As Enforced Disappearances Continue And Governments Remain Helpless, Trust In The State Is Eroding
In order to raise awareness of enforced disappearances, the United Nations (UN) designated this day, 30 April, as the International ...
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Tag: judges
Evaluating Metrics of Judicial Appointments
With five seats lying vacant in the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC), and the resistance of the members of the ...
Appointment Of Supreme Court Judges: A Judgment Of Excellence
One of the few positives to have emerged from the chaotically mismanaged Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) meeting of July ...
Caretakers To The Rescue
Shortly after Umar Ata Bandial was elevated to the post of the Chief Justice of Pakistan early this year, I ...
JCP Rejects Elevation Of CJP Bandial’s Five Nominees To Supreme Court
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has rejected the elevation of five judges, nominated by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar ...
A Hardened Lawyer’s Movement Is Needed For The Sanctity Of The Constitution
Undoubtedly now the battle ground is open for a full-throttle lawyers’ movement that has been thrust upon society by the ...
The Case For Diversity: How Class And Gender Segment The Legal Profession
The legal profession has long been touted to be the exclusive domain of the elite class. I have heard many ...
Looking For A Hangman: Zia’s Desperate Search For ‘Evidence’ To Send Bhutto To The Gallows
43 years ago in April 1979, a former prime minster of Pakistan, Z.A. Bhutto, was executed for allegedly ordering the ...
Judicial Independence: Questioning The Unquestionable
The constitution of Pakistan envisages the legislature, judiciary, and executive as three organs of the state, which are necessary for ...
Fawad Asks Govt To Impose Tax On Pensions Of Ex-Judges While Admitting PTI Govt Was ‘Scared’ To Do So
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former information minister Fawad Chaudhry has asked the government to impose tax on pensions of ...
‘Milords! Surely There Must Be A Reason…’
The judiciary hates it when criticised in political rallies or on social media. But time and again the judiciary ends ...
Govt Gives ISI Sweeping Powers To Screen Public Officials Before Appointment
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has granted sweeping powers to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to screen and vet government officials before ...
SC Order On Article 63-A Is A Reminder That Pakistan Needs Judicial Reform
The Supreme Court’s short order on the president’s reference on Article 63A of the Constitution marks a significant turn in ...
Right To Liberty And Bail For Those Accused Of Serious Crimes
The right to liberty and the security of a person are enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). ...
Judging The Judges: Some Modest Proposals From Justice Qazi Faez Isa
Despite the good performance of some judges, our justice system is failing to deliver quality justice to the people. Pakistan's ...
What To Consider In Discussions On Reforming The Pakistani Justice System
The very basic problem that has made our justice system both licentious and obdurate is monetary corruption. That is rampant ...
An Era Of Judicial Populism
‘Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion.’ This is a famous quote of the former Chief Justice ...
Fawad Chaudhry Alleges ‘Maryam Nawaz Group’ Faking Clips To Pressurise Judiciary, Senior Officials
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has accused what he calls the “PML-N's Maryam Nawaz group” of having ...
Alia Ahmed Wins Zeenat Haroon Rashid Prize 2021 With A Short Story About The Callousness Of Privilege
The Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize for Women has announced that the award for 2021 goes to writer Alia Ahmed ...
How Many Plots Do Judges Get?
Ansar Abbasi exposes how judges and generals obtain plots under an order passed by General Musharraf in 2004 originally meant ...
THE TRUTH WILL OUT
Islamabad Court Lets Off Veteran Journalist Ayaz Amir In Sarah Murder Case
An Islamabad court on Tuesday discharged veteran journalist...
Audio Leaks Intertwined With COAS Appointment, Journalist Kamran Yousaf Says
Journalist Kamran Yousaf said on Tuesday that the...