Stories by Faisal Siddiqi
Arshad Nadeem’s journey offers optimism that all is not lost in this sea of hopelessness.
Updated 31 Aug, 2024 09:34am
The tone of anxiety underlying this letter reflects the deep unease of living a judicial life of constitutional hypocrisy and pretence.
Updated 04 Apr, 2024 10:08am
Will the judges remain in their ivory towers or see the reality of political injustice in Pakistan?
Updated 09 Mar, 2024 10:06am
The judgement contains no discussion on the fundamental right of a political party to an election symbol based on the ‘Benazir Bhutto symbols case’.
Updated 19 Jan, 2024 10:18am
A state using enforced disappearances to combat nationalism is focused on suppression, not resolution.
Updated 30 Dec, 2023 10:30am
The only rational path open for this establishment-dominated state is the Indonesian path.
Updated 06 Jul, 2023 11:49am
To achieve national rejuvenation, the conflict in the country must be understood.
Updated 27 May, 2023 09:14am
Most judges cannot escape the constraints imposed by the Constitution and the law.
Updated 18 May, 2023 10:16am
Reality becomes irrelevant because conspiracy and fears create their own dark realities.
Updated 15 May, 2023 03:37pm
Judicial chaos is evident from the cold war, and now virtual civil war, between the judges.
Published 10 Apr, 2023 08:20am
The solution to the current chaos lies with the Supreme Court and the high courts.
Updated 23 Feb, 2023 09:15am
Pakistan is imploding, and its future is not breakup or collapse but more violence and chaos.
Updated 28 Jan, 2023 09:11am
What is the need of having all 15 Supreme Court judges devote themselves to the task?
Published 17 Nov, 2022 07:42am
Once trust breaks down, people revert to their own interpretational realities.
Updated 12 Aug, 2022 09:03am
This was not a simple issue of mere ‘understanding and implementation’ but rather a complicated case of constitutional...
Published 28 Jul, 2022 09:10am
The ominous title of ‘high treason’ has been reserved for the gravest of all unconstitutional acts.
Updated 22 Jul, 2022 08:33am
PTI rule involved efforts to seduce, subjugate and eliminate both de jure umpires and de facto umpires.
Updated 07 May, 2022 12:38pm
How are such frauds possible in the presence of a constitution, a democratic process and an independent judiciary?
Updated 05 Apr, 2022 08:54am
‘Bigoted behaviour towards our minorities paints the entire nation in poor colour’...
Updated 01 Apr, 2022 10:03am
The previous CJP’s tenure was symbolised by confusion and ineffectiveness because of the lack of judicial vision.
Updated 23 Mar, 2022 10:02am
