Hassan Aslam Shad
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Hassan Aslam Shad is the head of practice of a leading Middle Eastern law firm. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, U.S., with a focus on international law and corporate law. Hassan has written extensively on topics of law including public and private international law and international relations. Hassan has the distinctive honor of being the first person from Pakistan to intern at the Office of the President of the International Criminal Court, The Hague. He can be reached at: veritas@post.harvard.edu. He tweets @HassShad.
Pakistan must seek universal jurisdiction for India’s...
Despite the patchy and rather dismal record of international criminal accountability, universal jurisdiction offers one way of setting the wheel of international criminal justice in motion.
CPEC’s transformational promise for Pakistan
Pakistan needs domestic legislation that protects the public from falsehoods, propaganda, and fake news as well as counters proliferation of the same. This legislation must not be aimed at gagging the media or discouraging healthy criticism.
20 years on: India’s false flag lawfare...
Sunday, December 13, marked 20 years since the deadly attack on Parliament by terrorist groups linked to Pakistan. Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani who was then the home minister called the attack “the most audacious, and also the most alarming, the act of terrorism”.
Let’s save Pakistan from getting lynched in...
Priyantha Diyawadana, a Sri Lankan national who worked as general manager of a factory of the industrial engineering company Rajco Industries in Sialkot, Punjab, was set upon by a violent crowd on Friday. This religious bigotry in society is our new nucleus
The Pandora’s box of our dirty offshore...
The Pandora Papers have revealed, yet again, how this country has been literally raped by the elites. Since Pakistan aspires to follow China, it is time that Pakistan adopts an aggressive lawfare against corruption like China did to stand on its feet.
Pakistan’s counter lawfare against US Senate Bill...
Bill in US Senate is offensive, but the response of Pakistan’s Foreign Office is weak argues Hassan Aslam Shad, an international law expert. Regardless of whether the Bill becomes law, Pakistan's Foreign Office and the NSA must send a solid point-by-point rebuttal to the Bill.
Pakistan’s legal system is on the verge...
The purpose of a legal system is to ensure justice for all, especially for the weak. However, in Pakistan, owing to a myriad of factors for example politicized courts and outdated frameworks, the legal system has been systematically weaponized to oppress the weak.
Has Pakistan given an “NRO” to Kulbhushan...
Pakistan’s opposition parties have labeled the National Assembly bill allowing Kulbhushan Jadhav – the convicted Indian spy – the right to challenge his conviction...