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March is a historic month and the ides of March in particular is legendary. For Pakistan this March has lived up to its billing, as March 2009 has been a defining month with the Chief Justice being restored along with his brother judges. In the same March, President Obama announced his new strategy for Pakistan and [...]

I have been in a jovial mood of late, singing a tune even smiling obviously delighted that the Chief Justice has been restored. After a long period of time I can truly say that I am so proud to be a Pakistani, after all this is a new Pakistan we are shaping today one full [...]

On November 3 2007 General Musharraf imposed martial law in Pakistan. On that black day Other Pakistan went black and set up a dedicated martial law page as seen below and here: 507 days later martial law has ended as Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry has finally sat in court number one of the Supreme Court. [...]

It is March 23 today otherwise known as Pakistan Day. On this day in 1940 the Pakistan Resolution was presented in Lahore as per the vision of Allama Iqbal and seven years later the Quaid-e-Azam fulfilled his dream in creating a  second Medina in the shape of a Muslim state called Pakistan.  The events and [...]

Injustice Dog(gar) of martial law fame left the Dog(gar) court yesterday standing diminished and degraded just like Musharraf before him. We can  never forget that these midgets of men collaborated as per a Devil’s pact to create an unconstitutional regime in all its evil ushering in once again the dark night of dictatorship and injustice [...]

U2′s classic tune ‘beautiful day’ is ringing in my ear and indeed it is a beautiful day for Pakistan after the Chief Justice has been restored. I am a happy man today with a spring in my step, humming a song here and there and full of joy. To put it simply March 16 was the greatest [...]

The Chief Justice and his brother judges have been restored. The lawyers movement have achieved their goals for the restoration of judges as per the November 2nd position. This is a historic day and the culmination of a great struggle and the first chapter of a new Pakistan. As a passionate supporter of the Chief [...]

The Holy Quran says that ‘with hardship goeth ease’. Hardship has passed I hope and ease is now just around the corner vis a vis the struggle to restore the Chief Justice. I still await the public announcement from Prime Minister Gillani that the Chief Justice and his brother judges have been restored.  The delay [...]

The masses are out in force in Lahore and all over the land of the pure as I write this post. My leaders Aitzaz Ahsan, Javed Hashmi to name two have been arrested while Ali Ahmed Kurd and Munir A Malik have been refused permission to leave Quetta and Karachi respectively. Nawaz Sharif has bravely [...]

Rumours abound that the Chief Justice will be restored as part of a ‘big deal’ but I believe this is another invention from the now infamous Zardari lie factory. Actions speak louder than words and so I will not build my hopes up. Instead it could  be a smokescreen to divide the nation so that [...]