COMMENT: Against judicial pessimism
How does one protect judges from persecution without compromising on accountability?
Faisal Siddiqi
Banishing dictatorship
It was an attempt by judges to rectify history by removing the judicial shame of legitimising past military rule.
Saving the legal profession
By failing to hold those involved in the PIC attack accountable, lawyers risk losing their legitimacy.
Judicial-military conundrum
There’s a need for an inter-institutional dialogue to ensure judicial independence & constitutional democracy.
2007 déjà-vu
Will the government succeed in subduing independent judges?
Chief justice’s challenges
The criminal apathy of the government imperils judicial reform.
Courage to do justice
Only great judges have the courage to accept the injustices of their own judicial system.
Guilty without proof
An examination of the Avenfield judgement leaves one with mixed feelings of shock, horror — and amusement.
Judicial chemotherapy
The judicial vote is in competition with the people’s vote.
Legal guillotine
Today’s expansive judicial power is rooted in our own judicial history, besides being a global phenomenon.
The heritage dissent
Dissent, as in the metro train project, is a constitutional conversation with a future court.
Political or partisan?
Even if the courts exercise judicial restraint, some political elites will still win or lose.
Judicialisation of leaders
The detailed judgement will be seen less in terms of its reasoning and more in terms of its spirit.
Missing persons nightmare
How can the anti-militancy fight to establish constitutional supremacy coexist with the denial of rights?
Imperfections of accountability
Can this judgement be followed in other cases of disqualification?
Paradox of accountability
Perfectly legitimate civilian accountability also becomes military politics by other means.
Ending enforced disappearances
What if the military and intelligence agencies are right about detention without trial?
Sharifs’ legal games
What are the main reasons for the Sharifs’ successful legal strategy?
Judging the chief justice
Chief Justice Jamali may have made many ‘hard’ speeches but he took little judicial action.
Secret judicial accountability
What harm could come from disclosing how many complaints were filed before the SJC?