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Posts Tagged ‘Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry’

Aitzaz Threatens Supreme Court

By Ali Yar Khan • Apr 19th, 2010 • Category: Politics

May be the chap still hopes that the president Zardari would make him prime minister or at least governor or if nothing else ,the attorney general of the hapless country, as he show eyeballs to his former boss chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and his judges, as they start distributing free and fair justice.
Former president [...]



Political Horizon Shaping Up in Pakistan

By Maria Sultan • Apr 8th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Once again, as was predicted by the Khawaja Asif of PML-N, President Asif Ali Zardari has pushed himself to the brink of a chasm. This time the difference is that everything is so calculated and decisive and calm from other stakeholders and they are ready fro the hunt with cold and ruthless mode.
When Supreme Court [...]



Iftikhar Chaudhry Chases Corruption

By Ali Yar Khan • Apr 3rd, 2010 • Category: Politics

All the paid guns in the media are now bad-mouthing Iftikhar Chaudhry for his activism to check corruption.  Rampant corruption has brought the country to a standstill and there is no relief for the common man. The whole system is in disarray and the wheel of economy is jammed. No new infrastructure is being pushed [...]



I Predicted This Before…

By Naveed Baloch • Feb 19th, 2010 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


100 Shoes, 100 Onions; Gilani Retreats

By Ali Yar Khan • Feb 17th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Not only they have taken back the notification, they have also accepted the recommendations of the apex court for the nominations of judges.
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has announced the formal withdrawal of the two suspended presidential notifications Wednesday following his meeting with Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry at the Prime Minister [...]



Why Zardari Did It?

By Ali Yar Khan • Feb 15th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

It’s extremely preposterous to even think that the cunning President Zardari didn’t have an idea about the implications and the reactions of his decision to outrightly reject the recommendations of the supreme court’s top judge and make his own decision.
He very well knew that Chief Justice (Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry would kowtow in front of [...]



Zardari Ends Up with Egg on Face: Supreme Court Rules

By Maria Sultan • Feb 13th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Pakistan’s esteemed and greatest judiciary has once again proved its mettle, when it overruled and suspended the wayward appointments of civilian dictator of Pakistan.
Pakistan’s judiciary is free and they have shown that now no one will be able to play with the justice and people of this country. They have shown that judges are there [...]



NRO Judgement: Let it be catalyst for across board accountability

By amicus • Jan 30th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Pakistan confronts most serious threat to its existence since 1971, one finds complete rot all around.
On the economic front, there is nothing to cheer about, Musharraf years’ growth of 5% to 7% in GDP was based on promotion of consumption and liberalization of credit facilities and, therefore, unsustainable. The incidence of poverty has increased substantially. [...]



There is no institutional Clashes; Justice Iftikhar

By Faiz Aman • Jan 29th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Some people are very keen to see the institutional clash in the country. For this purpose they are highlighting the issue of immunity to the president in the constitution of Pakistan. They are trying their best to convince the people that there is no such immunity given to the president in the detailed verdict of [...]



Judiciary Versus Presidency

By Salman Mugsi • Jan 25th, 2010 • Category: Politics

It was bound to happen. The bad blood between the two institutions of Pakistan is very natural course of events. With Asif Ali Zardari as president and with Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as chief justice, the showdown between these pillars of the state is not something strange or out of context.
Asif Ali Zardari cannot get free [...]