Author Archives: Ahsan Sohail

General Framework of Arbitration Counsels in Pakistan

Advocate Usman Gondal Advocate Nawaz Virk The superior courts of Pakistan have always intended to encourage the dispute resolution by way of arbitration. The legal system of Pakistan has also considered the arbitration proceedings with welcoming gesture, under the mechanism provide for resolution of disputes. A area of dispute usually arise with respect to the…

WEST PAKISTAN FAMILY COURTS ACT, 1964 FOLLOWS AMENDED PROVISIONS MADE IN THE YEAR 2015

I am of the view that the highlighted amendments speed up the litigation, reducing the time period in which a defendant may file his reply within 15 days from the knowledge of suit. Moreover, failure to file reply during this time period will result in the closing of the defendant’s right of defence, and the…