THE 1973 constitution is a social agreement that carries significance for all stakeholders in Pakistan and is seen as a sacred covenant by all those who believe in democracy and change through the political process in Pakistan.
Published05 Mar, 201312:05am
THE violent phenomenon of mob justice is evident when a group of people (sometimes in the hundreds) take the law into their own hands, and act as accuser, judge and jury, and ‘punish’ the alleged wrongdoer on the
Published14 Jan, 201308:00pm
THE PPP chairman, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, in his first public speech, underlined the exercise of judicial activism by the Supreme Court of Pakistan and objected to the court’s performance.
Published02 Jan, 201312:05am
THE registrar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has flatly refused to appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and also to provide details of the expenditures charged on the public fund by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Published25 Dec, 201208:02pm
AMONGST the fundamental rights the 1973 constitution grants is the right to free and compulsory education to children from five to 16 years under Article 25A, in “such manner as may be determined by law”. Likewise,
Published11 Nov, 201208:03pm
THE concept of a Muslim state vis-à-vis its minorities, as envisaged by those that oversaw the creation of Pakistan and the members of the first Constituent Assembly, is hardly understood today.
Published02 Sep, 201203:03am
THE effects of the Supreme Court’s judicial intervention is echoing in the corridors of the Lahore High Court which is entertaining a contempt of court application directing President Asif Ali Zardari to submit a written reply explaining his position on c
Published15 Jul, 201212:15am
THE Supreme Court (SC) has announced its short judgment sentencing the prime minister of Pakistan, for wilfully flouting and disregarding the order of the SC, to ‘imprisonment’ till the rising of the court.
Published06 May, 201208:01pm
