Tag: CJP

  • Long March preparation from Karachi

    In the past few days lawyers and civil society activists have been in full swing for the preparations of the Long March to Islamabad. This procession is based on the simple one-point agenda for the unconditional restoration of the independence of Judiciary in Pakistan. A large delegation is expected to leave Karachi on the morning…

  • You deserve what you get

    For sometime I contemplated if this article may best be simply linked too in the collection of Decidous Links [mini-links] we have running on the blog but then it would not have opened an opportunity for comments and reactions and I suspect this heart felt article by Ghazala Minallah might evoke some comments from our…

  • Where is our parliament in all this?

    Guest Blog by Amjad Malik Economy is nose diving in Pakistan and people with load shedding, wheat and oil crisis are forced to take law in their own hands and we saw people burning the robbers in Karachi and indecisiveness is breeding law and order crisis, apathy and decline where any thing can happen as…

  • Walk for Restoration of Judiciary & CJP Iftikhar addresses Karachi Bar

    A city wide call has been issued to all Karachiites who believe in the restoration of Judiciary to join Citizens, Students, lawyers, trade unions, civil society groups and show support for Restoration of the Pre-Nov 3rd Judiciary The call is being issued by the Lawyers where the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry will…

  • Restitution of judges: A case for constitutional survival

    Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Huzaima & Ikram After lapse of mutually-agreed and self-imposed condition of 30 days on April 30, 2008 for the restitution of judges announced in Bhurban on March 9, 2008, a new deadline of May 12, 2008 has been announced by Mian Nawaz Sharif in Lahore on May 2, 2008.…

  • Review of the Political Situation at the Dawn of a New Year

    With Sunday’s decision by the Pakistan People’s Party to contest the elections, it instantly threw the PML-Q and the ruling elite into a frenzy, the PML-Q had predicted this move and a day before had announced a complete stoppage of their election camping taking the excuse of deteriorating unrest in the country following the assassination…

  • The NAB Diaries – Part Three

    Guest Post by Amer Nazir Part One of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here Part Two of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here It is with a heavy heart that I write today. My condolence to her immediate family and to all who looked up at her and I fear for…

  • HRCP doubts polls can ensure democracy

    Human Right Commission of Pakistan has just sent a press release where they share doubt that these election polls can ensure democracy read the entire press release here The process leading to the January elections holds no promise of any transition to democracy. On the contrary, the elections are being used to sideline critical issues…

  • Cause of death, Gun Shots or Sunroof? Govt foul play suspected

    The first reports arriving the day Benazir died was three gun shots to the head resulting in her death, after she was buried today the Govt of Pakistan Interior Ministry spokesman Brig. Javed Iqbal Cheema offers a complete new explanation for the cause of death, he said that she was NOT killed because of the…

  • PPP contemplating on Contesting the Elections

    Its been buzzing around the country that PPP might actually proceed to contest the elections on Jan 8th. A very high level meeting of the PPP is scheduled to be held today where this issue will be hotly debated after they come to a decsion of who will be the new party chairperson, in the…

  • What choices do we have?

    Guest Blog by Naeem Sadiq posted on the People’s Resistance Network One hopes that we have finally realised on a day as sad as this one, that the violence of the state and of fundamentalists can only take us to darker destinations. Never before have I witnessed such intense pain and sorrow, shared so much…

  • Hunger Strike for the Restoration of Judiciary

    Members of the People’s Resistance staged a token hunger strike today at the Karachi Press Club for the restoration of Judiciary in Pakistan – Full Press Release Below

  • Final Testimony to the US House Committee on Pakistani elections

    Testimony by Mark L. Schneider, Senior Vice President, International Crisis Group to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on “Pakistani elections: Will they be fair and free or fundamentally flawed? 20 December 2007 Washington, DC I want to express once again the appreciation of the International Crisis Group for the continuing attention of…

  • Pakistans Tyranny Continues – NY Times Op-Ed by Aitzaz Ahsan

    An Op-Ed article written by Aitzaz Ahsan which appeared on the Sunday morning New York Times website can be read here The chief justice of Pakistans Supreme Court, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, and his family have been detained in their house, barricaded in with barbed wire and surrounded by police officers in riot gear since Nov.…

  • Weakening Pakistan – NYTimes Editorial

    An editorial published on the New York Times website about Pakistan – [link] Pakistans president, Pervez Musharraf, insists his outrageous power grabs are aimed at stabilizing and protecting his country. His authoritarian maneuvers only weaken the countrys already feeble political institutions and fuel more political turmoil. Turmoil is not what anyone needs in a country…