Zaeem Mumtaz Bhatti

What are JIT reports really worth?The JIT is the talk of the town. Uzair Baloch was a symbol of terror in Lyari, Karachi. He faces serious allegations of committing heinous crimes, including m

The short order left no room for mistakeThe short order of the Supreme Court announced today, quashing presidential reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa is all too brief and cryptic. That i

Blame must be laid at the right doorNero was fiddling while Rome burned. The sure recipe for disaster, for a complete failure for a leader, is to sit on its hand and enjoy holidays, whilst the

The Musharraf case raised several issuesThe doctrine of necessity refuses to go away.  It is something of an extraconstitutional anomaly which acts as a panacea for a whole host of unconstitu

The country has been shaken by the PIC incident “The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis”.– Dante AlighieriA

There was a twofold reason for making the President Commander-in-chief Amidst all the drama, hype and sensation, the Supreme Court walked a tightrope between upholding the maj

“I will let you go come what may, I will not give NRO at any cost”. These stock phrases ring hollow, with Nawaz Sharif going to London. However, this does not prevent the Prime Minister from reite

The story behind the womanDr Aafia Siddiqui's name is as much associated with controversy and conspiracy as mystery and intrigue. The book, Aafia Unheard,  published last month, is explosive

Things come full circle for the PTIAll across the Third World, it is debated that there is always a tug of war going on between the two limbs of the establishment: the civil establishment and

The Law Minister who causes problems Democracy and free media are inextricably intertwined. Without the former, the latter cannot flourish and vice versa. An independent media helps d