Author Archives: Chaudhry Faisal Hussain
5th March, 2013
Constitutional anomalies
THE 1973 constitution is a social agreement that carries significance for all stakeholders in Pakistan and is seen as a sacred covenant by all those who believe in democracy and change through the political process in Pakistan.
THE 1973 constitution is a social agreement that carries significance for all stakeholders in Pakistan and is seen as a sacred covenant by all those who believe in democracy and change through the political process in Pakistan.
15th January, 2013
In terror of the mob
THE violent phenomenon of mob justice is evident when a group of people (sometimes in the hundreds) take the law into their own hands, and act as accuser, judge and jury, and ‘punish’ the alleged wrongdoer on the
THE violent phenomenon of mob justice is evident when a group of people (sometimes in the hundreds) take the law into their own hands, and act as accuser, judge and jury, and ‘punish’ the alleged wrongdoer on the
2nd January, 2013
Outcome of judicial activism
THE PPP chairman, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, in his first public speech, underlined the exercise of judicial activism by the Supreme Court of Pakistan and objected to the court’s performance.
THE PPP chairman, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, in his first public speech, underlined the exercise of judicial activism by the Supreme Court of Pakistan and objected to the court’s performance.
26th December, 2012
Keep your books open
THE registrar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has flatly refused to appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and also to provide details of the expenditures charged on the public fund by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
THE registrar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has flatly refused to appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and also to provide details of the expenditures charged on the public fund by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
12th November, 2012
Still denied access
AMONGST the fundamental rights the 1973 constitution grants is the right to free and compulsory education to children from five to 16 years under Article 25A, in “such manner as may be determined by law”. Likewise,
AMONGST the fundamental rights the 1973 constitution grants is the right to free and compulsory education to children from five to 16 years under Article 25A, in “such manner as may be determined by law”. Likewise,
2nd September, 2012
State against minorities
THE concept of a Muslim state vis-à-vis its minorities, as envisaged by those that oversaw the creation of Pakistan and the members of the first Constituent Assembly, is hardly understood today.
THE concept of a Muslim state vis-à-vis its minorities, as envisaged by those that oversaw the creation of Pakistan and the members of the first Constituent Assembly, is hardly understood today.
15th July, 2012
President’s dual office
THE effects of the Supreme Court’s judicial intervention is echoing in the corridors of the Lahore High Court which is entertaining a contempt of court application directing President Asif Ali Zardari to submit a written reply explaining his position on compliance with the judgment in the Pakistan Lawyers Forum case.
THE effects of the Supreme Court’s judicial intervention is echoing in the corridors of the Lahore High Court which is entertaining a contempt of court application directing President Asif Ali Zardari to submit a written reply explaining his position on compliance with the judgment in the Pakistan Lawyers Forum case.
7th May, 2012
Disqualified after the verdict?
THE Supreme Court (SC) has announced its short judgment sentencing the prime minister of Pakistan, for wilfully flouting and disregarding the order of the SC, to ‘imprisonment’ till the rising of the court.
THE Supreme Court (SC) has announced its short judgment sentencing the prime minister of Pakistan, for wilfully flouting and disregarding the order of the SC, to ‘imprisonment’ till the rising of the court.
