New judicial framework
The 26th Amendment, enacted in October 2024, has introduced significant changes to the structure and functioning of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, particularly concerning its jurisdiction and operational dynamics. Article…
Judicial integrity
THE recent letters from Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Munib Akhtar — the two senior-most judges after the chief justice — reflect the existing quagmires in Pakistan’s justice system,…
The 26th Amendment in judicial focus: Part – III
Rule of law dictates that citizens and their representatives participate in the legislative process with an open and timely access to the draft and without any violation of their democratic…
The 26th Amendment in judicial focus: Part – II
After the ouster of Imran Khan as prime minister through a no-confidence motion in April 2022, the judicial landscape became even murkier. While there were over 55,000 cases pending in…
Judicial reforms or executive control?
It is hardly a secret that the current political flux the country is in relates to the proposed constitutional amendment. The contours of the amendment are unclear but what can…
Judicial independence?
THE independence of the judiciary has been a recurrent theme in our jurisprudence in recent years. This is particularly true since the restoration of former chief justice of Pakistan (CJ)…
Coming judicial anarchy
“HE [Chief Justice of Pakistan Sajjad Ali Shah] did not understand the practical limitations to his power” — Hamid Khan, ‘A History of the Judiciary in Pakistan’. PAKISTAN was already…
Princes of procedure
AT times, judges are put on the spot. It might be that the positions they have consistently stated throughout their career on a certain issue are on the line in…
Practice and procedure
The Supreme Court has given its findings on the much-debated Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act 2023. Although the detailed judgment is awaited, still, the short order has said that…
Judicial imperialism: Threat to democracy
When honourable judges, while claiming to enforce the constitution, render verdicts that cannot plausibly be related to the constitution the result is judicial imperialism posing a serious threat to the…
