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April 2012’s B-side is a special B-side focusing on the conviction for contempt of court of Prime Minister Gilani. The B-side begins by sharing the views of respected Pakistani journalists in Syed Talat Hussain and Mohammed Malick on Gilani’s conviction. To conclude, legal arguments are considered via an excellent article by Babar Sattar, thus April 2012’S [...]

Amidst the rumours of army coups and the much talked about civil-military divide, the Supreme Court’s NRO verdict on 12 January has somewhat been lost in all the chaos, claims and counter-claims.  In my opinion the Supreme Court has issued a brave and balanced judgement against the corrupt (morally and financially) government of Zardari-Gilani. A five member bench [...]

This post was scheduled to have been published on 16 March. 16 March because on that day in 2008 the Chief Justice of Pakistan returned to courtroom number one to dispense justice. On that day his personal struggle and the lawyers movement were vindicated for their noble struggle for the rule of law. Further vindication [...]

I am glad that the Supreme Court of Pakistan has heeded my advice to calm down Pakistan see here in its sensible 18th amendment judgement on judicial appointments. The 17 Supreme Court judges led by my favourite Pakistani the Chief Justice of Pakistan have sought to strengthen all institutions even the present apathetic and pathetic [...]

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has declared the NRO void ab initio or null and void in a landmark judgement that has delighted the masses of Pakistan. The Chief Justice of Pakistan headed a 17-member bench which unanimously declared the NRO unconstitutional and issued a short order which is available here in full.  However the most [...]

Today’s post is the first of a series of posts that will be published over many weeks. The posts will chart the journey of the lawyers movement  from 9 March 2007 and its  milestones until the historic judgement of the Supreme Court of Pakistan as delivered on 31 July 2009. This post has been a [...]