Stories by Salahuddin Ahmed

Shame and shamelessness

There are a few who carry the burden of our collective shame and expiate it.

Updated 05 Sep, 2026 08:28am

Constitutional Package — judicial overhaul or national suicide?

The Parliament cannot take away the judicial power to interpret the Constitution from the apex court and vest it in, what is effectively, a body subordinate to the government.

Updated 17 Sep, 2024 01:07pm

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING NEUTRAL

We have been systematically and successfully undermining the façade of constitutionalism and the impartiality of our judicial...

Updated 30 May, 2022 10:48pm

The neutrality of neutrals

Today, PM Imran's only hope of avoiding being ousted remains the non-neutrality of those who should be neutral.

Updated 24 Mar, 2022 07:52am

NAB: The beginning of the end?

NAB’s constitutionality has been suspect from its very inception in 1999.

Updated 28 Aug, 2020 01:31pm

Comment: Regulating suo motu and chief justice’s powers

Back in the 14th century, the English grew tired of the technicalities and lengthy procedures in courts of law.

Updated 16 Apr, 2020 09:21am

Bail in the time of coronavirus

Our jails are notorious for overcrowding.

Updated 04 Apr, 2020 09:38am

COMMENT: Tough challenges facing Khosa

For better or for worse, our judiciary remains the last hope for rule of law in Pakistan.

Updated 12 Jul, 2019 08:22am

Comment: Scrap reference against Justice Isa

The only question, then, is whether Justice Isa’s wife and children were duty-bound to declare such properties.

Updated 14 Jun, 2019 02:19pm

Comment: The NAB chairman’s Kiki challenge

Just stick to your jobs, gentlemen — and stick to the law. We’d all be better off.

Updated 20 Aug, 2018 01:47pm

Another one bites the dust

“It has not been denied that respondent No. 1 being Chairman of the Board of Capital FZE was entitled to salary,...

Updated 29 Jul, 2017 01:01pm

Shakers and shapers of Pakistani law

Hamid Khan’s ambitious volume that chronicles the judicial history of Pakistan is not without its shortcomings, yet

Published 18 Sep, 2016 07:03am

Of benches & bustards

The willingness and alacrity with which our Supreme Court changes its mind is perhaps unique.

Updated 30 Jan, 2016 08:30am

The Supreme Court verdict

The argument whether the Constitution does have a basic structure or not has finally been settled.

Published 10 Aug, 2015 01:49am

A way out

Everyone is terrified of the unnamed elephant in the room.

Published 02 Sep, 2014 01:09am

Comment: Musharraf in the dock

Musharraf’s legal team has not disclosed any real defence to the charges against him.

Updated 01 Apr, 2014 07:55am

Champions Trophy squad lacks balance, depth

My philosophy on selection has been: either convince or get convinced. The truth is that the 15-man squad announced...

Published 01 May, 2013 02:39am

Not quite out of the woods

HOW significant will the order in the Asghar Khan case be in the overall progress of the democratic project in Pakistan?

Published 22 Oct, 2012 03:03am

Not a judicial coup

THE Supreme Court’s order disqualifying Yousuf Raza Gilani as prime minister has polarised opinions inside and outside Pakistan.

Published 03 Jul, 2012 12:05am

Poor selection, fielding lapses let Pakistan down at Dunedin

Wrong team combination picked by the tour selection committee and some pathetic fielding were clearly the two major...

Published 02 Dec, 2009 12:00am