Salaar Khan
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@Brainmasalaar
Lawyer. Op-eds in @thenews_intl. Views not necessarily my own: probably part genetics, part ghar ka mahol.
Who was Justice Dorab Patel and why did he also want a federal constitutional court? His experience proved Pakistan needed it. 1/6
It's time for Constitution Court & reforming judicial appointments. But NO to any normalising of enforced disappearances, internment centres, trial of civilians by military courts etc as may be pushed by those trampling rights & freedoms with impunity. No democrat must allow it.
Beyond thrilled to share that @mohammedhanif's next novel, Rebel English Academy, will be out next year, and it's a banger. Unflinching and hilarious, it showcases his unparalleled ability to find humour in the darkest corners of history. penguin.co.in/newsroom/pengu…
The Supreme Court’s original decision on Article 63A was not convincing. But, as the SC sets it aside, the criticism will have less to do with the judgment itself than it will with the lengths to which the CJ seems to have gone to facilitate the constitutional amendment:
Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has raised serious questions on the constitution of new committee has said that unfortunately, cherry picking and undemocratic display of one-man show are precisely what Act tried to discourage and replace-a stance that was upheld by the Full Court.
Lest we forget, the trash-fire procedure law was passed to stop the 90-day election ruling – a rump assembly thus mangled the Constitution without a 2/3rds majority. At all times, the law was a Trojan horse for the state to control judges (and force a bogus appeal). The result:
