Tag: Justice

Unchained melancholies

Last week, a 15 year old girl came to Lahore’s Darul Aman, a state-run women’s shelter, having run away from home where she was...

How justice works in Pakistan’s tribal areas and beyond

Justice in Pakistan's tribal border areas is a contested issue. "We are quite clear what justice is. If someone kills, commits adultery or some...

Sri Lanka draws flak over chief justice impeachment

International criticism mounted Saturday over a move to impeach Sri Lanka’s chief justice, with Britain demanding protection for the incumbent and the beleaguered legal...

Justice delivered… only if the price is right

There is massive miscarriage of justice at the hands of law enforcement agencies, especially police and the lower staff, in magisterial courts, where both...

Justice Tassadduq Jillani takes oath as acting CJP

Justice Tassadduq Hussain Jillani, senior most judge of the Supreme Court (SC), on Monday took an oath as the acting Chief Justice of Pakistan...

Jillani takes oath as acting chief justice

Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, senior most judge of the Supreme Court took oath as acting Chief Justice of Pakistan. Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk administered oath as acting...

Providing justice to the oppressed my mission: CM

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday said it was his mission to provide justice to the oppressed people of the country. “Providing justice...

Provision of justice to oppressed my mission: Shahbaz

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that it is his mission to provide justice to the oppressed people of the country. “Provision of justice...

Judiciary not being administration or parliament: CJ

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Saturday brushed aside the criticism on judiciary, saying the judiciary never tried to play the role of administration...

Justice can be served by females too!

Lahore High Court (LHC) judge Justice Manzoor Ahmed Malik on Saturday said that the lawyers had great respect for judges because verdicts were made...

Two day conference on ‘Juvenile Justice System’ to open on Dec...

A two-day national stakeholder conference on “Juvenile Justice System in Pakistan” will start from December 17 to evaluate the process of implementation of the...

Quest for Justice via Modernization

A court is a governmental authority which adjudicates legal disputes between parties to carry out justice according to “Rule of Law”. It’s thus the...

No immunity for anyone come what may, says CJP

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Chaudhry said the independent judiciary had rendered landmark judgments on the sole criterion “that is all and sundry...

Sri Lankan impeachment panel finds chief justice guilty

Sri Lanka’s chief justice has been found guilty on three counts by an impeachment panel, a government minister said on Saturday, in a case...

Police highhandedness cripple justice

Despite strict instructions by government to all departments, especially law enforcement agencies to follow the court orders, police have not changed its policy of...

Judiciary ready to face all challenges: CJP

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said on Saturday that the judiciary was ready to face any challenge in order to meet...

Consensus on Justice Nasir’s name for caretaker PM?

All the political parties on Saturday agreed on the name of Justice (r) Nasir Aslam Zahid for the post of caretaker prime minister. ...