Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry Archive
“I did not kill that man” – By Furqan Riaz Ahmed: Editor’s Note: This initiative by President Zardari is a welcome one. If anything, the history of the current PPP government and those of the other two PPP governments headed by Benazir Bhutto highlight the stranglehold the security establishment has
Jaali Voter Fehristein aur Tunno Ki Besharmi! – by Saad Mansoor (Roman Urdu): Har nayay din ke saath humaaray munsif-e-aala urf Tunno aik aisa tabsara kertay hain ke ke har jamhooriyat pasand shehri baithay bithhaye bilbila uthta hai. Lagta hai Musharraf ki kitab Kakkoo kay Kaarnamay (jisay baaz loag ghalti se In the Line
Pakistan’s lord and his flies: On SCP’s contempt notices to Taj Haider and Sharjeel Memon: Related articles: LUBP Archive on Justice Deedar Shah Contempt Notices But Only Against PPP-P and People of Sindh – by Abbas Bhutto Shameless arrogance of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry et al By Omar Khattab in Islamabad God hurled Iblis/Lucifer
Conspirators in the judiciary – by R.A. Toori: Conspiracies, hate-mongering, cynicism, criticism, scepticism and sycophancy are the hallmarks of Pakistan’s politics. In fact Pakistan’s political history is replete with palace intrigues and conspiracies. From the founder of Pakistan Qauid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah to President Asif Ali Zardari,
We apologize to the SC – No stay order! – by Ahmed Iqbalabadi: Many people have been committing the sin of saying that the Supreme Court and Lahore High Court have been providing support to the PML-N government in Punjab by allowing it to continue on a stay order. The CJP has
Supreme League of Pakistan (Chaudhry wing) – by HB Mallah: The government of civilians released an under house-arrest employee of the government and restored him to his position of chief justice. That restoration through an executive order is credited to the pressure exerted by the Mulla-Media-Military Alliance and
Shahbaz Sharif’s invitation to judiciary and army: To call the PML-N and its leadership as confused and to a certain extent mindless would be an understatement. Pakistan’s real revolutionary, Khadim-e-Aala Punjab, Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif on Monday demanded that all stakeholders including Chief of Army Staff
Supreme Court subverts the Constitution. Again! – by Saad Mansoor: While the nation mourns the systematic murder of its minorities, there is another murder taking place in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. A four member bench of Supreme Court has ruled that the Parliamentary Committee’s rejection of six additional
Speechless, Priceless: CJ’s Car: A picture is worth more than thousand words as well as “millions” of people who think the judges and especially the Chief Justice of Pakistan are austere and want to do something for the nation. We want to thank Adv. Naseem
Blasphemy case against Sherry Rehman: Will Chief Justice provide justice to her? – by Barrister Waseem Ijaz: Sherry Rehman, the rebel princess of urban civil society and anti-PPP media, has been ordered to be inducted for blasphemy charges by ‘indipendent judiciary’ of Pakistan. Additional Sessions Judge Meher Nasir Hussain in Multan has ordered police to register
Full Court Reference recommends Khalil Ramday for one more year – Azad Adliya Zindabad: Related articles: LUBP Archive on Justice Khalil Ramday In a latest news relayed by Dawn News and Geo News at 9.30 pm PST, a full court reference was held under the stewardship of CJP, Iftikhar Chaudhry that has “recommended through
Halal contracts and haram contracts: An open letter to CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry: Related article: Contract employees: Something the FCS wallas will never write on Asma Jahangir vs Justice Ramday – by Khalid Wasti I have just read the headline “Jobs for retired officers on contract violation of law: SC”, in The
Contract employees: Something the FCS wallas will never write on: Here is an example of a topic which will never worry the Fake Civil Society activists (Twitter Opportunists Club) because it goes against their hero, the saviour of Pakistan, CJ Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Intellectual and moral honesty are two
Thieves protecting thieves? I am confused: Related Article: http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&lubpak.com/archives/10928 Here are some facts: Geo TV, Geo News, Geo Super and Aag TV, owned and operated by Jang Group’s Independent Media Group are known to be tax evaders. Off course, their tax evasion till June 2010
Intellect of our judges and scientists: Riko Diq Project hearings – By Ahmed Iqbalabadi: I had not been following the Riko Diq Project hoo-haa simply for the fact that it was “scooped” by none other than novelist Shaheen Sehbai in The News. Titled “$260 billion gold mines going for a song, behind closed
“God instructed me to kill” – by Junaid Noor: The chief justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry, has taken suo motu notice against the murder of governor Punjab, the late Salman Taseer. The suo motu notice has been taken because the police does not want to take
Myth busted: Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry got a plot in 2002 from General Musharraf – by Rauf Klasra: Here is a breaking news story by Rauf Klasra which speaks about the ‘institutional corruption’ and opportunism of Pakistani bureaucrats. Let us see if our Insaf tiger, Imran Khan, and his Talibanic mentor Munawar Hassan direct their guns towards
Who will give Aasia Bibi justice? -by Jahanzaib Haque: Our honourable chief justice has enough time to visit the Supreme Court to conduct meetings pertaining to hearsay reports on the government’s attempts to take down the judiciary, but he has not had the time to take notice of
Chief Justice and his cronies must be tried under Article 6 of Pakistan’s constitution – by Dr Amjad Cheema: Chief (or Cheap?) Justice and his cronies must be tried under Article 6 of Pakistan’s constitution. The idea cropped up in my mind when the Cheap Justice threatened Prime Minister with trial under article 6 during that fateful night
Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and Zulekha – by Ali Raja: is saadgi pe kon na mar jae ae khuda? There is a cute little proverb in our Punjabi language “Zulekha mard si ke aurat.” This proverb is applied to a person who proves to be a symbol of innocence
Khadim-e-Aala’s corruption in Punjab Government’s Health Department – by Farhad Jarral: In recent past, Khadim-e-Aala Punjab (CM Shahbaz Sharif) and his party chief (Nawaz Sharif) were found actively playing the flood politics against President Zardari and the federal government. A lot of press conferences were conducted by PML-N Chief to
Toon Talk: Chief Saab and Ansar Abbasi – by M. Ali: Our regular contributor has expressed his feelings on the recent verdict on 18th Amendment through the following cartoon.
The Courts vs PPP – by Ali Asad: President Asif Zardari has said that the courts have never imparted justice to PPP. What he has said is not untrue! I want to tell a gory tail of injustice to Mr. Asif Zardari by the courts including
The ‘non-decision’ on 18th amendment: Go east, go west, our Supreme Court is the best!: Related article: 18th Amendment: The Parliament must not surrender its sovereignty to grade-22 bureaucrats in the Supreme Court The Supreme Court has ordered that Article 175-A that has been amended through the epic 18th Amendment be sent back to
‘Chief Sahab’ how was this ‘interview’ possible under house arrest? – by Farhad Jarral and Hafsa Khawaja: A few baffling events have come into view, including the situations that occurred during the tumultous time of Musharraf’s November 3 Emergency and the Judiciary Movement such as the interviews conducted by various media names with CJ Iftikhar Muhammad
‘The dog snatched your ear’: Judgement of our judges – by Khalid Wasti: ============= افواہ کس نے اڑائی ؟ ============= ٹی وی پروگرام ” پالیسی میٹرز ” پر تبصرہ 15 اکتوبر کو ایک ویب سائٹ پر پوسٹ کیا گیا سپریم کورٹ نے ایک کاروائی کرنی تھی ، اس مقصد کے لیئے میڈیا
Who is playing with whom? – by M. Ali: Cartoons say what thousand explanations can’t. Thank you M. Ali for your contribution.
This leprous daybreak: Pakistan’s apex court’s misplaced focus – by pejamistri: Ali Ahmed Kurd is absolutely right in saying that: یہ داغ داغ اجالا یہ شب گزیدہ سحر وہ انتظار تھا جسکا یہ وہ سحر تو نہیں (Transl: This leprous daybreak, dawn night’s fangs have mangled – This is not
Treason: Let us apply Article 6 on CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry: Sacked Pakistan judges fear repeat performance: Jokers in the Supreme Court of Pakistan Apparently, it was disinformation spread by Geo TV and made judges fool. They overreacted on rumours and got trapped in the Geo TV’s game to improve
Foot in Mouth Award 2010: Justice Ad-hoc Khalil ul Rehman Ramday – by Saad Mansoor: The Foot in Mouth award is awarded each year by the Plain English Campaign for a baffling comment in English language by a prominent figure. The comment can be inappropriate for being queer in grammar or content or both.
Who will hold the courts accountable? by Asad Jamal: By Asad Jamal Source: Express Tribune The chief justice’s recent statement, that the judiciary has the authority to intervene if any institution crosses limits, has been received with caution. Further, his assertion that full care was being “invariably
Mad ‘Sacred Cow’ Disease -by Mahmood Adeel: As I was thinking about the vilification of Marvi Memon for daring to suggest that maybe we should get the facts before we construct a shrine to Dr Aafia, it started to occur to me that part of the reason
A critical view on the dogfight between lawyers and judges in Lahore – by Sikandar Mehdi: Related articles on LUBP: The unruly lawyers, for sale judges and the politics of briefcases – by Sikandar Mehdi No entry for CJ Khwaja Sharif et al Day before yesterday, I was sitting with a friend and all of
Legal Intellect of a Supreme Court Judge – by Ali Raja: The other day the renowned son of the Chief Justice was intercepted while speeding @87 Km/h on maximum speed limit of 70 km/h. The chap was challaned and he wholeheartedly accepted it. A good omen it was. The very
What are the credentials of a judge for elevation to Supreme Court? By Ali Raja: Mr Kamran Lashari was Chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and a piece of land was leased to SIZA Foods, a franchisee of McDonalds in Pakistan. On a petition filed by ex-Senator Saadia Abbasi, the Supreme Court
Minus Three + Leash on Media – by Sikandar Mehdi: If some one got up from coma after a month or was away in some wonderland where they didnt have access to the internet or newspapers, especially Geo News, he will be in a complete state of shock to
NRO! Conviction or What? by Ali Raja: Note:-The acquittal of Jahangir Badar from Illegal Assets Reference has proved to be another blow to the NRO myth. The tag of NRO now must die and “accused” must be the term for those under trial thus following the
Politics of judicial appointments – by Asad Jamal: Politics of judicial appointments By: Asad Jamal Friday Times , September 17-23, 2010 The Supreme Court’s recent decision to allow extension for indefinite period to additional judges, who were appointed to the four high courts about a year ago,
Reverse all decisions which have been effected by NRO – by Sikandar Mehdi: Last night I watched one time government’s defender in courts, Anwar Mansoor on Rana Mubashir’s show on NEWS ONE channel. If people have forgotten who Anwar Mansoor was, he was one of the turncoats like Dr. Shahid Masood. He held