COULD we have an online referendum on some critical questions, like: Is the bar in Pakistan so intoxicated with power that it considers itself above the law? Will the bench continue to appease and indulge the bar? Is the judiciary a judge in its own cause?

Interestingly, no real condemnation of the lawyers’ recent antics in Islamabad came to light from the members of the legal community.

Zia Hashmi
Karachi

Published in Dawn, February 25th, 2021