Posts Tagged ‘Babar Sattar’
Haunting acquittals – by Babar Sattar
The Lal Masjid brigade brought life to a standstill in Islamabad. Its vigilante missions caused harm and nuisance. But that paled into insignificance when over a hundred lives were lost in the security operation executed to regain control of the mosque and clear it of weapons and militants. Fourteen security officials lost their lives during the [...]
Lengthening shadows of spy agencies’ rule in Pakistan – by Babar Sattar
Lengthening shadows Legal eye We will never know for certain whether or not Maj Gen Nadeem Ijaz, the former head of Military Intelligence (MI), ordered that the crime scene be hosed down following Benazir Bhutto's assassination. The three-member fact-finding committee comprising senior civil and military officers has given him a clean chit of [...]
A legal analysis of Article 248 and the presidential immunity – by Babar Sattar
In the following excerpt taken from his most recent op-ed in The News (3 April 2010), Babar Sattar examines some legal implications of Article 248 of Pakistan's constitution, and advises judges in the Supreme Court to not to cross the red line, i.e. to refrain from violating their constitutional limitations. Still stuck in the NRO ....The [...]
Dealing with the divides: Aman Ittehad – by Babar Sattar
Dealing with the divides Legal eye Saturday, March 27, 2010 Babar Sattar In October 2009, concerned citizens and activists from all four provinces and Islamabad congregated in Murree to develop a shared vision for peace in Pakistan and consider the role of the civil society in promoting it. The initiative entitled "pathways to peace", led [...]
Was Shahbaz Sharif’s statement on Taliban lost in translation? – by Babar Sattar
Lost in translation? If Shahbaz Sharif's statement at Jamia Naeemia was indeed taken out of context, can one construct a frame of reference in which such a statement would be justifiable? Maybe he did not mean to say that the Taliban should spare Punjab while they continue to brutalise innocent citizens across the rest of Pakistan. Maybe he was [...]
Some legal aspects of PML-N’s alliance with Sipah-e-Sahaba – by Babar Sattar
Hobnobbing with terror Legal eye What are the irresistible compulsions of power politics that forced the PML-N to jump into bed with the proscribed Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan and its head Muhammad Ahmad Ludhianvi to win the provincial assembly seat in Jhang this week? Is this simply a case of reprehensible electoral politics with the PML-N [...]
Some legal aspects of Aafia Siddiqui’s case: A rebuttal to Babar Sattar – by Usman Ahmad
'Blinkered justice'? As a nation we suffer from what can only be described as persecution complex. The knee-jerk reaction of "they are out to get us" has been our response to countless issues ranging from the war on terror to the general treatment of Pakistan by the international community. The sentiment has been on display in the case of Dr [...]
Spurting savagery – by Babar Sattar
One form of such denial produced by a misplaced sense of patriotism is the assertion that perpetrators of such depraved attacks cannot be Pakistanis and the increasing spate of terror attacks has to be the handiwork of our foreign foes. Another form of denial fuelled by our allegiance to our faith and our desire to shield it from slander is the [...]
Hafiz Saeed’s Islamofascist office in Chicago
Lashkar-e-Taiba threat revived after Chicago arrest Friday, 20 Nov, 2009LONDON: The arrest of two men in Chicago on terrorism charges linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba has revived fears about the (more...)
