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Daily Times
March 30, 2018
Luckily for us, a judge's pen can't be turned into a gun. A judge's weapons are his judgements. If the constitution is grand norm, it immediately wears the wheels of decree. Things are not that simple either. When Justice Sajjad Ali Shah was CJP, his orders as CJP were not obeyed. His fellow judges left himÃâà...
Arab News
March 30, 2018
ECP officials have written to registrars of high courts asking them to provide a list of judges from the lower judiciary who can be spared for this purpose. ... ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday decided to appoint District Returning Officers (DROs) and Returning Officers (ROs)Ãâà...
Gulf Times
March 30, 2018
In an attempt to make upcoming polls more credible, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has once again approached chief justices of the high courts to provide services of the lower ... In 2009, the higher judiciary, through the National Judicial Policy, decided not to spare any judge for election duty.
Pakistan Today
March 30, 2018
NEW YORK: A federal judge on Thursday dismissed Exxon Mobil Corp's lawsuit seeking to stop New York and Massachusetts from probing whether the oil and gas company covered up its knowledge about climate change and lied to investors and the public about it. US District Judge Valerie Caproni inÃâà...
International Policy Digest
March 30, 2018
The Islamabad project is in part designed to counter mounting criticism by the Trump administration, which has suspended funding to Pakistan, as well as growing unease in China over what Pakistani militancy could mean for its massive investment in the country. It is also intended to support PakistaniÃâà...
Hot Springs Sentinel
March 30, 2018
Sharif and his supporters accuse Pakistan's chief justice of interfering in politics and swaying the upcoming election. As a Pakistani political scientist, I fear they may be right. Military coups used to be the biggest risk to Pakistani democracy. Thanks to coup d'etats in 1958, 1977 and 1999, my country hasÃâà...
DAWN.com
March 29, 2018
If granted this will be the first of its kind verdict in which a new jurisprudence in Pakistan's judicial history will evolve. A five-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed had taken up two petitions moved by Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) and JusticeÃâà...
The Economist
March 28, 2018
Mr Nisar is not Pakistan's first celebrity judge. In 2008 Iftikhar Chaudhry helped to oust General Pervez Musharraf, a military dictator, overturning the Supreme Court's previously pliant reputation, which it had gained by rubber-stamping a series of coups. The successful exercise of his authority went to MrÃâà...
Asia Times
March 27, 2018
The judge asked for data about the number of Ahmadis in Pakistan and also those who “converted from Islam” to the Ahmadiyya sect, along with their travel history. However, for many ... Pakistani religious students gather for a protest against social media in Islamabad in March 2017. They demanded theÃâà...
New York Times
February 28, 2018
Our senior-most judge wants to rid the country of corrupt politicians, and he wants us to eat hormone-free chicken. “The aim of my ... Nisar has said one reason Pakistan isn't a superpower is that Pakistani gardeners take way more smoking breaks than their Chinese counterparts. He has also said theÃâà...
