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Posts Tagged ‘Constitution’

Credibility

By Farid Masood • Sep 4th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Generalissimo (Retd) Pervaiz Musharraf enjoyed blind powers for almost nine years. Graph of his credibility oscillated by his efforts to destabilize the constitution, institutions and noble personalities.
These were his personal efforts to damage his credibility and he never knew it could happen to him. Apart from his personal efforts there were certain elements around him […]



A Billion Dollar Liability

By Farid Masood • May 30th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

When an asset becomes liability then it should be written off. President Musharraf took over on October 19, 1999. General public didn’t went against him and welcome his quo even he became in power by over-throwing an elected government.
Time passed so quickly till 9/11 of 2001. He bowed down his head after a telephonic call […]



Limits of Free Speech

By Dan Tow • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

I would like to describe an American perspective on free speech in today’s article. In US legal terms, “freedom of speech” is actually broader than it sounds, really extending to a freedom that applies to all forms of expression. For example, the US Supreme Court has held that laws forbidding burning the US flag are […]



A Nose of Wax

By Talal Hussain Malik • Apr 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

It seems that our government now is in a mood to lend an ear to Shakespeare, “Condemn the fault and not the actor of it.”(Measure for Measure) The news is that the capital punishment i.e., Death Sentence may be changed into Life Imprisonment.
As I see it, there seem to be two possibilities for this change. […]



Re-instating the Disposed Judiciary

By Farid Masood • Mar 31st, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

November 3rd action last year was above the law. President Musharraf just to remain in his seat did all this even after the senior judiciary gave its verdict on 20th July 2007.
Supreme Court Bar Association has been asked to wait for 30 days as the newly elected parties are putting in efforts to re-instate the […]