Two year back, on 16th December 2009, the Supreme Court of Pakistan had set aside the NRO for which the PPP suffered a lot and would continue to suffer for another decade or two; hats off to the PPP’s advisors like Rehman Malik & Babar Awan.
Two weeks earlier, government’s review petition on NRO has [...]
The meekness and weakness of Apex Court has shown this day when the incumbent PPP government is openly and publicly humiliating and ignoring the Supreme Court. Since the inception of this government, the Apex Court has played on the backfoot.
It was clear and vivid from the onset in Feburary 2008 that this government was corrupt. [...]
For Mr. Zardari it is a time of critical developments. Various factors in the outside world are challenging him strongly, and it seems he will have difficulty in maintaining his objective in whatever he may try to do. He will feel unusually discouraged at this time, and his vitality is at a low point. He [...]
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 [...]
Current deterioration in Pak-US relations has its roots in domestic US politics. President Obama is under intense political pressure in the run up to presidential elections on issues such as economy, health care reform and will have to face the public over his failure to bring home the troops he so famously promised and end [...]
Pakistan for the last eleven years or so is in decline mode. There are many factors responsible for this anarchy and restive condition. The military dictatorship, lack of leadership, vision-less government, corruption, war on terror, economic meltdown, load-shedding, political uncertainty, shady deals like NRO, and incompetent governance are just few to name.
These factors have damaged [...]
On 1st August 2011 the Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani made a blistering speech in the National Assembly accusing the Supreme Court of Pakistan for undue interference in the executive’s domain on the issue of handling postings & transfers of officers but ultimately admitted that it was his prerogative to play with their fates. Feeling [...]
The Supreme Court has a special role to play in Pakistani system of government. It has two fundamental functions. On the one hand, the primary role of the Supreme Court is to interpret the Constitution and the law and to ensure that different state-organs created by the Constitution remain within their limited fields. On the [...]
The only objection, which was hurled at Shahbaz Sharif and Nawaz Sharif in the TV talkshows by the opponents is that their assets were outside the country, and they should bring them back.
Personally I don’t see anything bad about having assets abroad. Every politician of Pakistan and many many generals, judges, journalists, businessmen, even some [...]
All the states in the world, they have their militaries but in Pakistan, its military has a state of its own and is virtually in command and control of its rein. The present day civilian democratic facade seen erected there, serves a phony facade just to facilitate the safe sailing of military through the troubled waters on [...]
