Tag: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Throwback to the past

The S in SC doesn’t stand for Sharif, Mian sb It might well have been a Freudian slip. The problem with Mian Nawaz Sharif is...

Justice for all, please

For the attention of our revered judges, with utmost respect It seems the infamous memo had indeed threatened to tear down the very security of...

The judgment

Reservations abound Looking at the immediate reactions to the Supreme Court verdict on the maintainability of the memo case, one is led to conclude that...

Digging their own grave?

The civilians at odds with the military On the face of it, the army doesn’t have to do a coup to topple this government. All...

Take-no-dictation moment?

Now, eyeball to eyeball Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani – usually soft spoken and compromise-seeking – thunderously declaring “there can be no state within a...

Déjà vu

The curse of interesting times The prime minister is a mild-mannered man. Even his worst detractors – and there are many – admit to the...

ECP in the limelight

Told off by the SC Two issues have brought the Election Commission into the limelight: its decision to cancel the membership of parliamentarians with dual...

The real powers

Hell hath no fury like the establishment scorned The battle lines have been drawn. All the usual suspects of the ultra right are in the...

Will democracy survive?

It still might Some political leaders and parties have been trying to dislodge the federal government from its earliest days. Many deadlines were given by...

One-man demolition squad

Thus spake Mansoor, again… Mansoor Ijaz’s claim regarding the alleged memo was taken extremely seriously by the establishment, opposition parties and the Supreme Court. The...

Role of the SC

Within defined limits The people of Pakistan have been denied some of the fundamental rights in the past on account of collusion between the military...