Publications

Published work on constitutional amendment, judicial power, international law and legal theory.

Latest article 2026 Pakistan Journal of Law, Analysis and Wisdom, vol 5, issue 3, pp 141–164

Unmaking the Constitution’s Core: The Twenty-Seventh Amendment, Judicial Independence and the Basic Structure Doctrine in Pakistan

Traces the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s move from rejecting the basic structure doctrine to recognising enforceable limits on Parliament’s constituent power, compares India, Bangladesh, Germany and Turkey, and uses the Twenty-Seventh Amendment as a stress test for judicial independence, separation of powers and civilian supremacy.

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Journal articles

1. 2025

   Contemporary Hydrological Weaponization: Strategic Fallout of the Indus Basin

   With Mirza Shahzaib Muhammad Khan. Journal of International Law, National Defence University

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2. 2025

   The Rhizomatic Enforcement of Jus Cogens: A Critical Appraisal through Doctrinal, TWAIL, and Postcolonial Lenses

   Pakistan Journal of Law, Analysis and Wisdom

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3. 2025

   Orbital Commons or Neo-Colonial Frontier; A New Paradigm of Stellar Stewardship

   With Noe Maurice Bhurgri. Pakistan Journal of Law, Analysis and Wisdom, vol 4, issue 9

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   Ghalib Naseer and Noe Maurice Bhurgri, ‘Orbital Commons or Neo-Colonial Frontier; A New Paradigm of Stellar Stewardship’ (2025) 4(9) Pakistan Journal of Law, Analysis and Wisdom 13

4. 2025

   Sovereignty Beyond Earth in Equitable Space Resource Regimes

   TILS Law Review, vol 3, issue 2

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   Ghalib Naseer, ‘Sovereignty Beyond Earth in Equitable Space Resource Regimes’ (2025) 3(2) TILS Law Review

5. 2025

   The Cost of Injustice: Reforming Pakistan’s Bail and Pre-Trial Practices in the Context of Legal Fidelity and Moral Imperatives in Law

   TILS Law Review, vol 3, issue 1

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   Ghalib Naseer, ‘The Cost of Injustice: Reforming Pakistan’s Bail and Pre-Trial Practices in the Context of Legal Fidelity and Moral Imperatives in Law’ (2025) 3(1) TILS Law Review 15

6. 2025

   Combating Discrimination, Violence and Harmful Practices against Intersex Persons

   With Sarah Mazhar, Ebaad Ur Rehman Saqib and Tahaam Bhatti. TILS Law Review, vol 3, issue 1

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   Sarah Mazhar and others, ‘Combating Discrimination, Violence and Harmful Practices against Intersex Persons’ (2025) 3(1) TILS Law Review

7. 2025

   The Tyranny of the Headline: The Influence of Yellow Journalism on Public Perception and Political Propaganda

   With Saad Mansoor. Pakistan Journal of Law, Analysis and Wisdom, vol 4, issue 3

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   Ghalib Naseer and Saad Mansoor, ‘The Tyranny of the Headline: The Influence of Yellow Journalism on Public Perception and Political Propaganda’ (2025) 4(3) Pakistan Journal of Law, Analysis and Wisdom 1

8. 2024

   Judicial Activism: Authority or Autocracy? Unravelling the Role of Judiciary in Pakistan

   Pakistan Journal of Law, Analysis and Wisdom, vol 3, issue 7

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   Ghalib Naseer, ‘Judicial Activism: Authority or Autocracy? Unravelling the Role of Judiciary in Pakistan’ (2024) 3(7) Pakistan Journal of Law, Analysis and Wisdom 31

Submissions and conference papers

1. 2025

   Combating Discrimination, Violence and Harmful Practices against Intersex Persons: Input for the High Commissioner’s Report pursuant to Human Rights Council Resolution 55/14

   Submitted by the TILS Law Review Society, Lahore, to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

   OHCHR submission

2. 2024

   The Bail Dilemma in Pakistan: Addressing Pre-Trial Detention through Legal Reform

   Presented at the 1st International Law Conference, Kahuta Law College and International Islamic University Islamabad

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Research visuals

1. 2026

   India an Outlier in Customary International Law vis-à-vis Indus Waters Treaty

   Interactive visual. Centre of Excellence for International Law (CEIL), ISSRA, National Defence University, Islamabad

   A map and state-practice scorecard comparing how water treaties in eleven river systems, among them the Nile, the Mekong, the Amazon and the Indus, have fared through conflict, with a case study of the Indus basin and its riparian positions.

   View on the ISSRA website

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