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Posts Tagged ‘Abdul Hameed Dogar’

CJ Abdul Hameed Dogar’s Daughter Farah Hameed Dogar Awarded : Says Ansar

By Saleem Khan • Nov 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics

In what could become a mass denial of rights of thousands of students throughout the country, the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) Islamabad has illegally awarded extra marks and upgraded the examination results of the daughter of the country’s top judge.
In indecent haste and under direct written orders of the chairman FBISE, [...]



Iftikhar Chaudhary Shouldn’t Be in America

By Gul Raiz • Nov 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Deposed chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary is right now in United States receiving faciliations and awards from the New York bars and the social circles of the city and with him accompany Chaudhary Aitzaz Ahsan and other renowned lawyers.
While Aitzaz and Iftikhar Chaudhary are in the posh United States enjoying themselves and basking [...]



Bluffing Setup

By Rohail Butt • Nov 3rd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Right from the assassination of the Benazir Bhutto to the incumbency of Asif Ali Zardari as the president of Pakistan, there is nothing but an exposit of bluff. Only one person is there to deter him and his coterie of liars and that person is none other than the deposed chief justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar [...]



Insult to Intelligence

By Sameer Shaharyar • Oct 31st, 2008 • Category: Politics

Law Minister Farooq H Naek and Attorney-General Sardar Latif Khosa have now been banned by all the major bar associations of Pakistan because of their “negative stance” on the judges’ restoration. Both of them used to be the biggest supporter for Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry when they are in opposition. Latif Khosa even got is head [...]



From Crisis to Hope to Crisis

By Salman Mugsi • Oct 26th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The pride of Pakistan, the deposed chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and the judges who defied Musharraf by refusing to take any forced and illicit oath have proved their mettle and their true resolve for the supremacy of law and constitution. They have been an inspiration to the nation and have proved to [...]



Chief Justice, Hum Aap Ko Bholay Nahin

By Ali Yar Khan • Oct 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics

It is a sad saga, and it tells the usual course things tend to take in our country now for so long that it has become a norm and routine. A proud and independent man said ‘No’ to the dictator and became hero for the Pakistanis, who were ill at ease with the injustice upon [...]



Judges Restoration : A Non Issue?

By Ali Yar Khan • Sep 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Pakistan People’s Party cannot go far enough with the way they are dealing with the things. Their wheeling dealing regarding the core issues can delay the backlash for the time being, but this approach cannot solve the problems. The restoration of deposed judges is one that issue, which cannot be put into the back garage [...]



Ethos of Today

By Rohail Butt • Sep 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

These are the times of social and moral chaos in Pakistan. Our two provinces are literally on war and hundreds of thousands of people are finding themselves internally displaced. Social order is in disarray, and there is sheer dearth of power, water and food and the dereliction of rulers to arrange for the basic need [...]



Like Coalition, Judges Also Splinter

By Sameer Shaharyar • Aug 31st, 2008 • Category: Politics

After the eight judges of Sindh High Court, five more judges of Lahore High Court have agreed to take fresh oath to join the judiciary fray once again without the deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary. Punjab Governor, Salman Taseer has signed the summary for the appointment of 5 deposed judges of the Lahore High [...]



Ex Chief Justice Should Resign Too

By Dawar Naqvi • Aug 23rd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price. Ex Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry should learn lesson from the resignation of Pervaiz Musharaf. For the sake of country and country’s political stability he should withdraw his name from the restoring of Judges movement.
From the last few years Pakistan is going through [...]