Life of the Constitution?
AN effort to rush through a constitutional amendment was barely kept at bay, but statements from the ruling regime indicate that another attempt is likely within the next few weeks. As of…
Is a Constitutional Court the answer?
After the government failed to have its Constitution Amendment Bill secretly rubber-stamped at midnight by oblivious parliamentarians; some in the ruling coalition rushed to disassociate themselves. They admitted to mistakes…
Constitutional amendments
IT is not a cliché but constitutions are, in fact, the glue that normally hold a country and its peoples bounded to oneness. As such a life-giving source to statehood,…
Culture of un-constitutionalism
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” — Carl Jung THERE is no ambiguity about the foundations of the 1973…
Who defends the Constitution?
ON the day the National Assembly was dissolved, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari tweeted: “We cannot under any circumstances compromise on the constitution. SC must rise to the challenge & prove our constitution is…
Constitutional frauds
“Pity the nation that is led by those who laugh at the law little realising that the law shall have the last laugh.” — Justice Asif Saeed Khosa THE vote…
The case for a constitutional court
Parliamentary legislative competence is the authority of a parliament to amend or repeal laws and the constitution. Under Article 239, Pakistan’s parliament can alter the constitution with a two-thirds majority.…
Constitutionalism the only remedy
“Even the most ardent purposivists must first and foremost primarily respect the actual text of a statute and should not ignore it for purposes of some greater good or desired…
An assault on the constitution
What a farce is being made of our democracy! Amending the constitution is a serious business. But, last Sunday when the bill was ready to be voted upon, no one…
HEC notifies amended constitution of PUSB
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan has notified the amended Constitution and Rules of the Pakistan University Sports Board (PUSB), indicating a strengthened commitment to promoting university sports within the…
