The legal fraternity and the opposition in Pakistan are not against new Chief Justice Yahya Afridi. They object to the constitutional amendment that caused his appointment.
Controversial bill, now approved by the cabinet, intends to make sweeping changes to Pakistan’s judicial system. The PPP-led coalition govt struggling to find broad political consensus.
According to reports, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will hold a meeting with Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa at 2 pm on the premises of the Supreme Court today.
Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan, who was to take over as CJP in October, tendered his resignation Thursday. On Tuesday, Supreme Court judge Sayyed Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi had resigned.
In Pakistan, experts see a familiar pattern of parliamentary matters ending up with the judiciary — which in the past has invoked 'doctrine of necessity' to rubber-stamp coups.
The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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