Tag: CrisisPk

  • Ansar Burney (Singh): The Human Rights Minister for Indians

    Ansar Burney completed his tenure as the first ever caretaker minister of human rights. During his four months stint in the Ministry of Law, Burney worked hard tirelessly for providing a safe passage for suspected and convicted enemies of Pakistan while completely disregarding Pakistanis. He even went a step further by actively trying to dissuade…

  • PPP proposing “Minus-One-Formula”

    The top PPP leadership has recently approached the legal community proposing a “Minus-One-Formula” which opens the door for a full restoration of the judiciary without the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. It is in some way living up to the Murree Declaration albeit with a few political compromises but basically a face saving package for…

  • CJP Iftikhar Chaudhry to be freed on Tuesday after 5 months and 13 days of House Arrest

    It is being reported in The News that once the new Prime Minister takes office i.e on Tuesday 25th March the first order of business would most likely be to free the Deposed Chief Justice Mr. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry after Musharraf kept in under house arrest for over five months and 13 days. The security…

  • Let the original judges return

    By Naeem Sadiq, Published in Dawn on 17th March Just imagine for a moment that an ordinary government servant, say a Lower Division Clerk of the Revenue Department appears on a local TV Channel and announces that the constitution of Pakistan is no more valid and the country would hence forth be run by a…

  • Black Flag Week Protest at Harvard University

    Cambridge, MA: Student Action Committee USA Chapter (SAC-USA) staged a successful protest in Harvard Yard today demanding immediate restoration of the pre-Nov 3 independent judiciary in Pakistan. The protestors condemned – in no uncertain terms- the unconstitutional acts of General (r) Musharraf which include the sacking of an independent judiciary, gagging of media and free…

  • US still playing ‘Dumb’ on the issue of Judiciary in Pakistan

    In a press briefing given by the US State Department on 10th March a few questions were raised on Pakistan and its ongoing judicial & political crisis. It seems that the US Government is still not willing to come clean and talk about the restoration or independence of judiciary, despite one reporters direct question talking…

  • More Fissures To Come in PPP and PPPP

    Guest Blog by Temporal who blogs at Baithak Today, Makhdoom Amin Fahim, a man of well chosen words said, “My heart is full of secrets, which, if I reveal to media they could bring storm in the national politics.” I have written on this subject earlier. This is the third blog on the subject of…

  • Zardari and Sharif vow to restore Judiciary within 30 days of formation of Parliament

    In a joint statement of Nawaz Sharif and Asif Zardari they have come together to form a coalition govt and have promised to reinstate all deposed judges within 30 days of Parliament. Aitzaz Ahsan welcomes this new development and states that countdown will begin. In all honesty this could be the ‘face-saving’ excuse that Nawaz…

  • Islamabad Rally Tear Gassed and Lathi-charged

    Reports are coming in that the Black Flag Week Rally in Islamabad was lathi charged and heavily tear gassed As reported on Dawn Police fired teargas at supporters of the country’s sacked chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, protesting outside his official residence in Islamabad on Sunday, witnesses said. The protestors, including lawyers, political party workers…

  • Aitzaz Ahsan’s call for Black Flag Week (9th-16th March)

  • Zardari & MQM slowly washing away their Sins

    The old saying in Pakistan goes – come into power and all your previous sins are forgotten, Wednesday March 5th marked another gloomy day in the history of Pakistan, Five corruption cases against Asif Ali Zardari, were quashed by an accountability court in Rawalpindi. The move comes in response to a ruling by a Sindh…

  • Silent Revolution – 1

    Guest Blog by Amjad Malik Public have silently spoken through ballot putting added pressure on our political clan who always fall a prey to pragmatism and accept defeat before even the battle starts. Lawyers moved, bench stood up, media bore with the bashing honourably but only the clan of Q did not move and surrender…

  • Update on the Hunger Strike, for the release of CJP’s children

    Posted by AH Nayyer on the People’s Resistance Network The hunger strikers – Iqbal Bali and Jahangir Akhter – are steadfast in their stand on the 4th day. They have been joined by a protester from Sindh whose son has been abducted by the police and agencies. The strikers heard in the afternoon that the…

  • Hunger Strike in Islamabad for CJP Iftikhar Chaudhry’s Children

    Received from AH Nayyar on the People’s Resistance network The hunger strike by two leaders of Awami Jamhoori Ittehad in Islamabad has now entered the third day. Iqbal Bali and Jahangir Akhter have been on hunger strike to protest the illegal incarceration of the children of Chief Justice Iftikhar. They are sitting in a camp…

  • Qazi Faiz Isa Talks on ‘You and the Constitution’

    This session with Barrister Qazi Faez Isa was recorded a few weeks back on January 25th when he came to Shirkat Gah, Karachi on the invitation of Peoples Resistance & The Green Economics & Globalization Initiative to talk about the political issues related to the constitution of Pakistan. Its been over a month but even…