Pakistan stands proud. Pakistan celebrates justice. Mr. Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has punished the tinpot unwanted and unwelcomed dictator General (r) Pervez Musharraf and the people from Gwadar to Dara Adam Khel and from Ghotki to Skardu, people are singing, dancing and rejoicing.
It’s been quite a time since Mush, the-then Chief of [...]
JUST when the Supreme Court played its role issuing stay order against introduction of new Carbon Surcharge Tax in lieu of already sky high petroleum levy showing how it is possible to give relief to the people when government itself failed, the government played its card, in a crooked way as usual and petrol is [...]
Its Deja vu. Remember Iftikhar Chaudhary giving creeps to Musharraf and the heart burnings of Musharraf? Asif Ali Zardari never liked the man, never wanted to restore him. He will be dearly missing his crony Abdul Hameed Dogar, as chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary revert back to his old habit of showing activism [...]
The root cause of the current turmoil in our country are the Terrorist Sympathizer Mullahs. When it comes to accepting mistakes and learning from them, we need to examine the biggest and the most recent ones first.
When it comes to confronting terrorism, the biggest mistake (deliberate or inadvertant) in recent times, was committed by the [...]
I still remember the insults and derogatory remarks hurled by the governor Punjab Salman Taseer on the protesting lawyers in the streets for the restoration of the judiciary. The threats by the Salman Taseer still resonate in my ears and he was on the ardent supporter of Musharraf and then Zardari in their efforts to [...]
Through this columns I would like to bring the notice of honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan the fraud that is being done on by numerous private housing plots schemes across the country. Fraudulent people form a company with some name and launch the scheme through advertisements in media which are often attractive for low income [...]
Without indulging in any of the conspiracies theories, I openly join the many tongues wagging at the meeting held between the US Special Envoy on Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke with Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
Nation stands appalled. This is the same Holbrooke, who and his predecessors were ill at ease with even [...]
It was relieving to hear that Maulana Sufi Muhammad was arrested alive along with his sons and some other people. It was so relieving. Not because I have some love lost with the Sufi Muhammad or his ilk, but because it would have created unwanted sympathy for the guy in the eyes of the people, [...]
“JUSTICE delayed is justice denied”, the maxim, is the driving force behind the Judicial Policy introduced by the Chief Justice about a week ago. The Judicial Policy aims at quick disposal of cases and thus providing relief to the litigants. But as the situation is, unfortunately the Judicial Policy might well be the reason for [...]
When Nawab Akbar Bugti was assassinated on the orders of General (r) Pervez Musharraf, the chief justice of Pakistan was Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary. When the case of Shazia Murree was raised, the apex court was headed by the Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary. No suo moto action was taken by him, though he was very active in [...]
