The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has been examining and has noticed the following shortcomings in the handling of cases of public interest litigation under Article 184 (popularly known as ‘suo moto’ action) of the constitution. As published in Dawn newspaper Karachi dated September 16th, 2011 with a follow-up story published on September 7, 2018. Continue reading “12 Public Interest Litigation under Article 184 of the Constitution”
Category: Supreme Court of Pakistan
7 How Pakistanis are forced to leave Pakistan
On one of my visits to the USA, year probably 2000, I saw a discussion on television in which a representative of our counselor office was also present. Someone asked, “Why don’t you send the Pakistanis in jail here back to Pakistan?”. The counselor replied “We want to but none of them wants to go back. They feel more satisfied in jail”. This shocked me a bit and I tried to look back as far as I could. Continue reading “7 How Pakistanis are forced to leave Pakistan”
6 A Court is a Court
Introduction
I am forced to write this on account of news appearing on BBC Urdu Website with the title “Larkana judge resigns” (later amended and clarified here). I have always hated the expression “surprise inspection of a court”. I have been always given reasons for it. A court howsoever low can never be inspected, it can only be observed. Even a Chief Justice when he enters the lowest court he ceases to be Chief Justice. He enters not as Chief justice but only as an observer under full authority and discipline of the court functioning. If the so-called superior judges don’t understand this basic duty of theirs then some members of the Bar will pounce on the judges on being dissatisfied (as it happened in Multan). Continue reading “6 A Court is a Court”
Experiences of a Lifetime 