Stories by Mirza Moiz Baig

Governance crisis

While Karachi’s location and its two deep-water ports have often underscored its immense potential, successive governments have failed to transform it into a modern metropolis.

Published 15 May, 2026 07:42am

Overzealous Pemra

A blanket ban on art from India offends the right to free speech.

Published 18 Apr, 2026 06:05am

Karachi’s quagmire

A solution to Karachi’s crisis may lie in the idea of ‘metropolitan cities’.

Published 31 Jan, 2026 05:34am

Commercial courts

Ordinary civil disputes too made their way to the high courts.

Published 11 May, 2025 07:30am

Unconstitutional package

With tensions simmering under the surface, will the amendment be the harbinger of a catastrophic conflagration?

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 09:42am

Democratic breakdown

Political parties in particular need to preserve the democratic structures, which are critical to their own survival.

Updated 25 May, 2024 10:44am

Courts unburdened

The future of dispute resolution is witnessing a change.

Published 15 May, 2024 07:25am

Judicial discontent

Judicial independence entails more than righting past wrongs.

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:22am

Protecting children

Pakistan must do more to implement the convention on child abduction.

Published 09 Mar, 2024 07:17am

Supremely fractured

It may be time to structure the chief justice’s powers.

Updated 03 Apr, 2023 09:11am

Law and technology

No meaningful justice-sector reform can be envisaged without reforming the manner in which cases are filed.

Published 01 Dec, 2022 08:00am

Democratising appointments

The seniority versus merit binary is entirely illusory given that the two are not mutually exclusive...

Updated 29 Oct, 2022 08:33am

Judicial reconciliation

Dialogue is the first stop on the road to reconciliation.

Published 22 Sep, 2022 07:11am

Due process

The mob tramples upon the right to a fair trial...

Published 10 Sep, 2022 04:13am

Judicial chemo

Verdict renders Article 63-A redundant, thus, substituting express command of Constitution with moral values of bench members.

Updated 19 May, 2022 09:02am

Preserving democracy

The Constitution is critical for democracy to deepen...

Published 09 Apr, 2022 07:12am

Courage to do justice

Justice Baqar preserved the flickering light of justice...

Published 03 Apr, 2022 07:32am

‘Peca-boo’

Is the amendment really an attempt to curb ‘fake news’?

Published 27 Feb, 2022 07:10am

Strengthening LGs

The Sindh government would do well to embrace the court’s decision.

Updated 15 Feb, 2022 08:00am

Judging the chief justice

It is imperative to evaluate the SC's performance under Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed as he prepares to doff his judicial robes.

Updated 30 Jan, 2022 09:49am