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Posts Tagged ‘18th Amendment’

Time to Change Driver

By Irfan Waheed • Oct 27th, 2009 • Category: Politics

In a longer journey, all the passenger get to know after a while about the competency of the driver. An adept driver navigate the vehicle superbly on a bad road in bad weather, but an incompetent driver cannot drive a new vehicle, on a new road under bright light.
Zardari regime is desperate to legitimize the [...]



Mombai Terrorism: Right Time to Blame Pakistan

By Farid Masood • Nov 29th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Some months ago, I had asked a friend (who’s father is working in an Intelligence service) that why don’t your father gives his contact number to any one. He replied due to nature of assignment people of my father alike don’t give away their contact numbers. I understood his point of view, but I was [...]



Credit for Judges Restoration

By Sameer Shaharyar • May 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Vying for credit in the deeds of virtue is one thing, and deceiving the partner in noble causes to score political points is quite another. The issue of restitution of judiciary is not something which would just benefit PML-N, rather it’s the voice of heart of majority of the Pakistanis.
After breaking the hearts of Pakistanis [...]



Constitutional Cold War

By Ali Yar Khan • May 21st, 2008 • Category: Politics

While nation burns the robbers and suffer in silence, Zardari house in Islamabad is using the legal brain of law minister Farooq H. Naek at the full throttle. Pakistan People’s Party is eying a comprehensive legal package and some really dynamic changes in the constitution through the 18th amendment in the constitution.
From reinstatement of judges [...]



Person Specific Laws and 18th Amendment

By Salman Mugsi • May 20th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The biggest problem faced by the hapless and brutally frustrated people of Pakistan is the unavailability of justice and the differential and discriminatory laws. Laws are different for the poor, and there are separate laws for the wealthy and powerful. The elite is treated quite differently, while the “humma shumma” are treated like dirt.
With the [...]



18th Amendment in Pakistan’s Constitution

By Sameer Shaharyar • May 19th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Zardari House in Islamabad is buzzing and humming with legalese and is crowded with the spiders of legal fraternity in order to take a lead on PML-N in their stance over judiciary to not only score political points but also to gain irreversible advantage in regard of judges and president of Pakistan.
In that regard, it [...]