Comments on: Revisiting basic structure

By: Ali Khan

Ali Khan — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:02:46 +0000

Excellent read, very informative.

By: shaukat ali chughtai

shaukat ali chughtai — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:33:18 +0000

One has to revisit and get the fundamentals, where human dignity has been essential. That is the lesson of Holy Quran. Evolutioneery process brings new ideas and new environs. Think about it.

By: shaukat ali chughtai

shaukat ali chughtai — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:30:38 +0000

Parliamentry system of government advocated by feudals. So, we have to change parliamentary system to something which empowers local governments and legislature to legislate and enjoy amenities aat the cost of govt expense. Fully concur with you.

By: shaukat ali chughtai

shaukat ali chughtai — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:27:41 +0000

Concur with Jibran. Excellent. How to make this practical reality with the mindset in Pakistan. Suggest solution.

By: dr.muhammad orakzai

dr.muhammad orakzai — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:57:10 +0000

parliament truly is superior and it seems to more like that SC had paying no attention to thousand other cases and it is continuously in clash with the government and in every few months Government is faced with a new controversy thus no attention being paid to the administrative issues and it seems more focused on its survival and not torn down in hands of judiciary

By: akhter husain

akhter husain — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:50:18 +0000

Those who forget their founding father's wise advice are bound to ruin their future. There is no bar on improving to suit the time requirements.

By: Sana

Sana — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:30:06 +0000

The government decided not to amend Article 204 of the Constitution (perhaps because they were not confident about a two-third majority) and the contempt of court law is an ordinary Act of parliament. The dual nationality bill, however, is a constitutional bill and seeks to amend Article 63 (1) (c) of the Constitution.

By: Abdul Waheed

Abdul Waheed — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:06:18 +0000

I agree to some extent that constitution does not provide remedies to certain crises like the present situation. It is a matter of frustration that disputes are arising between judiciary and executive / parliament over certain connstitution issues like immunity to the President, overuling the ruling of Speaker National Assembly to disqualify the duly elected Prime Minister. Though such issues donot arise when governmenta are strong but since these are arising, the constitution should be so elaborate to find ways. In case of any dispute, the matter should have been referred to Parliament, the original forum which is authorised to prepare it, for interpretation and it should also be clearly provided that judiciary cannot nullify any legislation made by parliament otherwise judges like Sajjad Ali Shah and Iftikhar Ch will continue to paralyse the entire system.

By: jibran

jibran — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:49:38 +0000

Living nations create their tomorrow and today by their own actions and will. This is the gist of Iqbal's poetry who had a far greater insight into Islamic teachings than a great many politicised islamic scholars. One cannot equate Quran and sunnh with constitution. Constitution is a document for today while Quran and sunnah is to be interpreted by EACH GENERATION in the light of the challenges thrown up by the times in which they happen to be.

By: Tayyab

Tayyab — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:29:46 +0000

Dual nationality bill or contempt of court bill is not a constitutional amendment first of all. So it can be struck down at any time.