The case for a full court review
By most accounts, 2024 was not a good year for Pakistan – marked by a rise in terrorist activities and persistent political instability. However, if one were to ask lawyers…
Year of unmet challenges
2024 saw intensifying political tensions and turmoil in Pakistan, which sharpened polarisation in the country and made political stability elusive. The year was marked by democratic regression and increasing autocratisation as the…
Disunited legal community
EVER SINCE the passage of the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, influential lawyers, one after the other, have come out to threaten a widespread lawyers’ movement. Notable lawyers leading the…
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…
Challenges before the new CJP
“….the trial of civilian protesting……in .incidents of the 9th and 10th of May 2023 may be proceeded strictly under the relevant criminal laws applicable to civilians; but there is nothing…
26th Amendment, new CJP and reforms
The Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amend-ment) Act, 2024 [26th Amendment], passed in utmost haste by the Parliament on October 21, 2024 receiving the assent of President of Pakistan on the same day,…
Challenges before the new CJP
“….the trial of civilian protesting……in .incidents of the 9th and 10th of May 2023 may be proceeded strictly under the relevant criminal laws applicable to civilians; but there is nothing…
Seniority sacrificed: again
Now that Justice Yahya Afridi has been nominated as the next chief justice of Pakistan, and with the recent appointment of the third most senior judge as chief justice of…
Illusion of power
THREE words said it all. “Judiciary’s wings clipped.” This was the banner headline in an English newspaper after adoption of the controversial 26th Constitutional Amendment. While the PML-N-led government and…
Elections within 90 days
THERE is a real lack of focus and clarity in our national purpose today. The unique consensus on the constitutional requirement of elections within 90 days has, instead, been digressed…
