Asghar vs Aslam
A NOT so great man once said that all political careers end in failure. When it comes to Asghar Khan, however, we’re told the gentleman’s career never quite took off…
How not to lose the way — again
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif starts his tenure in circumstances more dire but somewhat similar to the ones in which his older brother, Nawaz Sharif, first became prime minister after the…
Judicial fairytales
“Justice is what the judge ate for breakfast.” — Jerome Frank, legal realist philosopher SIX recent judicial orders — one order of the Supreme Court and five orders of the…
Why it matters
There have been plenty of false dawns before. There have even been plenty of instances when we have welcomed judicial saviours. Is this time any different? Or are we destined…
Trapped by own lies
And do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it]-Al-Quran (2:42) Heads of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) entangled in legal…
SC: Jurisdiction & justice – II
4. Makhdoom Ali Khan referred to the case of Dr Sher Afgan Khan Niazi v. Imran Khan (Reference No. 1 of 2007) wherein Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi, one of the…
Who messed up Afghanistan?
IN his latest interview to PBS NewsHour, Prime Minister Khan correctly said the US “really messed it up in Afghanistan” and he also rightly questioned America’s motive for invading Afghanistan. In a second interview to…
Beyond drawing rooms
SOMETIMES, it is hard to write weekly on politics. Truth be told, it’s hard nearly every week. Unless there are developments happening at breakneck speed à la the Bollywood film…
Justice for Justice Isa?
THE judicial history of our blighted land is replete with verdicts in favour of usurpers and against elected civilian leaders, including several prime ministers — and have seen their execution…
Droning Mullah Fazlullah
In Pakistan, anger has greeted the killing of Afghan Taliban head, Mullah Mansour, by an American drone on Pakistani territory. When senior US officials visited army chief Gen Raheel Sharif…
