Imran Khan and Sheikh Rasheed have received their fair share of flak in the wake of their unfortunate remarks cursing an important organ of the state, i.e., the Parliament, by the lawmakers cutting across party affiliations, totally oblivious of the government and opposition divide on display in Lahore. There have been strong jibes, bordering to […]
The Chief Justice’s outburst
Whilst studying at the law school, I could not have imagined, even in most pleasant of dreams, that one day I would be establishing a correlation between an old nursery rhyme called, ‘Ba-Ba, Black Sheep’ and the highest judicial officer in the country. Even a day before the legendary ‘baba’ comments by the Chief Justice […]
The personalisation of judiciary in Pakistan
Had Justice (r) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry still been a part of the judiciary in Pakistan, his judicial activism would have certainly culminated in a plethora of contempt notices to Nawaz Sharif and his belligerent daughter, followed by their possible imprisonment. However, the incumbent Chief Justice has been an incarnation of judicial restraint, despite the smearing […]
The victim mongers
Vote is not a license to crime, nor is it a defence against it. However, it is very convenient in a charged and emotional milieu to play the victim-cum-emotional card, especially in front of one’s ideological followers and state that “it will be the people who will decide in 2018, about who is qualified and […]
The decay of the judicial system
It is axiomatic that justice delayed is justice denied; however, it is equally true that justice hurried is justice buried. The provision of speedy yet qualitative and evenhanded justice is one of the bedrocks of an Islamic state in particular, and for modern-day democracy in general. A legal/judicial system in which a petty land dispute […]
Dispassionate appraisal of the Panama judgment
In the aftermath of the Panama judgement, following the pomp and fanfare that ensued, the much-awaited review petition against the Panama Judgment of the Supreme Court was received with much anticipation. Apart from the grounds mentioned in the review petition, a detailed dissection of the Judgment has been called by some prominent lawyers of the […]