The Chief Justice will be traveling to London next month to receive the prestigious International Jurist Award 2012, media reported over the weekend. While this recognition is being lauded in the media, it seems that there might be more to the story than has been reported. No doubt the International Jurist Award 2012 is something [...]
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Distractions and Consequences
April 28th, 2012
by Mahmood Adeel
by Mahmood Adeel
Several years ago abba told me a story about a young husband and wife who were famous for fighting so loud that it was easily heard a few houses away. This had been going on since the couple were married, and at first people would always ask if this modern young couple hate each other [...]
Contempt in a tea cup
April 26th, 2012
by Mahmood Adeel
by Mahmood Adeel
A conviction of contempt was entered against the nation’s longest serving Prime Minister in history Yousuf Raza Gilani today. In a telling manner, the Court sentenced the PM till the rising of the Court only – in other words about 30 seconds. Many believe this was an attempt by the Court to save face after [...]
Making a Mockery of Justice
April 23rd, 2012
by Mahmood Adeel
by Mahmood Adeel
At the beginning of the year, Gen. Musharraf announced that he would return to Pakistan between 27-30 January. He would arrive in Karachi and would stand in general elections. When the date arrived, however, Musharraf was nowhere to be found. His aide told reporters that he was postponing his return, but insisted that “Gen Musharraf [...]
Media Worker Salaries: Where’s the Court When We Need It?
April 19th, 2012
by Mahmood Adeel
by Mahmood Adeel
It’s well accepted that a free media is a foundational requirement for a functioning democracy. This was apparent to Quaid-e-Azam who spoke passionately on different occasions about the importance of independent media that will fearlessly criticise those in power. Today we have a media that fearlessly criticsing the powerful, but there are some questions about [...]
Bannu Jailbreak: Echoes of PNS Mehran
April 16th, 2012
by Mahmood Adeel
by Mahmood Adeel
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was the sight of another massive attack before the sun rose on Saturday. No, this was not a ‘night raid’ of American agents or another cross-border raid of US special forces. The attack against a secured prison was carried out by militants that some politicians continue pretending don’t exist. Early Saturday morning, 100 [...]
PCNS Proves Democracy Works
April 14th, 2012
by Mahmood Adeel
by Mahmood Adeel
There’s a common joke that I hear from certain friends who take a cynical view of the world. “Democracy: Where any two fools can outvote a genius”. This is one of those jokes that sounds much more clever than it really is. For one thing, it is often a fool who thinks he’s a genius. [...]
Gone in a Tweet: Mubasher Lucman’s Credibility
April 12th, 2012
by Editor
by Editor
Mubasher Lucman on Nawaz Sharif: Mubasher Lucman on PM Gilani: Mubasher Lucman on APML: Mubasher Lucamn on Musa Gilani: Mubasher Lucman on Najam Sethi: Mubasher Lucman on Husain Haqqani: Mubasher Lucman on Hafiz Saeed…
Zardari Pakistan’s Next Nobel Laureate?
April 9th, 2012
by Mahmood Adeel
by Mahmood Adeel
What was advertised as a private lunch between two world leaders may have actually been an international summit of historic consequence. Against all odds and the outcry of groups like PTI and Difa-e-Pakistan Council, President Zardari landed in Delhi on Sunday and became the first Head of State of Pakistan to meet with his Indian [...]
Zardari Making Hafiz Saeed Irrelevant
April 5th, 2012
by Mahmood Adeel
by Mahmood Adeel
The big news this week has been the $10 million bounty offered by the US for Hafiz Saeed. The response was predictable. Hafiz Saeed taunted the Americans at a press conference near GHQ. And reactionary media talking heads like Javed Chaudhry took a break from defending acid attackers to defend Hafiz Saeed. And, of course, [...]