Selective ‘contempt’ notices on February 5, 2018As recently as last Thursday, the Supreme Court declared Nehal Hashmi to be in contempt of Court under Article 204 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973. This verdict was announced as a result of a fiery speech he delivered in May 2017, in which he threatened to make lives of the ‘people’ miserable, for attempting […]
Sword of Damocles on January 31, 2018Last Friday, the honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, during a hearing of an election petition regarding cantonment board of Multan, remarked that disqualification under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution is debatable and the Supreme Court will decide whether the disqualification of a parliamentarian, under Article 62 (1)(f), is for life or […]
The election quagmire on January 23, 2018The significance of the members of the Balochistan Assembly is being strongly felt in the national political arena. This is the first time this has happened in the five years of the current government’s incumbency. During what was expected to be a rather mundane assembly session, Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, former Chief Minister (CM) of Balochistan […]