Tag: Nro

Defying logic

A long haul to March Going by the prime minister’s somersaults in the last few days, one can only surmise that there “something is rotten...

SC asks for NRO verdict’s progress

Supreme Court has asked President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to submit a report on the implementation of its verdict...

SC gives January deadline for explanation of NRO fiasco

The Supreme Court fixed the hearing of matters pertaining to the government’s failure to implement its verdict in the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) case...

SC seeks replies from Gilani, Asif on NRO implementation

Issuing a new order in the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) implementation case on Wednesday, the Supreme Court directed concerned authorities, including President Asif Ali...

The plot thickens

A system corrupted beyond cure? A vile premonition has followed the incumbent government each day of its four years in the halls of power. And...

SC upholds previous NRO verdict, orders implementation

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday issued the detailed verdict in the review case of National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO). The 31-page detailed verdict...

Confusion, yet again

When the president is away, the rumourmongers will play So there we go again! Pakistan seems to be a particularly blessed country where there is...

Perception of justice

Almost as important as justice itself Soon after delivering its judgment in the NRO case, the Supreme Court has taken up the case of the...

Corrupt and corrupter?

The master stroke rests with the judiciary Let’s have two things straight. The lack of delivery of the PPP-led government, the mammoth dossier of corruption...

After the NRO

The honourable Supreme Court of Pakistan rejected the government’s National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) review petition. Now it is necessary for government to implement the...

‘No confrontation with SC’

Rejecting the notion of any confrontation between the government and Supreme Court over the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) issue, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani...

NRO and democracy

The Supreme Court (SC) has rejected the government’s pleas to review the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) verdict. The decision was given by a full...

Fate of NRO beneficiaries remains uncertain

Although the Supreme Court has thrown out the government’s petitions in the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) review case, the fate of the NRO beneficiaries...

Classic catch-22 as govt faces legal, political fallout

The Supreme Court’s dismissal of the government’s review petition against the apex court decision on the legality of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) has...

Govt fails to make its case in SC

Against the backdrop of the evolving political situation and the ‘memo’ controversy still unresolved, the government on Friday suffered a serious blow on the...

The benefits of the NRO

The National Reconciliation Ordnance (NRO), the mother of all political deals and compromises introduced by former president Pervez Musharraf’s government on October 5, 2007,...

PPP explores options after SC verdict

Former law minister Senator Babar Awan called on President Asif Ali Zardari at the Presidency on Friday evening and discussed the situation emerging after...