Posts Tagged ‘NRO’

VS   The Central Executive Committee of Pakistan People’s Party (CEC) and Sindh assembly have given their decision of full confidence and support for the President Asif Ali Zardari. Contrary to the wishes of some people (more...)

The Supreme Court's NRO judgement must be seen in the broader context of political tactics and power dynamics.Here is  the article of Ayesha Siddiqa which does exactly that. In her opinion military is the prime beneficiary of the Judgement. By Ayesha Siddiqa Friday, 18 Dec, 2009.With Thanks.DAWN Now that the NRO problem has [...]

The deterioration of judicial institutions which began with notorious judgment of Justice Munir touched its bottom when superior judiciary convicted ZA Bhutto – the elected Prime Minister of the country to death on directions of a dictator. One of the judges who signed the verdict has confessed that it was a ‘judicial murder’ and the case [...]

ISLAMABAD: A former official of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional presidential immunity against legal proceedings as un-Islamic and unconstitutional. Khalid Khawaja, also a former air force official, filed the petition after a Supreme Court verdict that nullified an [...]

LAHORE: The Former Secretary of the Election Commission of Pakistan said that the National Accountability Bureau tried to use ECP to proceed against Benazir Bhutto and Asif Zardari in 2005. During an interview with DawnNews, Kanwar Dilshad claimed that the bureau, infamous for political victimisation in the past, forced the ECP to file fraud [...]

While the Supreme Court of Pakistan has struck down the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), the Central Executive Committee of Pakistan People's Party has very wisely reasserted their commitment to the process of national reconciliation in the country. The Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on [...]

Editor's note: In today's newspapers, I read a report about the arrest warrants of Begum Nusrat Bhutto by an Accountability Court located in Rawalpindi under the watchful eyes of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. The court issued arrest warrants of Beghum Nusrat Bhutto, former chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party, and six other accused [...]

"Your actions reflect a medieval mindset of revenge and tribalism, not the rule of law that so many of your supporters had expected when they campaigned for your restoration. Looking forward to the day you appoint an independent panel to review the corruption charges levelled against yourself.” http://www.AverroesPress.com Bilal Qureshi [...]

In the December 18th New York Times publication, an article Pakistan Ministers Are Called Before the Courts was written by Jane Perlez and Salman Masood.  Though the article does state the annulment of the National Reconciliation Ordinance and the repercussions of the (more...)

What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet On Thursday morning as Pakistan’s Defence Minister was preparing to board a flight to China for an official visit, he was detained by Pakistani security officials and was told he had been barred from leaving the (more...)

A Military Coup in Pakistan? Restive generals represent the backers of the Taliban and al-Qaeda – bad news for the war next door A military coup is unfolding in Pakistan, but, this time, there is no rumbling of tanks on the streets of Islamabad. Instead, it seems the military is using a new strategy for (more...)

A Comment by Lal Khan of IMT (Translated by AA from "Tabqati Jiddojehd") The recent Supreme Court’s recent decision declaring the NRO (National Reconciliation Ordinance) null and void has emerged as latest explosion in the series of tremulous events which have been arising from the severe political, economic and social crisis plaguing [...]

Let me first describe the overall context in which the recent judgment was announced by the CJ Iftikhar Chaudary. 1. Politics and Courts — A historical perspective. The courts of Pakistan (be it a session court or a supreme court)  have always been the most active instrument in settling the political battles, historically (more...)

...Our lordships may be cautioned about the possibility that judicial activism sometimes runs the risk of intruding on turf strictly belonging in our constitutional scheme of things to other institutions of state. In the post-judiciary restoration era, the respect and confidence enjoyed by the superior judiciary must be safeguarded through [...]

With due respect to azad adlia Media’s position on NRO before the court proceeding NRO was always a controversial law because it was discriminatory law; many political pundits and columnist lead the campaign against it under the leadership of Javed Chaudhry (Kal Tak); who use to end his television  program with his brilliant  closing [...]

The chargesheet against Rehman Malik is very long. Here are a very few glimpses based on analyses by various columnists and writers: (more...)

معطلی کے بعد بحال ہونے والی عدلیہ کا این آر او کے پیچھے ہاتھ دھو کر دوالے ہونے میں اَنتقام، عدلیاتی مُفادات، عدلیاتی آمریت کے نفاذ اور مُلک میں سیاسی افراتفری پیدا کرنے کی کوششوں کو عوام بخوبی [...]

Post-NRO frenzy In the immediate aftermath of the Supreme Court’s judgment on the NRO, the ever-churning political waters in the country have been stirred to a frenzy. Uncertainty, if not panic, is detectable in the ranks of (more...)

By Omar Khattab Sitting in your chair, you have been claming that you have all authority to interpret the constitution of Pakistan. You have also said that the parliament cannot make certain types of legislation. You have violated (more...)

Posted By: Jarri Mirza To a number of eyes, awaiting the decision of the Chief Justice concerned with the NRO might have brought an image of an end to corruption or a step for its eradication but is that really factual….??? In essence, is that an attempt to overthrow corruption or a democratic government??? It is nothing to be surprised [...]

رحمتیں ہیں تیری جرنیلوں اور طالبانوں پر برق گرتی ہے تو بے چارے سیاستدانوں پر You sold your soul to the devil and the price was so cheap! قوم فروختند و چہ ارزاں فروختند ؟

Posted By : Jarri Mirza It was surprising to see the media and other segments of society’s enthusiasm over the decision of Supreme Court on the NRO, declaring it null and void. This kind of decision was expected but surprisingly the reason for (more...)

By Omar Khattab On 16 December 1971, the Pakistan army led by the cruelest and most criminal generals of the time surrendered to the Indian army after a war which the former could not sustain even for two weeks. General Niazi “the Tiger” handed his gun to (more...)

ISLAMABAD, Dec 16 (APP): A larger bench of Supreme Court here Wednesday declared NRO as null and void as it violated various constitutional provisions as a law void ab-initio.The (more...)

Tahir Sarwar Mir's rebuttal to an op-ed by the veteran CIA agent Shaheen Sehbai (The News): (more...)

Let us assume PML-N's ex-senator Mr. Saifur Rehman's allegations against President Asif Ali Zardari telecast through Geo TV/ Jang Media Group (Meray Mutabiq by Dr Shahid Masood) are correct, then how would the same Jang Group of Newspaper and its owner Mir Shakil ur Rahman justify the below mentioned flagrant violation and abuse of Rules, Law and [...]

Here is an op-ed by Zamarrud Naqvi on this topic: (more...)

Asadullah Ghalib welcomes the PPP government's national reconciliation (NRO) for Balochi rights fighters. (more...)

Asadullah Ghalib offers an historical perspective on those elements in Pakistani establishment, politics and media (e.g. Munawar Hassan, Hameed Gul, Ansar Abbasi) who have been, at various points in history, consistently conspiring against the state and the nation of Pakistan. His analysis proves that there is not much difference between the [...]

ISLAMABAD: The government filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday, contending that any decision on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) outside the scope of what the challengers had sought could destabilise the democratic system. After remaining silent for four days, the government filed the petition through its newly appointed [...]

The NAB had urged the Election Commission in 2005 to take action against the former prime minister and her spouse for allegedly providing false information about their assets. (more...)

Perhaps in view of the consistent lopsided and propaganda oriented discussions on the NRO by Dr Shahid Masood (Geo TV), Chief Justice stopped media to refrain from (more...)

4 December 2009 Dear members. I want to advance an information to you. Ansar Abbasi, the stinking Jamatia from the household of Mir Shakeel-ur-Rahman, met Mr. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in the darkness of night two days ago, at his residence in the Judges colony. Ansar reached there at 11.30pm and remained there for two hours. And [...]

Credits for 'Two Devils' painting: Peter Bardazzi 2009 http://www.bardazzi.com/ Related articles: The LUBP Archive on Aitzaz Ahsan Syed Iqbal Haider, Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan’s Pseudo-liberals Birds of a feather flock together. This phrase comes to mind when one finds the notorious and most loyal agent of the anti-democracy [...]

A STUDY OF TRANSFORMATION FROM MILITARY DICTATORSHIP TO DEMOCRACY AROUND THE WORLD WOULD REVEAL THAT THERE ARE TWO POSSIBLE WAYS. EITHER IT IS ACHIEVED THROUGH A POPULAR REVOLUTION OR BY NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN POLITICAL FORCES AND DICTATORS. The former invariably demolishes the entire system and mostly involves bloodshed putting a new system [...]

Pakistani Taliban Union of Journalists (PTUJ) are currently pressurizing the Supreme Court of Pakistan to help PTUJ materialize their dream of derailing the democratic process in Pakistan in the guise of the lopsided campaign against the NRO. PTUJ's main aim is to abolish the successful military operation in Swat, Waziristan and [...]

Enemies of democracy and supporters of Taliban taunt President Zardari for what they term as his cowardice to refrain from exposing himself in public meetings. The main aim of the Mullah Media Alliance here is to help their foot-soldiers by "facilitating" Zardari's death in a suicide attack. Asadullah Ghalib offers his analysis on this topic in [...]

Here are three columns on this topic: The first one is by Ayaz Amir (a PML-N MNA) who terms the minus-one brigade (Shahid Masood, Ansar Abbasi, Shaheen Sehabi etc) as media galdiators. The second column is by Asadullah Ghalib in defence of democracy (President Asif Zardari and Opposition Leader Nawaz Sharif), and in defiance of the anti-democracy [...]

After the "minus one" campaign, do you know who will be the next in line? Yes, it will be our very dear, (apparently) acceptable to Nawaz Sharif and ISI, Prime (more...)

MQM denies ever pressing for Zardari’s resignationNovember 3rd, 2009 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANIIslamabad, Nov.3 (ANI): The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) has denied issuing any statement which asked for President Asif Ali Zardari’s resignation.According to reports, a delegation of MQM leaders led by the leader of the party in parliament Dr. Farooq [...]