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Amnesty warns Pakistan's 27th constitutional amendment threatens judicial
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a statement, Amnesty said the amendment undermines judicial autonomy by establishing a Federal Constitutional Court that lacks sufficient safeguards for independence. The organisation said the new court weakens judges' security of tenure and shields the president as well as the heads of t
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Pakistan: Lawyers' convention rejects "defaced" constitutional amendments,
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A lawyers' convention in Lahore rejected proposed constitutional amendments, condemned a military press conference, demanded the release of political detainees and missing persons, called for biometric bar elections, and opposed a new property ordinance, citing threats to judicial independen
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Pak: Judge says murder of woman in live-in was due to 'vice' of 'living re
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Pakistani Judge, a part of the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC), Ali Baqar Najafi, opined that the Noor Mukadam murder case is the direct result of a "vice" spreading in society known as "living relationship," Dawn reported.
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Pak: Karachi Bar Association protests 27th Constitutional Amendment as law
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Lawyers from the Karachi Bar Association protested at the Sindh High Court against the 27th Constitutional Amendment, which created the Federal Constitutional Court. Judges and lawyers criticised the move, and two Supreme Court judges resigned. Protests, clashes and strikes disrupted court p
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Pakistan: IHC judges blocked from challenging 27th Amendment, told to appr
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Four Islamabad High Court judges tried to challenge the 27th Amendment, but the Supreme Court refused to hear their petition and told them to approach the new Federal Constitutional Court. The judges argue the amendment undermines judicial independence and gives excessive power to the exe
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Consciences only awakened after their monopoly was curtailed: Khawaja Asif
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif criticised two Supreme Court judges for resigning after the 27th Constitutional Amendment passed, accusing them of "selective amnesia" and reacting only after their powers were reduced. The judges said the amendment undermined judicial independence and
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Pakistan: Aminuddin Khan appointed first Chief Justice of newly formed Fed
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has appointed Justice Aminuddin Khan as the inaugural Chief Justice of Pakistan's newly created Federal Constitutional Court (FCC), formed after a major change in the basic structure of the country's constitution following the passing of the 27th Amendme
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"Judicial independence crippled": Two Pakistan Supreme Court judges resign
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to Dawn, one of the judges described the amendment as "a grave assault on the Constitution of Pakistan", saying it "dismantles the Supreme Court of Pakistan, subjugates the judiciary to executive control, and strikes at the very heart of our constitutional democracy". The Senate pa
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Bilawal Bhutto unveils draft constitutional amendments, seeks "meaningful
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has shared the party's draft constitutional amendments and sought "meaningful feedback" from the people. Bilawal Bhutto proposed the establishment of a Federal Constitutional Court with equal representation from all federating uni
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