No meaningful legal reform can come from a system so poisoned from the roots. A system that has discarded legal ethics for greed and power. To a great extent we have only ourselves to blame, for we do not raise our voice when lawyers turn into thugs in suits. We watch videos of lawyers assaulting police, judges and civilians but do nothing to hold the bar associations and councils responsible for taking no action.

A worker’s freedom from unfair termination is the essence of his right. Right up there with the freedom to be paid a decent living wage. That simple freedom doesn’t exist in Pakistan apart from a few limited instances. It is completely up to the person you work for to treat you fairly. In an ideal world that would be great, if only living in such a world was an option for us.