Pak Justice
A Defining Moment for the Judiciary - Sajjad Ali Shah
Sajjad Ali Shah, one of my favorite ex-judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, who was relieved of his duties as Chief Justice by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in an unconstitutional manner, provided this analysis in today’s DAWN.
I HAVE been following with great interest the proceedings of the case of the Chief Justice of [...]
The Order That Restored The Chief
The following is the text of short order of the 13-member full court of the Supreme Court issued Friday regarding restoration of Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as chief justice of Pakistan:
ORDER
For detailed reasons to be recorded later, the following issues arising out of this petition are decided as under:-
(I) Maintainability of COP No 21 OF [...]
Supreme Court Bar Association President Threatens Supreme Court Building
In a very odd twist, Munir A. Malik, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association was summoned to the Supreme Court to explain his statement that people would set the Supreme Court on fire if its judgment in the Chief Justice case did not satisfy them. Associated Press Pakistan posted the story online.
ISLAMABAD, July 9 [...]
Who is telling the truth? - Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD: Who told the whole truth and who held it back? Who should be believed and who shouldn’t be? Ordinary mortals are in a fix.
It is well-nigh impossible for them to decipher as to what is true and what is untrue in the three affidavits filed by Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Javed, CoS to President Musharraf, [...]
Text of Affidavit of Chief of Staff to President - Hamid Javaid
ISLAMABAD, June 7 (APP): Following is the text of an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday by Lt. Gen. (retd) Hamid Javaid, Chief of Staff to the President.
“I, Lt Gen (R) Hamid Javaid son of Ch Muhammad Ashraf, presently working as Staff to the President of Pakistan, do hereby solemnly stale on oath [...]
Intelligence Chiefs, COS to President deny CJP Claims in Affidavits to Top Court
ISLAMABAD, June 7 (APP): Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry wanted President Pervez Musharraf to dissolve the assemblies and hold elections under CJP, Director General Military Intelligence disclosed in an affidavit he filed in the Supreme Court Thursday.Besides DG Military intelligence, Major General Mian Nadeem Ijaz Ahmad, affidavits were also filed by the President’s [...]
Text of Chief Justice’s affidavit - Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
AFFIDAVIT OF THE PETITIONER, MR Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry,
Chief Justice of Pakistan,
I, Mr Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, The Chief Justice of Pakistan (hereinafter referred to as the “deponent”) do hereby solemnly affirm and state on oath as follows:
That the deponent has filed the titled petition in this Hon’ble Court under Article 184(3) of the Constitution [...]
Text of Affidavit of Director General - Military Intelligence
ISLAMABAD, June 7 (APP): Following is the text of the affidavit filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday by Major General Mian Nadeem Ijaz Ahmad, Director General Military Intelligence: Affidavit
I, Major General Mian Nadeem Ijaz Ahmad son of Late Mian Ijaz Ahmad, presently working as Director General, Military Intelligence (”DG
Ml”), do hereby solemnly state on [...]
Judicial Corruption Corrodes Rule of Law - TI reports
In Pakistan, the opposition parties like to quote from The Transparency International Report on Corruption, where Pakistan has an unfavorable ranking… I just wonder how many will be quoting this report in light of the current “judicial crisis” over the suspension of the Chief Justice of Pakistan on charges of nepotism and abuse of power.
KARACHI [...]
When a Judge Speaks of Day of Judgment - Anjum Niaz
“Don’t scare us” said Justice Ramday to Malik Qayyum, the government’s counsel, after hearing how Malaysian President Mahathir Mohammad deposed judges inimical to him. The judge who heads the 13 member Supreme Court bench on the CJ case then motored across to Marriott that Monday afternoon to preside over a lecture on religion and terrorism. [...]
