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Justice on trial

THE Supreme Court may have pushed back an attempt to undermine the independence of the judiciary by quashing a malicious presidential reference against a fellow judge, but the threat is…

Judging CJP Nisar

In our culture it is impolite to judge those who pass away. We only seek forgiveness for them. It is also petty to not hold any punches when someone is…

Justice For Houbara Bustards

Justice for Houbara Bustards

By the time this article appears in the press, some 1,000 Houbara Bustards will have been officially annihilated by our friends from the Arab world. These massacres, most obsequiously facilitated…

Thank You, Justice Isa

Thank you, Justice Isa

Dec 16 has become a source of multiple reminders of the ability of Pakistanis, or let’s say the handful in charge of deciding the nation’s destiny, to cause infinite self-harm.…

The Chaudhry Nisar Factor

The Chaudhry Nisar factor

The interior minister appeared in a combative mood while responding to the damning indictment of him and his ministry by the inquiry commission report at the presser last week on…

What Nisar’s Presser And Black Goats Tell Us

What Nisar’s presser and black goats tell us

What do Justice Qazi Faez Isa’s seminal report on the Quetta carnage, the interior minister’s ‘combative’ presser, the Chitral crash, the burning to death of guests at the Regent Plaza…

Taming the judiciary

WHAT happened inside and outside parliament last weekend was nothing less than a tragicomedy. Rarely has Pakistani politics stooped so low. Some 400 members of both Houses remained virtually captive for days…

Constitutional breakdown

IT was in 19th-century Britain that A.V. Dicey wrote that the British parliament is sovereign, and no person or body has the right to override legislation of parliament. Since then,…

Beyond the 26th Amendment

The 26th Amendment to the Constitution has sparked a range of reactions, receiving both criticism and acclaim. Critics argue that the amendment compromises the judiciary’s independence. The Secretary-General of the…