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Posts Tagged ‘Abdul Hameed Dogar’

Ethos of Today

By Rohail Butt • Sep 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

These are the times of social and moral chaos in Pakistan. Our two provinces are literally on war and hundreds of thousands of people are finding themselves internally displaced. Social order is in disarray, and there is sheer dearth of power, water and food and the dereliction of rulers to arrange for the basic need […]



Like Coalition, Judges Also Splinter

By Sameer Shaharyar • Aug 31st, 2008 • Category: Politics

After the eight judges of Sindh High Court, five more judges of Lahore High Court have agreed to take fresh oath to join the judiciary fray once again without the deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary. Punjab Governor, Salman Taseer has signed the summary for the appointment of 5 deposed judges of the Lahore High […]



Ex Chief Justice Should Resign Too

By Dawar Naqvi • Aug 23rd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price. Ex Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry should learn lesson from the resignation of Pervaiz Musharaf. For the sake of country and country’s political stability he should withdraw his name from the restoring of Judges movement.
From the last few years Pakistan is going through […]



Judges Restoration : Do or Die

By Sameer Shaharyar • Jul 24th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Enough has been said and sloganeered in the name of restitution of the deposed judges, and nation has seen enough of expediency, manipulation and shenanigans on the part of politicians and other stakeholders in this contentious game, and now it should be over at one side or another.
In a declaration of All Pakistan Lawyers Convention, […]



Musharraf’s Plots Keep Failing

By Rohail Butt • May 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The Pakistani politics still revolves around Pervez Musharraf due to the still-existing United States support. Though that supporting is dying now, the conspiracy hatching by Musharraf is getting frantic and crude. That is the reason, Pervaiz Elahi has been caught redhandedly and has exposed so many big names.
First President camp tried to postpone the by-elections […]



Multiple Supreme Courts Not Acceptable by the Nation

By Farid Masood • May 10th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The nation has given its mandate to get rid of dictatorship and to re-instate the deposed Judiciary including Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry.
This mandate is based on the sacrifice of the nation, which is suffering from severe economic turbulence, price hike, currency devaluation, missing loved ones, therefore, if a politician/leader says that […]



Nawaz Sharif not in by-elections

By Rohail Butt • May 4th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Mian Nawaz Sharif, the chief of PML-N has left the battle to prepare for the upcoming war. He has told the PML-N’s central working committee about his decision on Friday when it met to discuss the situation after the Dubai talks between PPP and PML-N leaders.
Though as a last effort to save the PDA coalition […]



PCO Judges of Nov. 3

By Salman Mugsi • May 4th, 2008 • Category: Politics

As a trade-off, Pakistan Muslim League-N has agreed with Pakistan People’s Party to include the Nov. 3 PCO judges along with the restoration of the deposed judges on Nov. 3, who refused to take oath from Musharraf under PCO.
This was the last resort for the PML-N to save Pakistan Democratic Alliance coalition.  Zardari wanted to […]



Zardari Protects Abdul Hameed Dogar : New Questions Surface

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • May 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

The impasse in Dubai on the restoration of judges has been broken but not for free. Zardari wanted to protect now Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, as Dogar has proved an angel for him. Not only all the cases against Zardari have been removed thanks to National Reconciliation Ordinance, but also the […]