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Tag Archives: judiciary
Throttled by Fear
In Pakistan, we learn that might is right and when you have might on your side, why compromise? Use violence and political threats, and when you know that fear is a driving force in a nation, you will invariably get your way. Continue reading
Posted in civics and society, politics
Tagged fear, judiciary, media, MQM, nizam-e-adl, pakistan, PML-N, political parties, PPP, PTI, shanakht festival, Sufi Mohammad, Swat, taliban
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Blame It On The Rain
A logical, thinking human being will point out that the cornerstone of the Prophet’s life, whom we are to emulate, was compassion, decency and honesty, and that he never would have allowed women to be locked up inside 4 walls, that the first muslim society was an open, tightly-knit community, where men respected women, rather than slandering them. Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged Bolta Pakistan, flogging, Ijtehad, Islam Afghanistan, judiciary, Mushtaq Minhas, taliban, video
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The Blind Lead The Blind
Enjoin ye righteousness upon mankind while ye yourselves forget (to practise it)? And ye are readers of the Scripture! Have ye then no sense?
– Surah-al-Baqarah, verse 44 Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged 15:14, blind, corruption, cronyism, democratic, judiciary, KWSB, loyalists, Matthew, media, Musharraf, nepotism, pakistan, PML-N, PPP, Shahbaz, Sind, Zardari. Nawaz
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Judiciary Above Suspicion
When the Prophet brought Islam to Arabia, one of the first things he requested of his followers was to abandon the tradition of long, trailing robes worn by the elite tribesmen at the time. The length of the robe indicated … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged accountable, AFP, Aitzaz Ahsan, Allah, Arabia, bribery, Chief Justice, corruption, ignorance, Islam, judges, judiciary, jurists, mullahs, nepotism, politicians, power, President, Prophet, supreme, tolerance
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