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07/02/2026

Whether the Civil Court has parallel jurisdiction to the High Court to refer parties to foreign-seated arbitrations is a question still under debate in Pakistan. In this regard, the judgment in the Tradhol case by the Lahore High Court stands on one side, and three judgments by the Islamabad High Court, with a recent one by the Sindh High Court, stand on the other. The controversy between the judgments would best be resolved by the Honourable Supreme Court of Pakistan in any appropriate case. However, according to a scholarly opinion, the point of view taken in the Tradhol Case outweighs those of the Islamabad High Court and the Sindh High Court. This opinion belongs to our Senior Partner, Rana Rizwan Hussain, who has discussed it at length in a well-elaborated piece of writing, published by the Dispute Resolution Journal, a prestigious publication of the American Arbitration Association International Centre for Dispute Resolution® (ICDR). The first part of the paper was published in a prior issue of the journal; this subsequent issue contains the second part, and the full-length paper is now available for all inquisitive minds to read.

06/03/2025

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08/04/2024

Why don’t we get to hear such words of wisdom from the judges in Pakistan?

13/09/2023

My most recent piece of writing is now published with UCP Journal of Law and Legal Education.

Enforcement of Foreign Award and Public Policy Rules in Pakistan Authors Rana Rizwan Hussain Keywords: Public Policy, Foreign Award, International Law, Domestic Public Policy, Transnational Public Policy Abstract Public policy is a phenomenon that is difficult to be confined within boundaries. It is...

31/08/2018

International arbitration has become a developed phenomenon in today’s world for the cross-border dispute resolution. Parties from all over the world tend to choose arbitration as a preferable mode for resolving their disputes in transnational contracts. Such an arbitration takes place before a neutral forum, mostly at a jurisdiction to which neither/none of the contesting parties belongs. In the modern world the role of national courts in international dispute resolution is largely limited to providing support to the parties to realize what they have bargained at pre-contractual stage. In this regard, the courts from different jurisdictions perform their part at different stages of arbitration i.e., pre-arbitral stage, arbitration procedure, and the post-award stage. This book thoroughly discusses the law of Pakistan that governs the different stages of international and domestic arbitration in Pakistan. Mainly there are following four statutes which seek relevance in the discussion:
(i) The Arbitration Act, 1940 (X of 1940);
(ii) The Arbitration (Protocol and Convention) Act, 1937 (VI of 1937);
(iii) The Recognition and Enforcement (Arbitration Agreements and Foreign Arbitral Awards) Act, 2011 (XVII of 2011); and
(iv) The Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act, 2011 (IX of 2011).
The complete texts of the above statutes have been included into the book. The Arbitration Act, 1940 that mainly regulates the domestic arbitration, also becomes relevant as lex arbitri in an international arbitration where any such arbitration is seated in Pakistan. Therefore, the book also embraces a thorough discussion on the Arbitration Act, 1940 besides other aforementioned statutes. Apart from that, there are some procedural rules of arbitration devised by the High Courts of different provinces. Those rules have also been made part of the discussion.
A concise version of this book was originally published with the World Arbitration Reporter (JURIS Publishing) in the form of a ‘National Report’. A PDF copy of that report is available online for purchase @ $40. With the aim to serve the legal fraternity and the students of law, the book has been published in Pakistan.
Price: - Rs. 1000/ + postage
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23/04/2018

The dispensation of justice, and that too in a timely, credible and ethical fashion, is one of the most basic organising principles of civilised human society and its requirements.

Injustice comes in all forms, as Asma Nawab’s story shows.

16/04/2018

Book Review of my recently published book ‘International and Domestic Arbitration in Pakistan’ published in The Nation.

The book ‘International and Domestic Arbitration in Pakistan’ by Rana Rizwan Hussain discusses the law and practice of arbitration in Pakistan that