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Pakistan Judiciary Crisis Deepens

“Pakistan Judiciary Crisis Deepens” as the government passed a controversial amendment to the constitution that many accuse of undermining the judiciary’s independence and further destabilizing the country’s democracy. During a secretive, late-night parliamentary session, lawmakers enacted the 26th constitutional amendment, sparking outrage over claims that authorities abducted and intimidated them to secure their votes in […]

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“Constitutional Crisis in Making”

The Parliament must keep the judicial power to interpret the Constitution from the apex court and vest it in, effectively, a body subordinate to the government. This critical point is at the heart of the 26th Constitution Amendment Bill, a circulating draft. If the proposed changes are indeed what the government intends to implement, we