Stories by Sameer Khosa

The 27th amendment

The point of the amendment is to reward and control. Updated 09 Nov, 2025 10:53am

Practice & Procedure

It’s a dangerous game to contract and expand the CJ’s powers at will. Published 24 Sep, 2024 07:18am

To appoint or not?

Justice Ayesha is the fourth most senior judge in the Lahore High Court. Updated 02 Jan, 2022 09:08am

Judicial reform

Amid all the noise, there is no debate on concrete measures. Updated 16 Jan, 2018 11:33am

Indiscipline ignored

The bar council chose to be silent when a lawyer misbehaved. Published 18 Oct, 2016 04:45am

Accountability woes

Accountability is easy when directed towards others. Published 09 Mar, 2016 02:32am

Bleak justice

No judicial reforms are evident a year after the school tragedy. Published 16 Dec, 2015 07:02am

The perfect acquittal

The actual guilt or innocence of Mustafa Kanju is not the point. Published 01 Nov, 2015 01:09am

Death abroad

The trials of our citizens in Saudi Arabia suffer from defects. Updated 16 Dec, 2014 05:14am

‘Acting’ government

No move has been made to appoint a new chief election commissioner. Published 16 Oct, 2014 03:13am

Few answers

The Supreme Court has been asked to wade into a political thicket. Published 19 Aug, 2014 05:38am

Yet another murder

Like the others, Farzana will fade with the news cycle. Published 05 Jun, 2014 01:26am

Suo motu or societal failure?

MANY have celebrated the frequent use of suo motu jurisdiction by the Supreme Court of Pakistan over the last few... Published 12 Dec, 2013 07:31am

An ill-explained order

THE boycott of the upcoming presidential election by several of the opposition political parties in the wake of the... Updated 28 Jul, 2013 08:19am

Safeguarding democracy

RECENTLY, the Election Commission of Pakistan appointed certain retired district and session judges as election... Published 30 May, 2013 07:54am

Unfulfilled promise

IN the aftermath of the restoration of the chief justice of Pakistan, there was widespread hope that the judicial system of the country would improve. Published 19 Mar, 2013 12:00am

Forgotten again

AS it was ever going to be, so it is. Fakhra Yunus committed suicide in March 2012 and her death was met by a cacophony of calls for justice. Published 18 Feb, 2013 12:10am

The law on citizenship

ON May 25, the Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended Farahnaz Ispahani’s membership to parliament. Published 27 May, 2012 08:04pm

Flawed arguments after verdict

IN the aftermath of the Supreme Court verdict that convicted Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani the argument has been made that the court has given a faulty verdict that goes beyond what the prime Published 04 May, 2012 12:07am

National security, individual rights

ULTIMATELY, the disagreement over the Supreme Court`s decision to hold the memo case maintainable turns on different conceptions about the interplay between national security and fundamental rights. Published 15 Jan, 2012 10:01pm