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Posts Tagged ‘Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary’

Man of Straw

By Salman Mugsi • Nov 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics

As the role of present chief justice of Pakistan is exposed in his bid to “sparkle” the career of his beloved and innocent daughter and to provide another doctor to the country, where the patients outnumber their physicians by a huge gap, another conspiracy theory is being hatched.
It is said that Ansar Abbassi is being […]



Iftikhar Chaudhary Shouldn’t Be in America

By Gul Raiz • Nov 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Deposed chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary is right now in United States receiving faciliations and awards from the New York bars and the social circles of the city and with him accompany Chaudhary Aitzaz Ahsan and other renowned lawyers.
While Aitzaz and Iftikhar Chaudhary are in the posh United States enjoying themselves and basking […]



Bluffing Setup

By Rohail Butt • Nov 3rd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Right from the assassination of the Benazir Bhutto to the incumbency of Asif Ali Zardari as the president of Pakistan, there is nothing but an exposit of bluff. Only one person is there to deter him and his coterie of liars and that person is none other than the deposed chief justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar […]



Nov. 3, 2007 : When Dictator Puked

By Sameer Shaharyar • Nov 3rd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

It all started with a ‘No’ from now deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry in front of the dictator, and all hell broke loose. The things got so much out of hand that On Nov. 3, 2007 Pakistani President and Chief of Army Staff Pervez Musharraf declared emergency in Pakistan and suspended the […]



Insult to Intelligence

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

Law Minister Farooq H Naek and Attorney-General Sardar Latif Khosa have now been banned by all the major bar associations of Pakistan because of their “negative stance” on the judges’ restoration. Both of them used to be the biggest supporter for Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry when they are in opposition. Latif Khosa even got is head […]



From Crisis to Hope to Crisis

By Salman Mugsi • Oct 26th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The pride of Pakistan, the deposed chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and the judges who defied Musharraf by refusing to take any forced and illicit oath have proved their mettle and their true resolve for the supremacy of law and constitution. They have been an inspiration to the nation and have proved to […]



Chief Justice, Hum Aap Ko Bholay Nahin

By Ali Yar Khan • Oct 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics

It is a sad saga, and it tells the usual course things tend to take in our country now for so long that it has become a norm and routine. A proud and independent man said ‘No’ to the dictator and became hero for the Pakistanis, who were ill at ease with the injustice upon […]



Where is Political Maturity?

By Sameer Shaharyar • Sep 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Well before the elections of 18th February, even before the gruesome assassination of two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, there were very strong and tangible signs of political maturity in Pakistan, and that is what forced a military dictator to hold the elections in the country after an iron rule, and that is without any […]



Judges Restoration : A Non Issue?

By Ali Yar Khan • Sep 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Pakistan People’s Party cannot go far enough with the way they are dealing with the things. Their wheeling dealing regarding the core issues can delay the backlash for the time being, but this approach cannot solve the problems. The restoration of deposed judges is one that issue, which cannot be put into the back garage […]



Tyranny of President Zardari

By Sameer Shaharyar • Sep 6th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

President of Pakistan with unlimited powers, Co-chairman of Pakistan People’s Party, Commander in chief of the armed forces, Manipulator of Prime Minister. Moreover, Asif Ali Zardari has got his loyal and trusted cronies at all the top posts of the country, and he virtually controls all the institutions in bureaucracy, judiciary, parliament and has got […]