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Articles with tag: lawyer

Aitzaz’s Monumental Blunder

saeed qureshi   Jun 15, 2008   interacts: 351

There is all quiet in Pakistan after the lawyers’ long march. The struggle of more than one year was wasted away in matter of hours.

Myths Surrounding the Lawyer’s Movement

Ameer Mukhtar   May 22, 2008   interacts: 68

Election data made public is quite opposite to the generally promoted perception that February 18 saw an overwhelming mandate to restore the judiciary and remove Musharraf

The ‘shoey’ Side of Politics

Ather Naqvi   Apr 9, 2008   interacts: 517

People had not shut their ‘shocked’ mouths at the treatment meted out to Arbab Ghulam Rahim when they saw Sher Afgan being roughed up by the black coats.

To Boycott or not to Boycott !

sheikh tajammul   Dec 14, 2007   interacts: 61

Whether its Imran Khan or Nawaz Sharif or Benazir or someone else ... whoever promises to reinstate judiciary should be voted for to stop Pro Musharraf getting 2/3rd majority.

Pressures Mount on Pervez Musharraf

Beena Sarwar   Nov 15, 2007   interacts: 11

"The judges by not taking oath, the lawyers and civil society by resisting have shown the way. The media is standing by them. This is one battle the General is sure to lose"

Johnny On The Street

Irfan Pakistani   Nov 8, 2007   interacts: 3

Should the lawyers be able to recapture the imagination of the nation and catalyze meaningful national resistance, the calculus shall change.

Do You Have a Substitute?

Salman Aneel   Nov 4, 2007   interacts: 139

Emergency in Pakistan was the need of time as we had no other options. Do we have any substitute for General Musharraf? Is there any other person who can run the country?

Where's the news?

Nadeem F Paracha   Oct 14, 2007   interacts: 83

The so-called "movement against Musharraf" and the unfolding "democratic revolution" seems like a shrinking reality no bigger than a 26-inch TV screen.

Shattered by the Status Quo

raza raja   Oct 3, 2007   interacts: 9

The recent pro Musharraf decision has been rationalized on the grounds that we need him for keeping democracy on “track”.

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