Adil Najam The way that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was removed was bad enough. But what has happened since then is even more disturbing. The Chief Justice removed. Media being muzzled. Lawyers protesting beaten up. One can debate whether Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry should have been removed or not, or even […]
Adil Najam In a rather shocking move, the President, Gen. Perzez Musharraf just dismissed the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry for alleged “misuse of authority.” According to a breaking news segment at The News: The president has submitted a case against Chaudhry to the Supreme Judicial Council. Musharraf […]
Adil Najam Censorship is never a good idea. When mixed with over-zealousness it becomes dangerous. And when combined with technical incompetence, it becomes costly. This is what happened when the self-styled defenders of the nation’s morals, ideology and integrity began messing a little too much with things they should never have messed with in the […]
