When the courts let you down
Justice Markandey Katju is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. Long before he retired in 2011, he had been known for both his outspoken views and his…
Islamabad needs special care
(A human settlement is completed in countless phases) — An old gem of folk wisdom NOT many tears were shed at the abolition of the Capital Affairs Division (CAD) of…
Time to end the military courts
The basis of how we should judge whether a policy is working or not is to ask a simple question: “what was the original objective or purpose of this policy?”…
When courts define politics
The aftermath of the Panama case verdict is characterised by confusion on both sides – those on the side of embattled political parties, PML-N and PTI, and those on the…
Trying to contaminate the courts
When I speak to lawyers about Chief Justice Saqib Nisar, in full confidence and completely privately, they rave about him. He is widely known to be one of the brightest…
Courts and panchayats
The people of Pakistan often use courts and the legal system to inflict misery upon their ‘enemies’ – and upon themselves. They resolve most of their disputes out of court,…
Hybrid courts
Fata gets democracy; Pakistan will get military courts — same decision-makers, two very different decisions. How the hell do you reconcile the two? The easiest answer is what the boys…
Schizophrenia and the courts
he recent judgement of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, declining to interfere with the death warrants of a man on death row, who had after his conviction been diagnosed as…
Are military courts the answer?
The establishment of the military courts was part of the National Action Plan (NAP) unveiled on December 24, 2014 in the wake of the Army Public School, Peshawar tragedy. The…
Quaid’s courts
WHEN Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto signed the Charter of Democracy, they could not have imagined that a crucial provision had been proposed by the Quaid 70 years earlier. The…
