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Posts Tagged ‘Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry’

Is PML-N Behind Memogate

By Umer Toor • Jan 10th, 2012 • Category: Politics

So Bismillah, if Supreme Court hangs me for saying this, but the truth is that Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry wants to become the president of Pakistan for that he has to defame the President Zardari and to dislodge his government and PML-N has hatched this memo conspiracy to provide CJP just that chance.
If you [...]



NRO Boogie Haunting Zardari

By Altaf Khan • Nov 26th, 2011 • Category: Politics

It’s always very refreshing to see that there is a ray of hope left in Pakistan and there still exists an institute upholding the name of justice and safeguarding the good name of Pakistan and is steadfast as the guardian of the aspiration of people of Pakistan.
It is very heart-warming and blissful to see that [...]



Will Chief Justice Get Extension Like Kayani and Pasha?

By Ali Yar Khan • Nov 7th, 2011 • Category: Politics

In recent years, due to the judicial activism of the chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chuadhry, the top court in Pakistan has acquired a central place on the national horizon which cannot be missed. The Supreme Court looms over our political landscape like a giant, and perhaps immovable object.
But sadly enough, this judicial activism and the [...]



SC: Similar Looks Wanted Please

By Inam R Sehri • Oct 8th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Hats off to the Supreme Court of Pakistan for releasing their decision on the ‘Karachi issue’. It would take some days more to get a comprehensive analysis on this verdict in the light of deliberations made by the concerned political parties and other stake holders. In the meantime, a forgotten page of history from the [...]



Talking to Mountain

By Nisar Khattak • Oct 2nd, 2011 • Category: Features

Talking to mountain is a unique experience, catering for wide-spectrum results with ‘release of tension/ purgation’ being the positive one. Though apparently a fool’s domain, the experience really works marvels if given a try in various circumstances and moods. However, the adventurers and enthusiasts are advised not to practice it at haunted mountains in their [...]



Time for Iftikhar Chaudhry to Earn His Restoration

By Ali Yar Khan • Sep 13th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Yes, Mr Justice, you are not a holy cow, and neither are your aloof and respectable companions. Justice is dignified and their custodians too, but they are not the untouchables at all. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry needs to earn his restoration fast now. His retirement date is fast approaching and fingers [...]



A Forgotten Page of Pakistan’s History

By Inam R Sehri • Jul 20th, 2011 • Category: Politics

On 9th March 2007, the history of Pakistan took another turn, unprecedented and un-imaginable. Gen Musharraf had called the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar M Chaudhry, at Army House Rawalpindi for a meeting but asked him to resign from his office.

When the CJ refused to oblige Gen Musharraf, he was pressurized by [...]



Pakistan: Priorities for Justice

By Inam R Sehri • Jul 16th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar M Chaudhry has taken another suo moto notice of a man’s death by torture by some influential persons in Sialkot. Over a press clipping published in ‘Daily Pakistan’ dated 12th July 2011 carrying an appeal of one Said Bibi stating that her son Mubashir had been tortured to death by [...]



The Merry Bar-Bench Marriage

By Nisar Khattak • Jun 10th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Judiciary is the symbol of justice world-wide. It is a hope (though often a disillusion) for the aggrieved to get compensated for the injustices. On a fine morning at Islamabad, the newspapers of 9 June 2011 also served a ‘hope’ with a disclosure that there exists a cordial relationship of mutual respect between bench and [...]



Will It Be Judicial Dictatorship in Pakistan?

By Muhammad Amjad Rashid • Jun 7th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

It is very difficult to build something but it is very easy to destruct it. In our Islamic history, we find that the age of the prophet MUHAMMAD (S.A.W.W) was 40 when he started spreading Islam. He was teased and tortured and it was hardest time for the TRUTH but he continued to BUILD the [...]