The Pakistani Spectator

Nothing remained in view
Of those draconian measures

The direct nation-state confrontation that began with the start of the Pakistani people’s long march for the restoration of the constitutional Chief Justice and an independent judiciary ended in a state of national jubilation on March 16 as the prime minister announced the use of his executive authority to restore Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. The [...]

In the US media the recent long march and its consequent success is being covered under the following two-pronged narrative:
1) Hillary Clinton’s efforts resolved the issue including a threat to withold aid.
2) US and Europe wanted Pakistan to be stable to fight the real war against Taliban and the fundamnetalists.
It is sad that even at [...]

Hearing the news that Zardari government has decided to restore judges, I was relieved; I was relieved because country was saved from going into turmoil and uproar by Zardari deciding to retreat from his stance. Watching live coverage of jubilations and celebrations; people dancing on the streets, distributing sweets, excitement was everywhere, I was thinking [...]

Dear Readers,
Asalam Alaikum(WRWB)
Finally lawyers movement come to an end with possibilities of success (as its announced yet but still 4 days left in reinstatement of CJP). since 2007 lawyers movement was on move and this is the Fourth such m0vement in which we saw almost whole nation standing by them, 1st when Mr.Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto started his movement [...]

I am not Aitzaz Ahsan, so I am not going to dictate chief justice as what case to take and what case to leave. What I would suggest to the forcibly restored justice is that now we are watching, we are watching his every move and following every word. We will see now as what [...]

Today every Pakistani gent, Pakistani lady, Pakistan child deserves felicitation. Now the world knows that Pakistan is alive. Now the world knows that Pakistani people have got the power to rise to any occasion. Pakistanis first threw out military dictator Pervez Musharraf, then forced civilian dictator Asif Ali Zardari to surrender.
Some people, very few of [...]

Our beloved Mrsalman Taseer did his best to make matters worse on the 14th and 15th of March, 2009 by allowing Basantin Lahore and the outskirts. Why on earth do we not learn from past? Why do we have to rest on such cheap activities to entertain ourselves and others around? Reports suggest that no [...]

As one battle has completed, another one is looming now. Now the lawyers, civil society and the political workers have played their part to get the Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary restored, now its solely incumbent upon the judiciary in the leadership of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary to truly liberate the judicial system and to set the right [...]

Since the last few years Pakistan has been portrayed as a failed state. Our own supposed head of the states have portrayed Pakistan as a den of extremism where nobody can control the situation. They claimed that the stability of the country is linked to them being in office. Ofcourse, they had their own vested [...]