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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…

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…

The hydra within us

Pakistan stands as a monument to Newton's unwritten Fourth Law: A nation in chaos tends to stay in chaos, especially when that chaos benefits many. Across the merciless chessboard of…

The battle ahead

BARELY a week after bulldozing a controversial constitutional amendment through parliament, the ruling coalition is said to be deliberating a new plan to further mutilate the Constitution. Although the contours of what…

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…

Unpacking the amendment

SUCCESSIVE governments and parliaments in Pakistan have appeared obsessed with constitutional amendments related to the judiciary, especially the superior judiciary. Our parliament has so far passed 23 constitutional amendments. Formally…

Transitions and instability

A CLIP from a recent television talk show is doing the rounds on the banned platform, X. In it, a journalist/ commentator discusses how rumours of a possible extension for…

Resurrection, 2024

IT is almost 45 years to the day that former prime minister Z.A. Bhutto was hanged on April 4, 1979, for a murder he did not himself commit. Since then,…

Who is in, who is out

IN a country where the Constitution and the rule of law have often amounted to nought, it’s the individuals, and tragically not institutions, who rule the roost and shape the…