Flaws in the judgment By Asma Jahangir

The Supreme Court (SC) has spoken and the nation must bow its head. The chief justice has asked members of the bar to pray for the judiciary. This too must be respected, as the Almighty alone can rescue those who wish to destroy themselves.
There is open friction between the ruling party and the court. By not restoring the SC judges earlier and letting Justice Dogar run amok with the law, the government lost face.
On the other hand, after a historical struggle for establishing the rule of law, the judiciary was expected to be above reproach in a political atmosphere of nepotism and incompetence. Woefully, that was not to be.....

SC to start contempt case proceedings against Malik

KARACHI, Jan 25: The lives of thousands of passengers are at stake owing to a major security flaw at the country’s busiest airport, technical experts have warned.

The Airport Security Force is continuing to use a bomb detector at the Jinnah International Airport despite the fact that British government and scientists have declared the device “not suitable for bomb detection”.

The device known as ADE-651 has been manufactured by a British company ATSC (UK) and has been exported to over 20 countries, including Pakistan......

Detailed judgment on contempt notices released

ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: The Supreme Court released on Monday its detailed judgment on review petitions filed by superior court judges to whom contempt notices had been issued in consequence of the July 31 verdict.
“Had our superior judiciary followed the path of non-PCO judges, the course of Pakistan’s political and judicial history would have been different,” the verdict authored by Justice Javed Iqbal observed.
“In fact the (July 31, 2009) judgment has been considered in the country as well as on global level as a triumph of democratic principles and a stinging negation of the dictatorship,” it said......