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It has been over a year since the legal fraternity in Pakistan has been at odds with the establishment. First, it was the Chief Justice reference, then it was the Presidential elections [which the lawyers’ community vehemently opposed], then the...
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A robber being beaten by the mob before he was burned to death.
If the current plethora of crises wasn’t enough, Pakistan is now facing a new problem altogether: mob justice. In the past week alone, there have been three instances of the...
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Today is an anti-climax to what could have been a historic day. Instead of being elated at PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif’s announcement that the pre-November 3 judiciary will be restored in Pakistan on May 12, many new questions are now being...
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Yet another suicide attack has taken place in the troubled NWFP province, putting the spotlight once again on the volatile security situation in the NWFP province of Pakistan. It also highlights the challenges that lie ahead for the newly sworn-in...
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As Pakistani politicians thrash out the details of whether to restore the pre-November 3rd judiciary in Pakistan or not, they seem to have lost sight of a more pressing issue at hand - food, one of the basic needs of all human beings, and one of the...
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He may have only been hit by a shoe, but the MQM boycott of the Sindh Assembly proceedings after ex-Chief Minister of Sindh Arbab Rahim was assaulted by an alleged PPP worker has highlighted a bigger problem: the air of national reconciliation which...
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Shortly after an unanimous vote of confidence, the new Prime Minister of Pakistan Yusuf Raza Gilani announced that the ban on trade and student unions has been lifted, as part of an impressive and perhaps idealistic 100-day relief plan.
The lifting...
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It’s finally over. Yusuf Raza Gilani has won the race for the Prime Minister’s seat, and if all goes as predicted, will be sworn in on the 24th of March.
But its not going to be smooth sailing ahead for the new government. The country is...
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Political parties and lawyers gathered outside Geo TV offices in Islamabad on March 16 2007
A year ago, on this very day, members of the Punjab police attacked the Geo Television offices in Islamabad, as the Supreme Judicial Council was hearing the...
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As newly elected members of the National Assembly and the Provincial Assemblies prepare to file into their respective buildings on Monday, the nation watches on in a combination of hope, fear and disgust. Hopeful, that perhaps this time around the...
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