Nawaz Sharif’s Moment of Truth Re: # 150 Please read again "In the line of Fire" and you will know exactly whether it was decided in PM House or in GHQ that president(Leghari) and the chief justice (Sajjad Ali Shah) has to go.

Nawaz Sharif’s Moment of Truth Please read again "In the line of Fire" and you will know exactly whether it was decided in PM House or in GHQ that president(Leghari) and the chief justice (Sajjad Ali Shah) has to go.

Musharraf and The Media The peace loving civilised international community and all those who are really heard today in Pakistan should not forget to keep demanding and pressurising the usurper to restore independent minded constitutional judges because without their restoration there would be no true democracy or rule of law in pakistan

Medals of Freedom for Justice Chaudary Judiciary always needs public support for bold/independent decisions. The Judges cannot do so unless they are assured that their lives, liberties and jobs are secured after they give an independent verdict. In absence of independent media/press, any protest/agitation from the masses after the military take over in 1999, it would be highly unfair to put all the blames on judiciary for legitimizing military govt for three years under the doctrine of necessity for achieving objectives (accountability, revival of true democracy etc) laid down by musharraf in his first speech. It was the Parliament (elected through rigged elections)the supreme institution for law-making in the country which 'legalized' everything and gave him five more years in the uniform with the timely help of friendly opposition faction(group of religion-using political parties). It was not the judiciary.

I won’t agree with the author that all Mr. Chadhry did was to say no for saving his job. We have to look into the reason for which the Musharraf wanted him to b removed so desperately in the first place. we cannot ignore 'steel mills case' and the case of missing persons whereby the authority of intelligence agencies was directly questioned for the first time in the history of pakistan. We cannot ignore the way he upheld the fundamental rights through various suo moto notices. Justice Chaudhry had all the options open during the lawyer's movement but he didnt compromise that makes him the real hero. had the lawyers any doubt as to the genuineness of the cause they were fighting for they would never be able to launch any such struggle that passionately. Lawyers knew that fighting for reinstatement of Justice Chaudhry was meant for rule of law, independence of judiciary, democracy and safeguard of fundamental rights, in which lies the ultimate peace and prosperity. It was Mr. Chaudhry's 'No' which made the whole nation to say no to the dictatorship and exteremism, which made the whole nation to demand democracy and rule of law. it conveyed the real enlightened message to the whole world from the visible vast majority of pakistani people which was obviously against the wishes of those whose interest lies in proving them to b exteremis and terrorists. Mr. chaudhry didnt only stressed on the glorified ideas of civil liberties in his speeches to make them much more sacred for the common people in Pakistan for whom these were once portrayed as something anti religion by the 'hidden forces' he also upheld these fundamental rights after he was restored much more vibrantly. again he had all the options open for compromise when he instead declared the imposition of emergency by the Genreal, nul and void. this s how he sacrificed his job and liberty for the freedom of the people of Pakistan. i dont know wht else he should have done for deserving a medal for freedom. and i also dont know y those who r really heard today dont ask for reinstatement of independed minded constitutional judges beside lifting of emergency, restoration of constitution and free and fair elections...
i think opposing/disputing any award for Asma, aitzaz, ayaz Mir, Justice Chaudhry or anyone who has the genuine contributions for rule of law only helps the forces working against these glorified ideas in which lies the ultimate peace and prosperity of our people.

Regards.

Pakistani Judges - Read This Lawyer’s Oath i dont understand y those who r really heared, dont demand for reinstatement of independent minded constitutional judges beside lifting of emergency, restoration of constitution and free and fair elections...

Teaching Science Badly – and Well Re: # 135

i was talking about the mother tongue as medium of instruction at the primary level alongwith an independent subject of english. i think the basics of every subject for teaching at primary level can easily be available in punjabi... when the students become able to understand english then offcourse it is preferable to teach them in english as u have rightly pointed out the importance of english as to its universality and richiness. This is the only way the students can start learning and understanding the subjects taught to them right from the start of their educational career.

regards.

Teaching Science Badly – and Well ``... overemphasizing vocabulary can be dangerous. Understanding is the main purpose of science teaching but many teachers think that their job is to make students learn big words. This detracts from science as a process and jeopardizes learning, particularly in a linguistically fractured country like ours...``
its really strange to note that in Punjab (for example), where majority of people live in rural areas and speak only and only punjabi, the students are taught in urdu which they cant understand in most of the cases..they have to try hard for learning big words of another language and when they start understanding they r forced again to learn another language i.e english. no one knows how many of them gets chance to enter the ``understanding phase`` which is the main purpose of science teaching. arent we just wasting time, money n energies in a useless exercise or if not useless, we r not serving the main purpose for sure..i m not sure that in how many countries the medium of instruction at primary level is a languge thats is other than the students` mother tongue...there may have some political reasons for teaching urdu and some economic or market reasons for teaching english but my point is that cant this all be achieved by imparting quality education of urdu and english as two independent and seperate subjetcs so that the other subjects like social studies, ethics, religious tudies and specially the science may be taught in one`s mother tongue...offcourse we should keep teaching science in english and urdu where there r no problems as to understanding them.

Psychology of Guerrilla War ``Lennin`s gurella struggle is valid even though it also resulted in a regressive and oppressive empire that lasted 90 yaers`` (urstruly).
drsohail, would ya plz comment.

Regards.

Why Assam to be Asom? ``Hindu fundamentalism is the biggest threat to the modern India``, says Khashwant Singh in `End of India`... this s the time whn india should learn from the outcome of islamic fundamentalism in pakistn..and pakistan from the political/democratic development of India... as the fool learns from his own mistakes n wise from the others.

A Failed Romance ``For him, she was beautiful like a spring sunshine, mystical as a winter moonlight, frivolous as a child’s giggle, restless as a butterfly and colorful as a butterfly``... (``restless and colorful as a butterfly or restless as a butterfly and colorful as a rainbow`` may b more poetic n effective) thats how i could tamper with this story...
a story of every other person who s living with feelings in this society of ours where there r predetermined laws for eveything even for (as Arundhati Roy says in god of small things) `who to love, how to love n how much to love`...the story successfully depicts the true feelings n situations n draws my attention towats the lines of Khalil gibran ``love knows not its depth untill the hour of seperation``...WELL DONE!

Saving Pakistan with the Constitution Provincial Autonomy is very important for the federation like pakistan where atleast four different nations exist with their own cultural and traditional identities and historical backgrounds so that the people have control on their own resources and they have no apprehension to be turned into a minority in their own region. The message, which `Bugti Incident`, conveys is very clear that there s no rule of law or `role of law` today in pakistan. The Demands for lawful rights r not heard and resultantly if they turn into a forceful agitation r dealt with military operations, no role of law enforcement agencies and no opportunity of fair trial..might s right n survial of the fittest..in these set of circumstances `seperation` is not a bad option bcoz the welfare of the people should always b the ultimate object and if thats not possible within united pakistan one rightly goes for seperation specially whn a province is mere legally (dejure) part of the federation and not the defacto, whn law enforcement agencies has nothing to do n the militray operations r the sole answer where establishment of military cantonments r thoguht necessary for having control.... I dont know y should one keep dreaming about the united pakistan ignoring the ground realities.

Honour Killing: Understanding The Legal Background

Honour Killing: Understanding The Legal Background it is beyond any doubt that the killings(honour or otherwise) r very painful for the society consisting of sensible/sensitive members..but at the same time declaring something `not illegal` on the basis of a repealed law s not understandable...
the problems pointed out in the article r being repeatedly pointed out ..n yes they r very serious problems..but i havent found a single person sa far who has come up with a proposed solution wich covers all the relating matters..on one hand they want death sentence for one who has committed honour killing or rape (agreed..he deserves a detrent punishment) but on the other hand they declare capital punishment inhumane like other deterent punishments n then they talk bout reforming the criminals..
i think its not that simple to give a conclusion on these issues as they involve some complex matters which have to b considered while discussing em. ``Mind making based on natural principles of criminal justice which enjoy social acceptance is v.v important``.

New LFO Ultra while legalising the millatry govt, the SC in Zafar Ali Shah case, allowed the general to amend the constitution but even then he was not given a free hand to do whtever he felt like to do..the amendments were allowed just to achieve the objectives laid down by the general in his first speech which included revival of `true` democracy, accountability and coupla others..but wht this set of amendements provide r a dummy parliament n all the ways to prolong n strenghthen general`s dictatorship n those as ministers n higher officials who were supposed to b accountable...once again this all s ultra vires even whn we see it in the light of the ``historic judgement`` which general once used to keep quoting most of the time to justify his all acts...
i always think that oppinion making s always a first step..let them teach enlightened moderation or whtever which s likely to prolong n strenghethn their rule...all we need s just few more eye openers like RIFAT n thats it...well done

Holistic Education Re: #8 i m not sure if the pakistan penal code differes from the indian penal code in this regard as it contains the word ``unnatural lust`` instead of ``sodomy`` which s wider in scope.