Aafia Siddiqui expresses no confidence in Pakistani lawyers

Only solidarity from the International Human Rights Organizations with ...

By: AfridiIhsan

Dr Aafia SiddiquiAafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani scientist languishing in US jail on charges of attacking US forces in Afghanistan, has expressed no confidence in lawyers provided by the Pakistani government and refused to appear before the US federal court. However, the court directed the defense lawyers to continue pursuing the case. Siddiqui, who ...

27 days ago

Former judges, lawyers ask Dogar to confess his fault

By: arboofti

Thursday, October 29, 2009 RAWALPINDI: A former chief justice of Pakistan, ex-judges of the Supreme Court and senior lawyers have rejected the stance of former Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar and asked him to confess his fault and sit down at his home.In their reaction on the press conference of former Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, ex-...

about 1 month ago

Losing the moral war

By: anonymous81841

A week ago, a three-member bench of the Supreme Court once again took up the issue of missing persons in Pakistan. Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry along with Justice Ijaz Ahmed and Justice Rahmat Hussain summoned law-enforcement officers in response to a camp set up on Islamabad’s Constitution Avenue. The bench asked the law-enforcement ...

20 days ago

Plans to try 9/11 suspect in NYC draw fire

By: shriramgopalakrishnan

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder had just announced that accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged accomplices would stand trial in New York when the blistering critiques erupted.   "Unconscionable," declared Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. "Dangerous," said form

11 days ago