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Judicial alarm as sweeping 27th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan raises fears for court autonomy | The National Assembly has passed the 27th Amendment bill in a heated session underscoring sweeping changes in judicial, military and constitutional spheres | Power dynamics shift in election oversight: magistrate roles under review | Bar associations mobilise as legal fraternity warns of intelligence-agency tie-ups in judicial reform

Month: February 2023

Advocate Akram Sheikh

In numerous significant court cases, Akram Sheikh has intervened. He defended Mansoor Ijaz, a Pakistani-American who claimed that Hussain Haqqani, then-ambassador of Pakistan to the US, had submitted a memo to US authorities requesting American assistance in stopping the Pakistani military from interfering in political affairs. According to reports, Haqqani had drafted this document on …

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Justice Qazi Faez Isa – Judge of Supreme Court

After the release of the Faizabad dharna judgment in 2019 a reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa was filed by the Government alleging the properties belonging to his wife Ms. Sarina Isa are of his own, without providing opportunity of hearing, the reference was later struck down by the Supreme Court. Mrs. Isa successfully challenged …

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Justice Ayesha Malik – Judge of Supreme Court

Justice Ayesha Malik Marked the history in the Pakistan third most powerful organ after being elevated to become the First female Judge of Supreme Court in 2022 Birth Date: June 1966,  Education: B. Com, LLB, LLM (Harvard Law School,  Achievement: Named as Landon H. Gammon Fellow for academic excellence at Harvard After beginning her legal …

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