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You really have to drag PTI into everything eh?
Bogus votes did not amount to bogus assemblies, that's why no bogus constitution.
sorry to tell,thats pti & imran they are the ones telling pakistanis about 60% bogus regesterd votes!You really have to drag PTI into everything eh?
Bogus votes did not amount to bogus assemblies, that's why no bogus constitution.
lol what a logic!!
if there are 60% votes which are bogus, then the assemblies are not bogus? you really need to be a bit more logical to fool the people around. and I know PTI is very good in it.
so are you saying that , every other political party is cheater because they are in the parliment?And did this current bogus assembly make the constitution???
Secondly, if the assembly is bogus, then government is also bogus?
Thirdly, did anyone say that the assembly is bogus because the votes were bogus?
Bogus votes were cast, but that does not mean that the assembly is completely bogus, unless all the votes were bogus.
Any other party is not saying this because 'is hamam main sab hi nangay hain'. i.e every party is in assembly through some means of cheating.
You have to go to a interior sindh or Multan polling station to know that.
its not his duty to interfare legeslation any way , at anytime!so are you saying that , every other political party is cheater because they are in the parliment?
& PTI is the only one , wearing cloths?
dont you forget, imran was once a part of this parliment too, so that means he got elected also with 60% of bogus votes?
also you dont want , to let peoples from multan & interior sindh to vote in elections?
any way, its not the work of any CJ in the world to keep kicking out elected representatives, & try to run its own shadow govt!
You are talking like it was People's Choice.. R u forgetting 4.5 Million votes out of 7.6 Million total votes?
Only stupid will think that you can chose any thing from your votes.. This is a system which is meant for corruption and allows only corrupt or establishment supported. And sponsored by our foreign masters.
You have corrupt media, corrupt politicians, corrupt ECP and corrupt financiers. And democracy is for only fools to think that they are empowered, while even in 2007 well before elections people knew who is going to be president of US in 2012. Until or unless we have a revolution, nothing gonna changed..
they have survived because they have evolved and not stood still.. Anyways what works now cannot work for ever, and I dont talk about the whole concept but the laws which define them...
Sir in whole world it is supreme court who decides and how to interpret constitution they are the one who decide it so first know what happens in the world than talk sirAnd here we go again:
First came the military who thought they ran the legislative.
Now come the courts.
And we can repeat this over and over again.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistans top judge has said that the Parliament cannot legislate any law repugnant to Constitution, injunctions of Islam and contrary to fundamental laws.
If such law is promulgated, Supreme Court under its power of Judicial Review can review it. The underlying object of judicial review is to check abuse of power by public functionaries and ensuring just and fair treatment to citizens in accordance with law and constitutional norms.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry was speaking to a 50-member delegation of Youth Parliament on Saturday at the Supreme Court Building in Islamabad.
The CJ said: The system in our country is parliamentary system. From 1973 onward there have been National Assemblies and Senate but on account of Constitutional turmoil time and again there had been intervention in Parliamentary System, therefore, the expectations of people attached with Parliament could not be fulfilled. Parliament is required to give laws in accordance with Constitution for betterment of public at large so that laws can be made applicable.
I can say with utmost respect that they cannot legislate any law repugnant to the Constitution and injunctions of Islam and contrary to fundamental laws, he added.
The CJ stressed that the Constitution is a complete document which answers all questions, adding that every organ of the State enjoys complete institutional independence within its constitutional domain, however, any excess or misuse of power beyond that domain becomes the subject matter of judicial scrutiny.
Speaking about fundamental rights, he said, where any question of public importance arises with reference to enforcement of any of Fundamental Rights ensured by the Constitution of Pakistan; then the Supreme Court has power to make any appropriate order for enforcement of these rights.
The law applies to all, irrespective of their status, power, caste, creed and religion. No one can claim supremacy over and above the law, the CJ added.
Parliament cannot legislate against constitution, Islam: CJ | DAWN.COM
By his take on things, we should start electing the lawyers in local kacheris - who can in-turn elect the new president i.e. the CJ.
What is this, a new budding dictatorship by proxy?
yes it is their dutyso are you saying that , every other political party is cheater because they are in the parliment?
& PTI is the only one , wearing cloths?
dont you forget, imran was once a part of this parliment too, so that means he got elected also with 60% of bogus votes?
also you dont want , to let peoples from multan & interior sindh to vote in elections?
any way, its not the work of any CJ in the world to keep kicking out elected representatives, & try to run its own shadow govt!
its not his duty to interfare legeslation any way , at anytime!
Mr he didn't brought CJ and for your information he was asking Gillani to write letter to swiss authorities and to give the money back which belongs to Pakistanwho is bank rolling the CJ... instead of corruption in national infrastructure and power issues he is far more concerned with dismissing gilani and bringing raja load-shedding to power.
'Constituent Assembly'? Joking? May be in late 40's/early 50's there was a need but the Parliament of Pakistan, at least since 1973, are the legal so-called 'Constituent Assembly'.
Our Indian guests here are spot on in saying it is the Parliament which can enact laws as it sees fit. This 'Islamic' 'interpretation' by the CJP is extremely subjective, slippery-slope, and very personal legal course.
But... let's cut the crap and remove the cobwebs: A bunch of people here are so supportive of the, what I believe to be, judicial-overreach--is because the target is eventually Zardari. And it does not matter than the Constitution, whether fairly or not, gives Zardari the immunity. The 3-member neurotic bench of judges are being exposed for their political and ideological bias as we speak. And, no, the Hasba Bill was an extreme example. There were no takers for that even then. I stand by my statements that the judiciary has over-reached, is ideologically motivated, and its actions are detrimental to Pakistan's interests.
I am still not going to stoop to the level of accusing these judges of 'corruption'. I have no proof of that. But, given that Justice (and then President!!!) Tarar himself was involved in corruption to unseat the then CJP anything is possible.
Notice how the writer wants the constitution to be taken in spirit.That has once again shown what happens when lawyers — in this case lawyers elevated to the benches of the highest court in the land — choose to interpret documents in a way that suits them instead of taking a document in the spirit in which it was drafted.
I agree with the contents of this paragraph. The contempt case ruling was unconstitutional and should have been appealed.Of course, this is part of what being a lawyer is about and this is what lawyers are paid for while representing their clients. These are tactics to be employed strategically to the best advantage of one’s client. Statesmen have no such luxury because the greater interests of a whole people depend on the steps they take. Similarly, judges, once elevated from their status as lawyers, are duty bound to proceed according to the spirit of the constitution and to attach the most direct and logical meaning to constitutional provisions. In the view of this writer, the Supreme Court has resorted to blatant legal sophistry in both the way it has dealt with the contempt case and now the disqualification of Pakistan’s unanimously elected, longest serving Prime Minister, Mr. Yousaf Raza Gilani. As Justice Katju, formerly of the Indian Supreme Court, wrote in his precise opinion that the Supreme Court should not have overruled 248(2) and asked the prime minister to write a letter to a foreign authority to initiate proceedings against the President of the republic, which is absolutely barred by the constitution of this republic in clearest terms.
The Supreme Court did this again when it overreached and overturned the Speaker’s ruling against reference to the Election Commission for disqualification of Mr Gilani as a member of the National Assembly. The language of the constitution is quite clear in this matter. The Speaker is the keeper of the national conscience and the power vested in that office was to be a safety valve against the judiciary treading on legislative space. The order in question imputes redundancy to Article 63(2) of the Constitution and that is not all that it does. It introduces the new doctrine of automatic disqualification. This is obviously the most dangerous outcome of this opinion because it means, in essence, that automatic disqualifications can occur at any time. The door has been opened to the judiciary deciding who is and who is not automatically disqualified. It therefore makes Article 69 of the Constitution redundant as well and means that justices sitting in the Supreme Court can decide who is to be the chief executive of the country. The order in question therefore is Pakistan’s version of Bush v Gore 531 US 98 (2000). That judgment is infamous for underscoring the failure of the US constitutional system and of course, the world has had to live with the consequences.
Many have hailed this order as an example of Pakistan’s ability to deal with a constitutional crisis in a legal way without a breakdown via an army coup. This is an unfortunate assertion. The problem with military coups is not that the military is carrying it out but that a coup subverts the constitutional and democratic process in the country. It does not matter if the colour of one’s uniform is khaki or black. The basic feature of Pakistani constitution is the separation of powers. This means that in their respective spheres the executive, legislative and judicial arms have to remain separate, unfettered and independent. This applies equally to an executive infringing judicial independence and the judiciary impeding the constitutional democratic process. With respect to the honourable Supreme Court therefore, and it is hard to muster such respect in light of the recent events, one is forced to conclude that the short order was partisan and is a major setback to democracy.
Section 63(2) says:63. Disqualifications for membership of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament): (1) A person shall be disqualified from being elected or chosen as, and from being, a member of the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament), if:-
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(g) he has been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction for propagating any opinion, or acting in any manner, prejudicial to the ideology of Pakistan, or the sovereignty, integrity or security of Pakistan, or morality, or the maintenance of public order, or the integrity or independence of the judiciary of Pakistan, or which defames or brings into ridicule the judiciary or the Armed Forces of Pakistan, unless a period of five years has elapsed since his release;
Given the premise that Gilani was convicted of contempt, he has to be disqualified by the Speaker himself. Now the petitioner pleaded before the court that the Speaker acted against the spirit of the constitution by not disqualifying Gilani, which is true. Gilani's disqualification criterion is clearly in the list and the The Speaker who "is the keeper of the national conscience" failed to perform his duty. He acted against the spirit of the constitution. Hence the SC had to take action. In deciding on the disqualification petition, neither the Speaker nor the SC bench should look into the details of the contempt case. Such revisionism is even more harmful for the judicial process. Once we agree on this, the SC's ruling of automatic disqualification seems correct.(2) If any question arises whether a member of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) has become disqualified from being a member, the Speaker or, as the case may be, the Chairman shall, unless he decides that no such question has arisen, refer the question to the Election Commission within thirty days and should he fail to do so within the aforesaid period it shall be deemed to have been referred to the Election Commission.
Sir their is some fundamental rules on which whole constitution is based in Pakistan it is that no law can be made against Quran and Sunnah or which is not in terms with Quran and Sunnah that is what CJ was sayingI think now the matter has been very clear. CJ' statement was taken out of context.
There has been rumours appearing in the media since last 2 days that the government is trying to dissolve the existing Judiciary by reducing her powers and bringing her under the shadow of Provincial government. What that means is there will be 4 Supreme Courts in Pakistan for 4 provinces and I think what that means is they will not be able to intervene in the state affairs. They already did the similar thing with the Higher Education Commission when they were refusing to verify the fake degrees of MNA's.
So I think the Chief Justice meant to say that the parliament cannot legislate against the constitution and the parliament has no right to introduce such bills that clashes with the existing constitution.
sir i did not disagree to that.. i was talking about the first part 'constitution' while you are referring to the second part... 'Islam'Sir their is some fundamental rules on which whole constitution is based in Pakistan it is that no law can be made against Quran and Sunnah or which is not in terms with Quran and Sunnah that is what CJ was saying