Religion & Law

Pakistan court strikes down contempt law
Pakistan's top court on Friday struck down a new law that sought to exempt members of the government from contempt trials, clearing the way for legal proceedings against the prime minister.

Pakistan's top court strikes down contempt law
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday struck down a recently passed law to protect the prime minister from being charged with contempt of court and ousted from office, like his predecessor, for refusing to reopen an old corruption case against the president.

Administration Internal Divisions Over Drone Strikes in Pakistan
(Kenneth Anderson) The Wall Street Journal?s ace national security reporting team ? Adam Entous, Siobhan Gorman, Julian Barnes, several others ? reported in a very interesting story today that divisions have emerged at the senior levels of the Obama administration over the strategic utility of drone strikes in Pakistan...

LONG WAR JOURNAL: Keeping track of US air strikes in Pakistan. There are limits on the robustness of
LONG WAR JOURNAL: Keeping track of US air strikes in Pakistan. There are limits on the robustness of the data, as LWJ explains at the site, since much of it can’t be corroborated by independent journalists, but Bill Roggio is a crucial source of information...

Contempt of Court (Just a comedy)
Contempt of court is an offence where one is to be found in acting in disrespect manner toward the court, judge or officers of court. Non complianace of judgment may sometime be held for contempt of court...

WELL, OBAMA DID THREATEN TO INVADE PAKISTAN BACK DURING THE CAMPAIGN: Walter Russell Mead: Next: D
WELL, OBAMA DID THREATEN TO INVADE PAKISTAN BACK DURING THE CAMPAIGN: Walter Russell Mead: Next: Drone Strikes on Pakistan?s ISI? It’s not like they don’t deserve it: “One should be clear about this; attacks on embassies and on military personnel and positions are acts of war...

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