Islamabad: Supreme Court judges Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Athar Minallah have resigned from their positions. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah submitted a 13-page resignation to the President of Pakistan. Both judges had previously expressed serious concerns about the 27th Constitutional Amendment, calling it a threat to judicial independence. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah had written […]
Athar Minallah
‘Extrajudicial killings intolerable in democracy,’ declares SC judge
Supreme Court judge Athar Minallah, in his dissenting opinion, has stated that individuals of law enforcement agencies involved in extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances and custodial torture deserve the severest punishment under the law. “Enforced disappearances, extra-judicial killings, custodial torture and murders, and excessive use of force are the most intolerable crimes in a democratic society […]
Under the garb of religion
It has been estimated by various human rights organisations that every year 1000 girls from religious minorities are abducted, forcibly converted and married off to their abductors in Pakistan; particularly Hindus in Sindh and Christians in Punjab. It is commonly observed in all cases of forced conversions of girls that the victim is abducted and […]
IHC declares suspension of cellular service illegal
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday declared suspension of mobile phone service for security reasons illegal. Hearing several petitions filed by cellular companies and a citizen, Justice Athar Minallah declared that the suspension of cellular services by federal government is illegal and ‘exceeds designated authority’. The petitioners had said that the government suspends […]