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A plain-language guide to intellectual property in Pakistan — the five categories of IP, what can be registered as a trademark, Nice classification, and the step-by-step registration process before IPO Pakistan.
Muhammad Arsal Asif · Guest Columnist, August 2026
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A case note on the four-finger Kit Kat shape mark — why recognition and association alone are not distinctiveness, and what an applicant must prove for a shape to serve as a badge of trade origin.
Muhammad Arsal Asif · Guest Columnist, August 2026
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How the Tax Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 introduced fixed-tax relief for Pakistan's construction industry during COVID-19, and what it meant for builders, developers, and daily-wage workers.
Farrokh Mushtaq · CourtingTheLaw.com, June 2020
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An examination of the gaps in Pakistan's public health legislation exposed by COVID-19, and the urgent need for fast-tracked legal mechanisms to manage future pandemics.
Farrokh Mushtaq · CourtingTheLaw.com, April 2020
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How Section 165A of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 obligates banks to share account and transaction data with the FBR, and what the Lahore High Court held on its constitutionality in Soneri Bank v. Federation of Pakistan.
Farrokh Mushtaq · CourtingTheLaw.com, February 2020
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A comprehensive look at Pakistan's legal framework for medical negligence claims — from the doctor-patient relationship and the Bolam test to the complaint process before the Pakistan Medical Commission and provincial healthcare commissions.
Farrokh Mushtaq · Pakistan Law Journal (PLJ), 2023
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How courts around the world are using therapeutic jurisprudence to make justice more humane, and a roadmap for embedding it in Pakistan's own courts, family law, and juvenile justice system.
Farrokh Mushtaq and Samra Tahir · Pakistan Law Journal (PLJ), 2026
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An overview of Pakistan's e-commerce legal landscape — company incorporation, taxation, data protection, consumer rights, and digital payments — and what still needs to change for online trade to thrive.
Farrokh Mushtaq · Pakistan Law Journal (PLJ), 2024
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Tracing the treaties, model laws, and institutions — from the New York Convention to ICSID — that built the modern architecture of international arbitration and global commercial trust.
Zill E Rukh Mushtaq · Pakistan Law Journal (PLJ), July 2026
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Examining the policy and regulatory gap opened up by generative AI's growing role in mediation — from the EU AI Act and UNCITRAL Model Law to Punjab's ADR Act 2019 — and proposing a framework of algorithmic sandboxing, disclosure rules, and a mandatory human-in-the-loop standard.
Zill E Rukh Mushtaq · Policy Research Journal, June 2026
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