Tag: chief Justice
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Open Letter to CJP: Contempt of Court against Imran Khan
Honrable Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, Chief Justice Pakistan, Supreme Court of Pakistan I couldn’t resist but write you some fan mail after seeing that you were trending as number 1 on twitter worldwide. Now that is an achievement! I’m sure you must’ve been trending a few years ago as well when party workers and general public…
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Supreme Court Petition for Peace & De-weaponization of Karachi
The following petition was sent to the Supreme Court on 1st November 2012 for Peace & De-Weaponization of Karachi – The petition was spearheaded by Mr. Naeem Sadiq with nine other petitioners and I personally am honored that he asked me to sign this petition – Considering the lawlessness in Karachi the pressure needs to be…
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We, The Citizens appeal to CJP for becoming a party to Karachi’s Law & Order Suo Moto Case
In our ongoing effort by the Movement for Deweaponization [MFD] in Pakistan the core group of citizens leading the effort have officially applied to the Chief Justice of Pakistan for becoming a party to the Suo Moto case regarding the Law and Order situation in Karachi. Its ironic the proceedings are underway, but there is…
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Citizens appeal to CJ for complete De-Weapomisation of Karachi
Considering the deteriorating situation in Pakistan, a group of citizens Movement for De-Weaponisation have started an effort to lobby for ways to help de-weaponize Karachi and also Pakistan, it is undoubtedly a long and portracted effort, but it is our core belief that the initiative must be taken to help cleanse Karachi of its stockpiles…
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The Biharis, The Non Bengalis, The Stateless or The Pakistanis!
By Dr. Mujahid Ghazi It is 16th December. Every year this day reminds me of the painful event in 1971 when Sonar Bangla, the East Pakistan fell and hundreds and thousands of patriotic Pakistanis became prisoners of ego and lost everything including their citizenship and became stateless. After 38 years those Pakistanis along with the…
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16 Dec decision of Supreme Court – A Critical Analysis
By Barrister Amjad Malik 16 Dec Supreme Court short order was an expected response of superior judiciary. Federation and all provinces through their lawyers jointly consented to its repeal, and none came to rescue the beneficiaries and even academic discussion was not made possible on the topic of powers to issue and right course of…
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So what it’s just the NRO!
By: Agha Haider Raza So the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) beneficiaries list comes out. The media is happy that those persons who enjoyed taking advantage of the NRO have light casted upon them, while the government is trying to push forward the argument of how they have respected the Supreme Court’s judgment and have publicized…
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Method of Appointing Judges
Extracted from an email sent by the Emergency Moderator to the Emergency Mailing List on 8th March 2009 As stated a few days back, we are circulating a proposal on the method of appointing judges that is somewhat more detailed than the one given in the charter of democracy. In the mean time, the PPP…
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Mr. Zardari remained Mr. Zardari afterall
Guest blog by Amjad Malik, MA, LLM I wrote on 7 September 2008 that the litmus test for Mr. Zardari to prove whether he is an ‘don’ or an originator of a new dawn of democracy in Pakistan depends on his progress on 5 things: a) how he handles absolute power, b) his party, c)…
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PBC suspends lawyers: What Musharraf could not do!
Guest post by Silence from Islamabad Observer blog The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has suspended the practicing licences of advocates Mahmood Ashraf and Rana Naveed, President and General Secretary, respectively of the Lahore High Court (Multan bench) for allegedly misbehaving with Latif Khosa, Attorney General of Pakistan, who also acts as an ex-officio Chairman of…
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Margalla Towers tragedy – Builder being compensated
We all must vividly recall the tragedy that struck Pakistan three years back on October 8th 2005 when a massive earthquake shook the life out of Pakistan. Images flashed across our screens moments later of devastation with hundreds dead and thousands injured, in those panic stricken days many visuals flashed across our screens but the…
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Tariq Ali speaks about Pakistan Current Situation
Guest Blog by Yaseen Khawar of Pakistanic.com Tariq Ali s a renowned Pakistani intellectual of world reputation resides in U.K but visits Pakistan from time to time. Recently he gave an interview to Amy Goodman, It is presented here: Amy Goodman: Recently Pakistani border security forces have stopped American army to cross the Pak Afghan…
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American Lawyers conference on rule of law in Pakistan & my brief visit to Europe
Guest Blog by Amjad Malik I was invited by British Law Society of England to visit Brussels as part of their delegation to attend a rule of law conference on ‘Pakistan and beyond’ organised by American Bar Association (ABA) on 25th September at Hilton (Brussels). Reaching Brussels airport in the morning, I caught a cab…
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The Lawyers Movement – Achievements and Challenges
By Faisal Siddiqi Advocate Is it time to write the obituary of the lawyer’s movement? Or will this lawyer’s movement never be defeated because history and truth (and some say, God) is on our side?. The aforementioned responses are the two opposite responses given to the current impasse in the lawyer’s movement. The former response…
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The Supremacy of The People – An Open Letter To Mr. Zardari
Dear Mr. Zardari, I am sick and tired of you –and all your party stalwarts- constantly drumming into our ears your ideas about the supremacy of The Parliament. I have yet to hear you talk so forcefully about the supremacy of The Constitution or even of the supremacy of The People as the Bhutto’s used…