the Criminal procedure Code, 1898, contains general case law. Offenses are classified as friable or non-data from various, with the former allowing police to arrest without a bench warrant by a Magistrate, and the latter preventing police from arresting without one. Then there are bailable and non-bailable crimesItem Role Of International Community In Conflict Resolution Of Kashmir(UMT, Lahore, 2021) Muhammad Faheem Abbasiv Abstract Kashmir is Pakistan's oldest and gravest conflict with India. This issue could not be solved through various attempts at the bilateral and multilateral levels. For over fifty years, on the battleground and at the negotiation table, both the countries have clashed over Jammu and Kashmir and have tried to contain it within their borders, and none of them managed to do so completely. At the end of February 2019, Pakistan and India again got very close to a war; a war that would have brought misery, destruction, and economic instability on both sides of the border. So there are several explanations for the continuing dispute between two neighboring countries, one of them is definitely mistrust and another is domestic politics