Mohammad Akram Sheikh Friday, December 16, 2011 PART – 1 On Monday the 12th of December, 2011 an eleven member Bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court has issued notice to Nawabzada Ahmed Raza Khan Qasuri, as a complainant in the murder case of his father Nawab Mohammad Ahmed Khan wherein former Prime Minister of Pakistan…
Mohammad Akram Sheikh Friday, December, 9, 2011 U.S. lead NATO strikes on Salala Check-Post on 26th November, 2011 was an act of naked aggression against the sovereignty and integrity of Pakistan, who is an ally against war on terror. The invading forces presence in Afghanistan was mandated by United Nations Security Council (U.N.S.C) Resolution No.1974…
Mohammad Akram Sheikh Friday, December 2, 2011 “The executive arm of the State is elected to represent the will of the people and if such institution starts taking pride in avoiding the court verdicts, as an act of heroism, then why would a common man abide by law, respect the court’s judgments or command of…
Mohammad Akram Sheikh Friday, November 25, 2011 The outcome of the Haqqani Memorandum of 10th of May has travelled far beyond its intended destination. While the Ambassador Hussain Haqqani had to be summoned to appear for a probe before the Trioka and answer their questions, one of the most outstanding features of this episode was…
Mohammad Akram Sheikh Friday, April 8, 2011 PART – 2 In our neighboring country India, which has similar constitutional and legal provisions like ours, the Supreme Court exercises a jurisdiction known as curative jurisdiction, after all the remedies including review are exhausted to address this issue of wrongful conviction. A curative petition is required to…
Mohammad Akram Sheikh Thursday, April 07, 2011 PART – 1 On the eve of the 32nd death anniversary of Late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on 4th April 2011, the PPP government, at the initiative of President Asif Ali Zardari, decided to send a reference under Article 186 of the Constitution of Pakistan to the Supreme Court…
Mohammad Akram Sheikh December 4, 2010 Let us never forget that terrorism at its heart, at its evil heart, is a psychological war. It endeavours to break the spirit and the resolve of those it attacks by creating a lose-lose situation. Norm Coleman I find myself greatly privileged to have been given an opportunity to…
Mohammad Akram Sheikh Monday, November 22, 2010 PART – 2 A distinction has to be drawn between aggression and legitimate resistance. The two cannot be clubbed under the generic rubric of terror. To quote Mr Noam Chomsky, the United States has adopted double standards and has rejected “the principle of universality”. According to him, decent…
Mohammad Akram Sheikh Sunday, November 21, 2010 Let us never forget that terrorism at its heart, at its evil heart, is a psychological war. It endeavours to break the spirit and the resolve of those it attacks by creating a lose-lose situation. — Norm Coleman I find myself greatly privileged to have been given an…
A comparative analysis of civil and common law jurisdictions Mohammad Akram Sheikh Friday, November 12, 2010 Following is the continuation of the article published on Nov 11, 2010, issue of The News. ii See, e.g., Alec Stone Sweet, “Why Europe Rejected American Judicial Review and why it may not Matter,” JSTOR: Michigan Law Review, Vol….
