Salahuddin Ahmed
The Parliament cannot take away the judicial power to interpret the Constitution from the apex court and vest it in, what is effectively, a body subordinate to the government.
Updated 17 Sep, 2024 01:07pm
We have been systematically and successfully undermining the façade of constitutionalism and the impartiality of our judicial...
Updated 30 May, 2022 10:48pm
Today, PM Imran's only hope of avoiding being ousted remains the non-neutrality of those who should be neutral.
Updated 24 Mar, 2022 07:52am
NAB’s constitutionality has been suspect from its very inception in 1999.
Updated 28 Aug, 2020 01:31pm
Back in the 14th century, the English grew tired of the technicalities and lengthy procedures in courts of law.
Updated 16 Apr, 2020 09:21am
Our jails are notorious for overcrowding.
Updated 04 Apr, 2020 09:38am
For better or for worse, our judiciary remains the last hope for rule of law in Pakistan.
Updated 12 Jul, 2019 08:22am
The only question, then, is whether Justice Isa’s wife and children were duty-bound to declare such properties.
Updated 14 Jun, 2019 02:19pm
Just stick to your jobs, gentlemen — and stick to the law. We’d all be better off.
Updated 20 Aug, 2018 01:47pm
“It has not been denied that respondent No. 1 being Chairman of the Board of Capital FZE was entitled to salary,...
Updated 29 Jul, 2017 01:01pm
Hamid Khan’s ambitious volume that chronicles the judicial history of Pakistan is not without its shortcomings, yet
Published 18 Sep, 2016 07:03am
The willingness and alacrity with which our Supreme Court changes its mind is perhaps unique.
Updated 30 Jan, 2016 08:30am
The argument whether the Constitution does have a basic structure or not has finally been settled.
Published 10 Aug, 2015 01:49am
Everyone is terrified of the unnamed elephant in the room.
Published 02 Sep, 2014 01:09am
Musharraf’s legal team has not disclosed any real defence to the charges against him.
Updated 01 Apr, 2014 07:55am
My philosophy on selection has been: either convince or get convinced. The truth is that the 15-man squad announced...
Published 01 May, 2013 02:39am
HOW significant will the order in the Asghar Khan case be in the overall progress of the democratic project in Pakistan?
Published 22 Oct, 2012 03:03am
THE Supreme Court’s order disqualifying Yousuf Raza Gilani as prime minister has polarised opinions inside and outside Pakistan.
Published 03 Jul, 2012 12:05am
Saeed Ajmal is an ideal bowler for Twenty20 and fifty-over cricket, but he has very little exposure when it comes to...
Published 02 Dec, 2009 12:00am
Wrong team combination picked by the tour selection committee and some pathetic fielding were clearly the two major...
Published 02 Dec, 2009 12:00am
