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Posts Tagged ‘17th Amendment’

17th Not but a 17 Amendments

By Guest Blogger • Apr 6th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Now a days demand from the popular political party is to remove the 17th  amendment from the constitution. The ban on Pm for third time is against the public interests. I think public has no interest in such kind of  changes in the constitution but they wants such a changes in the constitution which decrease [...]



It is personal…

By Rai Azlan • Mar 27th, 2010 • Category: Features

It has always believed that the biggest problem with the government we have in all those years since 1960 have been the confusion in and by the person in power i.e. every dictator wanted and even tried to be democrat and a publically elected and chosen one turned into dictator. There is a saying that [...]



Short Order of the Supreme Court

By amicus • Aug 24th, 2009 • Category: Politics

In its short order dated 31 July 2009, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has declared unconstitutional, ultra-vires of the Constitution and consequently illegal and of no legal effect, inter alia, the following:
1. The Proclamation of Emergency issued by General Pervez Musharraf as the Chief of Army Staff on November 3, 2007. (1)
2. The Provisional Constitution [...]



Why Only Musharraf be singled out?

By A Khokar • Aug 7th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Charging of Musharraf for his act of 3rd November 2007 for declaring emergency in the country amounts to charging him for his vulnerability that somehow this act under the circumstances could not be duly ratified by the parliament of the day in time.
Suppose this was ratified by the parliament, so no one could  charge him [...]



Will Gilani be the Junejo for Zardari ?

By Maria Sultan • Aug 5th, 2009 • Category: Politics

In Pakistan history always repeats itself, especially on the political horizon. Every top power grabber in the country tries to install his own Yes-man and then that Yes-man eases that top man off the palace with disgust and then become the power broker only to be ousted by his own hand-picked Yes-man.
General Yahya Khan was [...]



Killer Buzzwords

By Engr. K. Shahzad • Jun 28th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The Buzzwords stinks. Time to come to basics now. Hassan Nisar rightly pointed out in his interview with Dr. Shahid Masood that all they knew are 400 to 500 sentences and if we snatch these sentences out of their mouth these so called politicians couldn’t speak anymore. Why not to guess the governments through Buzzwords? Like to begin with



Provincial autonomy and the amendment

By Anwar Jalal • Mar 28th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The repel of 17th amendment as enunciated in the charter of democracy will be no doubt an important move. Would it not be better if the pertinent question of provincial autonomy is also included in the imminent constitutional package as besides the 1973 constitution the Charter of democracy also has a section which says .The [...]



Bill for amendment — a chellange to PPP ?

By Anwar Jalal • Jan 21st, 2009 • Category: Politics

The submission of a bill for  the  repel of 17the amendment and 58 2 (B ) in parliament, (in the senate by Q league , and  in the  National  assembly by MQM  while PML (N)  too has submitted its  proposed bill to the PPP leadership )can be  termed  as  a sort of  challenge to the  [...]



PML (N) Disappoints Nation Again

By Salman Mugsi • Jan 13th, 2009 • Category: Politics

It’s time PML(N) chief  Nawaz Sharif learn to make decision after rigorous pondering and it’s honestly time for him to make some intelligent, worldly, smart, and sincere companions. If he carries on with the lot of Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan, Khawaja Asif, Zafar Iqbal Jhagra and other incompetent and lackluster idiots, he is bound to [...]