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 [...]
It was Sunday last year and date was 15th March 16, a strange day in our history. At one end Besant was being celebrated and on the other hand Long March to restore the judiciary was on. I have been in favor of free judiciary since I came across to the Quote of Hazrat Ali [...]
Author’s note: It was the post By Maria Sultan on Aug 17th, 2009 under the title “7000 American Marines in Islamabad ???” that prompted me to write this article.
Where It All Began And The Previous Attempts:
Pakistan’s nuclear capabilities has always been a cause of major concern for the Western countries, particularly the USA. And there have [...]
Beginning with the 3rd March attack on the SriLankan team that brought yet another embarrassment to the nation ,the month of March had a lot to offer.The undemocratic step of imposing section 144 to curb the Long march proved to be futile as the determined lawyers,the champions of human rights and the stalwarts of democracy [...]
Barack Hussain Obama has not choice but to follow the dictats of the Pentagon. Obama doesn’t have the powers simply to change the course of war against terror anywhere in the world and Pakistan is no exception. Larger Strategy regarding the Pakistan and Afghanistan will not be changed, though lip service will transform many times.
US [...]
Its first time Chief Justice is going to office when there is no iftikhar_ch_01military rule in this country ,and thus different situations have different approaches.
Chief Justice surely would have this point in mind but most of us who have seen Judicial activism before March,9,07 and after 20 July 07 tend to forget it.
There are great [...]
By the evening of 15 March 2009, the Government had realized that it had lost the battle and had no option other than to concede the demand of the lawyers, the civil society and the opposition parties that the judiciary of 2 November 2007, with Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry as the Chief Justice, be restored through [...]
March has been the month of resolutions and change for the Pakistanis. This is the month of revolutions of all colors, red or velvet. On 23rd March, 1940, All India Muslim League held its annual session at Minto Park, Lahore and passed the historical Pakistan resolution.
The Pakistan Resolution stated: “No constitutional plan would be workable [...]
An issue is partially resolved and people seem to be happy. Good for the nation. But sadly, the success is largely been attributed to Pakistan Muslim League (N) for some reason. I ackonwledge, PML(N) was quite sincere in their efforts towards the restoration of judges. However, one feels they have been given more than their [...]
