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Reading now.. The beginning is just amazing..

Other judges remarks on the same matter? Or they kept quite..

Read Justice Gulzar's judgment quickly.. He says tht I agree with whatever Justice Khosa has written..however i intend to write additional notes on few issues.. He talked abt jurisdiction of article 184/3 and 62/63 ...in both these issues..also he agrees with Justice Khosa's POV..just given his own additional perspective...and disqualified PM

So i think on Ishaq Dar and NAB issues...he also agrees with whatever Justice Khosa said..because he started his judgment by agreeing with Justice Khosa
 
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Justice khosa and Justice Gulzar have shown righteousness in very trying conditions. The rest of the judges just caved in like a collapsing rooftop. This 'sharif'' family is the putrified mess from the eighties still lingering on with us. I remember once visiting their 'pride junk - ittefaq steel mill'. It was nothing like a steel mill. I would best rate it as a 'glorified lohar shop'. These 'low cost lohars from lahore inner city' thanks to ZiaulHaq became ministers and money launderers of pakistan, in the process corrupted the political landscape, administration, police, basic service structure & infact the whole society et large. Fish rots from the head, as the chinese rightly say. Their story is a story of a socially and morally collapsed high political aristocracy.
 
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Funny thing is the out going chief justice offered jit to complinants in december.... to which imran khan replied that they wanted a decision... so jamali postponed the case till after his retirement for new chief justice...

And now 5 months later.... wuha... jit
 
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Name a person who got justice from the courts of Pakistan?

And do you think the court will go against Ruling his highness?? Never....

The history is made... and would be forgotten soon both by SC and public...!!!

I don't know why Pakistanis keep expecting these silver justice bullets as they will never materialize. This is due to the devastating corruption which has seeped deep into the various institutions. The courts are literally nothing but Monkey courts.
 
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Only in Pakistan can the court dismiss a defendants evidence as inadmissible (Qatari letter) yet still not declare him guilty.

The thing is the case has not been dismissed.
 
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Ok had a good night's sleep after the Drama of yesterday. In layman's language 2 SC judges have declared our PM as a dishonest person, and 3 SC judges have also said the same thing but for some odd reason want further investigation to confirm their POV , and announced the forming of a JIT whose members will be from the same govt institutions that the SC has declared as irrelevant and unworthy of performing their duties, so how in the bloody hell can we expect any further progress in this case. Further how in God's name will the military intelligence investigate a financial scandal. It is further true that our PM has lost all moral authority to remain as our PM, but in pakistani politics there is no such thing as morality, integrity and honesty. In this gutter level politics the "game is on".
IK may be a lot of things (bad or good ), but he is not corrupt, and therefore he can never beat this system. He gave it his best shot and almost got away with it. but the people who know IK know this, that this guy is very reseliant and will not give up the fight where other mortals would. In the end we have to wait another 60 days for the JIT to complete it's work, but experience tells us that nothing ever comes out of these investigations and they always lead us into blind alleyways. The status quo has won over truth and justice.
Long Live Pakistan.
 
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i cannot understand the fact that the biggest evidence from nawaz sharif was the qatri letter which has been dismissed ..so whats the point of making a jit.? The accused , if sadiq and amin, would give convincing evidence straightaway wouldn't he?so whats the point if this jit ...
 
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The thing is the case has not been dismissed.

It's not.

The JIT report and any decision on it will be given by a new bench that would not have the judges that gave dissenting note against NS.

So basically, it's almost most likely that NS will walk away scott free yet again
 
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It's not.

The JIT report and any decision on it will be given by a new bench that would not have the judges that gave dissenting note against NS.

So basically, it's almost most likely that NS will walk away scott free yet again

There is no point in having those two judges again in the bench cuz they have already given their verdict, u getting my point, they r already sure Nawaz is a liar + Mujrim hence stands disqualified, the issue is other three judges, for their comfort this JIT is being made.
 
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An elusive victory

By: Raza Rumi
21-Apr-17

After a long wait and endless speculation, the Supreme Court has announced its verdict on the Panama case against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Third time elected PM has once again survived in office. Two Supreme Court judges in their dissenting judgment found Sharif guilty of the charges levelled against him. This was a close call for PM Sharif. He survives. But the real question is for how long?

From the very start, the Supreme Court was under tremendous pressure. Sections of noisy and at times irresponsible electronic media, opposition leader Imran Khan and a large number of opinion makers wanted Sharif to be disqualified. The media engagement in this trial is a separate story but it is somewhat worrying for Pakistan's future if TV anchors start culling the evidence and passing verdicts in their prime time shows.

Taking note of the parallel proceedings in the court of public opinion, the formation of a Joint Investigation Team makes sense. However, its composition is somewhat peculiar as it includes representatives of the military intelligence and the all-powerful Inter-Services Intelligence. While the latter in theory reports to the PM, the former is purely a military outfit. Pakistan's military had ostensibly stayed neutral through the proceedings but now it will have a direct role in investigating the charges of corruption against PM Sharif and his family. Maryam Nawaz, PM's daughter and likely successor, was not directly named in the investigations; and this will be a relief for the Sharif family. Earlier, speculations had focused on Maryam's likely disqualification thereby denting the Sharif dynasty in a serious way. In an unlikely event even if the JIT disqualifies PM Sharif, Maryam could potentially emerge as the next leader of the PML-N. Dynastic politics is a reality in South Asia; and that is unlikely to change anytime soon.

Despite this narrow escape, PM Sharif should be worried. His credibility will take a further hit as the investigation proceeds and the calls for his resignation turn louder. With a sizeable section of the media opposing Sharif, it might be difficult to sail through 2017 and return victorious in 2018 elections. Asif Ali Zardari and Imran Khan have already asked the PM to resign. Who knows if the mercurial Khan goes for another round of agitation (he has launched two protest movements in the past three years) and if he is joined by an increasingly sidelined PPP.

In that case, the political game will become tougher and tougher for PM Sharif. Perhaps this year will witness major political decisions, and the prospect of an early election cannot be ruled out.

Many Pakistanis will certainly feel disappointed that courts do not hold the rich and the powerful accountable. Panama leaks included the names of other bigwigs, including tycoons and former and serving judges, but their cases have completely gone into oblivion.

With increased awareness, political engagement and rising expectations of the urban middle classes, it is no longer possible to get away with serious allegations of money laundering, tax evasion and dubious wealth accumulation. Especially for the country's largest political party and its leadership. Other than working on the short-term tactics, the Sharifs will have to think about their long-term political survival. For now Sharif has won but this is, at best, an elusive victory.

It is noteworthy that the Supreme Court decided against sending an elected government home without due process. Considering that interventions of a political nature by un-elected institutions of state have been an unfortunate norm in the history of Pakistan, this judgment appears to be a decisive break with that past. Some in Pakistan still carry the wounds of a past when the judiciary was on board with political witch-hunts.

That seems to be no longer the case. But it will take time and more progress on Pakistan's march towards democracy before those old wounds are fully healed.
 
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