Posts Tagged ‘Aitzaz Ahsan’

It’s been a trend in Pakistani media to make headlines and breaking news on television that the Government is unstable and rumors of the imminent military coup are always floating around. The headlines and breaking news syndrome gained further hype when the opposition along with some other anti democratic entities were forced to acknowledge that [...]

Source: Daily Express News

Big successes often turn into monumental failures and this is one such case. It does not matter whether CJ Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry (IMC) was hand in glove with Kyani in order to get rid of Pervez Musharraf, the point is people started putting faith in him.  In my observation, CJ IMC is probably the biggest failure in the history of Pakistan, [...]

LUBP felicitates Yaseen Azad on his election as President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA). The victory of Mr. Azad is a manifestation of the confidence reposed by the country’s legal fraternity in his professional and leadership abilities as well as trust in progressive politics. According to unofficial results Yasin Azad [...]

Related post: The LUBP Archive on Aitzaz Ahsan Aitzaz Ahsan's pronouncements are an appropriate indicator of what his real masters, Aabpara, want to implement.  Going against the explicit proposals of the elected Prime Minister Gillani, the royal servant of the Jihadi judges, Mr. Ahsan called on the army to restore peace in Karachi.  This [...]

  Note: FCS stands for fake civil society of Pakistan. In looking at the current civil awards announced by President Asif Ali Zardari, I am amazed as to how an elected government assumes it can reflect public opinion; I thought the army was the only institution that reflects the macho opinion of our martial race. Well, if they really [...]

دنیا کی تاریخ گواہ ہے دنیا کی تاریخ گواہ ہے اس عدل کے سنگ جمہور نہ ہوگا یہ حال رہا تو ملک ہمارا وحشت، خوف سے دور نہ ہوگا جوعدل کرے کمزور ادارے جوعدل کرے کمزور اکا ئیاں دنیا کی تاریخ میں [...]

Editor's note: The following is a rush draft of a syndicated post comprising comments and contributions of various team member of the LUBP. Dilshad Chandio: Since Aitzaz Ahsan was the lawyer of Muktharan Mai and the 'azad' (now pro rape) judiciary can do no wrong, can a lawyer friend tell us if Aitzaz did not prepare the case properly or [...]

Chief Justice Iftakhar Chaudhry's party, Supreme League of Pakistan (SLOP) has proved all rapists in Mukhtara’s case as honorable citizens and innocents. After six years, SLOP reached a consensus that suo moto against Punjab’s SLOP was a non-political decision and it was done in haste. SLOP alleged to be a political wing of ISI,   was [...]

Now I will appeal to Allah, says Mukhtaran Mai Source: The News, April 21, 2011 MULTAN: Mukhtaran Mai, a victim of gang rape, expressing her distress over the Supreme Court verdict said now she would take recourse to Allah's court only. SC on Thursday upheld the verdict of Lahore High Court (LHC) in Mukhtaran Mai case. Voicing [...]

Last week, Pakistan’s Fake Civil Society (FCS) who are actually the real PPP supporters, were using Ijaz-ul-Haq (son of Pakistan's Islamofascist military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq) to diss Babar Awan. Many of them were  inflamed that Babar Awan was representing the Government in reopening the Bhutto trail. We the Fake Peoples Party [...]

Sherry Rehman, the rebel princess of urban civil society and anti-PPP media, has been ordered to be inducted for blasphemy charges by ‘indipendent judiciary’ of Pakistan. Additional Sessions Judge Meher Nasir Hussain in Multan has ordered police to register a blasphemy case against Sherry Rehman under 295 C. Sherry Rehman became a joint [...]

Related articles: LUBP Archive on Peasants for Democracy (PFD) Public prosecutor in Taseer murder case and the stance of Urban Citizens for Democracy – by Barrister Waseem Ijaz Peasants for Democracy (PFD) is a non-partisan organisation of rural and poor Pakistanis. The PFD members are weary of the fact that voices and perspectives of [...]

His blood hadn’t even dried that the focus of all the right wing media moved towards making the condemned, here and after, Mumtaz Qadri into a hero and then speculating who will be the new governor of Punjab. Such is the fear Shaheed Salmaan Taseer’s life  and martyrdom  as a governor of Punjab left amongst the rightists that they want to [...]

So MQM finally quits the PPP-lead Coalition Government. It’s not a surprise and neither would be the role of the military establishment in nudging one of its favorite offspring to do so. As sure as night brings darkness,, the security establishment in Pakistan will continue to undermine the mandate of the masses. The coming days will tell us how [...]

Related articles: Sleeping with the enemy: Naheed Khan and Safdar Abbasi fulfilling the ISI’s designs – by Ahsan Abbas Shah On Safdar Abbasi’s participation in Geo TV’s Capital Talk – by Abdul Nishapuri An advice to Naheed Khan – by Abbas Ather ‘Touch my workers and I will not let you loose alive.’ An open letter to [...]

“I really don’t understand your (Pakistani) people,” regretted this Indian journalist fellow who was also one of the organizers of the recently held India-Pakistan conference: A roadmap towards peace in New Delhi. It was a tea break. Both of us walked slowly out of the conference hall of India International Center in New Delhi. She [...]

ہمارے ناراض دوست اور میڈیا پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی اپنی تمام تر مصلحت آمیزی، ہییت مقتدرہ کی خوشامد پر مبنی  روش، سیاسی اصطلاح میں درست اقدامات کے باوجود اپنے نام و عنوان، اپنے ماضی اور عوامی [...]

Related articles: Dr Mubashir Hasan: Establishment’s latest pawn in the ‘war on democracy’ Syed Iqbal Haider, Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan’s Pseudo-liberals Several friends have expressed concerns about Aitzaz Ahsan's conspicuous absence from the recent SCBA elections, and his decision to not to openly support Asma Jahnagir [...]

Entry of LHC Chief Justice in Lahore Bar banned LAHORE: Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court, Khawaja Sharif, and several key lawyer leaders, including Aitzaz Ahsan and Hamid Khan, have been banned from entering Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA). In a joint meeting held today, LHCBA and Punjab Bar Council (PBC) decided to impose a [...]

Last week, senior lawyer Abdul Hafeez Pirzada (notorious for his affiliation with General Musharraf), while expressing his views in Geo TV Programme, 'Mery Mutabiq' of Dr Shahid Masood (notorious for his affiliation with the Taliban), said certain articles of the 18th amendment could be challenged and the court could reject the same. He said the [...]

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Anjum Niaz The story I relate stinks to high heavens because it's so fishy. But the stink never reaches the public, thanks to the small fries who act as red herrings to divert the nation's attention. Daggers appear drawn between Aitzaz Ahsan and Ali Ahmad Kurd on one end and Barrister Akram Shaikh and Qazi Anwar on [...]

Former president of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan has said amending the constitution is the right of the parliament and the constitutional amendment can not be challenged in a court. People of Pakistan are currently witnessing an interesting but very important row between two groups of lawyers. The first group, [...]

Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is unique. His judges are his soldiers. The judiciary functions under his chain of command. Every judge is at his beck and call. His is the last word. He constitutes benches comprising of judges of his own choice. He decides cases against persons who were never a party to any case. He condemns them unheard and that [...]

The question of presidential immunity is the most controversial issue at the moment and the intellectuals, politicians and the media outlets are all engaged in guiding and misguiding the masses about the intent and the scope of article 248 of the constitution that confers immunity on the President from prosecution. A section of the media seems [...]

After reading Ayaz Amir's article and his use of the term "laptop warriors" (about Dr Shahid Masood, Ansar Abbasi etc), I googled the term and discovered this picture. Now Aitzaz Ahsan's remarks have caused a major disappointment to them; he will be a target of their wrath as we will shortly see... Even SC can’t take away president’s [...]

Aitzaz Ahsan termed the decision for a strike premature, warning that it would divide the lawyers’ community. He said the decision had been taken in spite of PM Gilani’s assurance that the NRO judgment would be implemented. (more...)

In an episode of Point Blank by Mubashir Lucman with Wasim Akhtar (MQM) and Fauzia Wahab (PPP), the anchor issued a bold charge-sheet against CJP Iftikhar Chaudhry stating that CJP Chaudhry should have been booked and punishable by death because of his responsibility for the 12 May 2007 massacre in Karachi. Lucman also levelled certain other [...]

Related articles: Aitzaz Ahsan, PPP and Long March: A critical perspective – by Abbas Ather PPP suspends Ch Aitzaz Ahsan as member of Central Executive Committee (CEC) Pakistan’s left tilts towards right. Partners in crime? Distinguished figures among LPG quota beneficiaries By Khawar Ghumman Thursday, 07 Jan, [...]

We welcome Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari's decision to restore Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan's membership in the Central Executive Committee of the Pakistan People's Party. Here is an op-ed on this topic by Syed Anwar Qidwai: (more...)

By: Jarri Mirza Contribution by guest blogger : Humza Ikram First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist;Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist; Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade [...]

A movement wastedBy Kunwar Idris Sunday, 04 Oct, 2009 (Dawn)Mysteriously silent is Aitzaz Ahsan, who led processions from one end of the country to the other swaying the lawyers with the (more...)

Islamabad: In a verdict having far-reaching implications, Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday declared as "unconstitutional and illegal" the emergency imposed by former President Pervez Musharraf in (more...)

There is much talk of an embattled and defeated man in the Presidency. The chief justice has (more...)

Related articles: Aitzaz Ahsan, PPP and Long March: A critical perspective – by Abbas Ather You too Aitzaz Ahsan, the leader of the legal community? PPP suspends Ch Aitzaz as member CEC Are Pakistan's secular ideologues abetting the right wing in adding lies and confusion to Jinnah's Pakistan?: aik taraf sachal aur bahoo, aik [...]

Related articles: PPP suspends Ch Aitzaz Ahsan as member of Central Executive Committee (CEC) You too Aitzaz Ahsan, the leader of the legal community? Pakistan’s left tilts towards right. Partners in crime? Abbas Ather offers a critical perspective on Aitzaz Ahsan's relationship with Pakistan People's Party. (more...)

Related articles: Aitzaz Ahsan, PPP and Long March: A critical perspective – by Abbas Ather You too Aitzaz Ahsan, the leader of the legal community? Pakistan’s left tilts towards right. Partners in crime? PPP suspends Ch Aitzaz as member CEC LAHORE—Jehangir Badar, Secretary General Pakistan Peoples Party told while talking to [...]

Aitzaz, Hamid in all-out efforts to win LBA polls PTI Vice Chairman Hamid Khan and PPP lawyers jointly supporting Ziaur Rehman against Tariq Javed a candidate jointly supported by Kurd and Aitzaz Ahsan in LBA elections PTI VC and PPP’s joint candidate has (more...)

Religion and State?Daily Times, January 21, 2006SECOND OPINION: Who is listening to the ‘new debate’?— Khaled Ahmed’s TV ReviewThis is the Muslim predicament. The new millennium has not seen the Muslims moving closer to the modern state but revolting against it. The (more...)

Aitzaz Ahsan explains his decisions in his email to Samad Khurram: Association with the PPP; the pace of the Lawyers' Movement; The Long March Dharna, and the war in FATA... Dated: September 18th 2008. To: Samad Khurram, Harvard. My dear Samad, I opened your mail yesterday and was deeply pained by it and by its tenor. Of late there [...]