Killing the Nation with Impunity

Bravo!! Bravo !!! Nighat Yasmeen, your truth speak and boldness shines out before the hypocricies of some of our chowists who would be deep inside jealous of these civilian brokers, marketeers and consolidators of the military elites and would like to be in Pirzada`s suit.
Infact, Pirzada is the comprador in the Pakistani Civil society who can throw everyone else to hell just to partake some of the booties of the military dictators.

Nighat,
Jadoogar or a legal genius ? How about spineless LOTA. All the great titles bestowed upon him by succesive military and non-military leaders have propelled him to the status of an indespensable national treasure. Far from it, he is a self serving leech. He does no justice to his profession or to the country. Musharaf can tear apart the constitution to shreds because there will always be Mr. Pirzada waiting to defend him. When reading the constitution they overlooked article 6 (1) apparently they suffer from selective reading. Sending Pirzada to the gallows tempting as it is might be is a bit harsh but I do agree that he is not a decent person by any standards. He and others like him dont increase the country`s prestige they just increase our shame and suffering.

Thanks Nighat Yasmeen for a very poignant article making the case so strongly that only way to oppose would be to distract attention from the topic and start personal attacking on you, BB, NS, India, RAW, USA, zionists, BJP and who knows what some chamchas can produce from their pandora box. He should be called Syed Badmashuddin Haramzada.....

Please keep writing.

nighat,
this is great.. our dimaagi halat (also bakra mentality) is made obvious by the fact that someone who is screwing us left right and centre and everytime is considered our hero...(i have been introduced to his nephews at parties with an important `yae apnae sharifuddin peerzada kae bhai ka baita hae`..
im reminded of recently when at a social function an old man got a little emotional during the q and a session questioning peerzada about his shady constitution twisting practises... the reviewer, a respectable aunty for an even more respectable publication had the old man portrayed as a looney.. she all but called him senile... she also reported `sharifuddin peerzada gave the man a dignified explanation regarding how he was always working for the interest of his employer`.. or something as redeeming along the same lines

have u tried to get this published in the print media?
regards

As a lawyer, I have to admire SSP. He`s a consumate professional (let me be the devil`s advcate - no pun intended - here).

As a lawyer, you book a case, get your fees and then argue it. Or, as a legal consultant, you can advise your client about the possibility of success of their actions. This is what SSP does. As long as he doesn`t lie while at the Bar or in his opinions, he can`t be faulted. He follow`s the lawyer`s Cab Rank rule: You do not throw a client out becuase you don`t like him. You accept the fare if the client can pay, and you try and drive him to his destination.

If SSP was a doctor, would you have issues if he were to turn patients away because they did not conform to his political ideology?

As a citizen of Pakistan, my views are slightly different. I don`t think you can shoulder the entire blame for Pakistan`s constitutional woes on SSP`s shoulders. It`s like saying that it`s only guns that kill, not the people who pull their triggers. In any case, Pakistan has enough other problems - problems, I might add, that have nothing to do with SSP. You can`t say that Honor Killings are the result of his role in the Maulvi Tamzuddin Case (that`s the Doctrine of Neccessity reference for you). Nor can you say that the recent surge in the stock market is because of his advice to Musharraf on constitutional matters.


Rafay Alam

PS: Please note that I say that, as a lawyer, I ``have`` to admire him.

...i would love to see a ``walk of shame`` created on a portion of footpath in karachi at zaibunnisa and lahore at the mall.....inscribed in GOLDEN letters the names of ogres like him, where people can spit, trample and generally get their `dil ki bhaRaas` outta their systems.but being the worshippers at the alter of the rising sun, this will remain nothing but a `khwahish`........
- hazaroN khwahisheN aisi ke her khwahish pe dum niklay..

I love this lady`s analyses and guts.
The only ``man`` amongst the chowkists who is willing to name the real actors at ``play`` behind the facade of religion and politics in our region.!!!!
Bravo!!! LoveU !!! LoveU!!!!!

Nighat,

What you say is true; however, it’s completely one-sided and reeks of open bias and hence not worth a serious thought. What about when an elected PM’s goons raid the Supreme Court and humiliate the judges and the Supreme Court itself for passing a judgment to which PM does not agree? Isn’t Pirzada, then, a product of this same environment? Or is it okay for you that a PM, just because he’s elected, can publicly humiliate the Court and its judges and flaunt the Law of the Land?

As I have said before, it’s the system that’s inherently flawed, blaming individuals, be it Pirzada, Zulfiqar, Benazir, Nawaz, or Musharraf is not going to cut it. The Supreme Court must be completely independent of politics and its decisions must be respected as such. It’s the system that’s needs fixing, not individuals. Individuals are mere product of the air they breathe. It’s easy to blast individuals. The bigger question is: Who’s going to tie the bell around the cat’s neck.

Nighat

…think I have read this previously (SAT?)…but did not comment there…

godot you are right…

..is hamaam maiN sub naNgay haiN…and (almost) everybody is purchasable…from the lowliest of low to the highest of the high…from the office orderly to the supreme court judge…even some generals…if it wasn’t this peerzada the junta would have found some other ibn-ul-waq’t…can never tire of repeating this: for things to get on the normal track the army occupation has to end first…

rgds,

t

re rafay_alam #4:

This is a season for disappointments. Let me add you to the list. Not only can I verify the veracity of the loony adventure at the ICJ at the hands of this gun for hire despite the advice of many a sage the bloodsucker now wants the entire legal department in the foreign affairs ministry be outsourced. In other words all legal advice that will be tendered to our hapless government will be dished out by the likes of him with public exchequer adding further to his ill-gotten gains. The rape of the poor nation continues.........the faujis have been at it forever, why shouldn`t the lawyers join the fun too?

later
-sac

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This legal commentary on two different issues is just not worth reading.

Khamkha # 7

Instead of ``Walk of Shame`` I would like to propose, the ``Wall(s) of Shame`` in every city of Pakistan. As a matter of fact we already have such walls in every city of Paksitan we just need to erase ``yahaN paishaab karne wale ko haval-e-police kia jai ga`` and ``dekho gadhay ka bachcha paishaab kar raha hay`` from those walls and write the names of people like Pirzada, Musharaf, and all others who have brought shame upon this nation. I think that would be closer to our culture as well.

Paksitan will always be there but people like pirzada eventually will not but what damage they have done now will always be remembered in the constitutional history of Paksitan with shame and regret.

Rafay_alam

I would have to agree with sac on this one. One of the point that Nighat is trying to make is that Mr. Pirzada is not a constitutional lawyer by any stretch of imagination; heck, he doesn`t even qualify as a mob`s lawayer (mob being Pak Army). Bhai mere there is also something called ``ethics`` that is taught as a part of education in the subject of law. Probably, you were one of those students who thought that getting 33 out 100 in the subject of ``ethics`` would somehow make you ethical as well.

The case for Musharaf`s Referendum that Pirzada presented before nation was that ``Article 96-A (under Seventh Amendment) has provisions for a referndum`` . I think a even a layman who can read simple english sentences can see below that Artcle 96-A of constitution does not have any provisions for the kind of referndum that Mushraf pulled. Pirzada did not show any ``brilliance`` or ``jadugari`` here. It was the gang rape of the nation by this a/hole, by the earthworms who call theselves supreme court judges, and by the army....... pure and simple. Here is article 96-A of our constitution:


Article 96-A

Referendum as to confidence in Prime Minister.

(1) If at any time the Prime Minister considers it necessary to obtain a vote of confidence of the people of Pakistan through a referendum, he may advise the President to cause matter to be referred to a referendum in accordance with law made by Parliament.

(2) The law referred to in clause ( 1) shall provide for the Constitution of Referendum Commission and the manner and mode of holding a referendum.

(3) On receipt of the advice of the Prime Minister under clause (1), the President shall call upon the Referendum Commission to conduct a referendum amongst the persons whose names appear on the electoral rolls for the immediately preceding general elections to the National Assembly as revised up-to-date.

(4) Any dispute arising in connection with the counting of votes at referendum shall be finally determined by the Referendum Commission or a member thereof authorized by it and, save as aforesaid, no dispute arising in connection with a referendum or the result thereof shall be raised or permitted to be raised before any court or other authority whatsoever.

(5) If, on the final count of the votes cast at the referendum, the Prime Minister fails to secure majority of the total votes cast in the matter of the confidence of the people of Pakistan, he shall be deemed to have tendered his resignation with in the meaning of Article 94.``.