Judiciary
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Political Engineering in Pakistan. The Military View
Omar Ali posts the first part of Hamid Hussain’s essay on political engineering in Pakistan, which sets out the army’s view after Nawaz Sharif’s July 2017 disqualification, alleging military hands…
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Cake & Rape
X.T.M, after Pakistanis accused him of selective posting about the Kathua and Unnao rapes, argues that India’s justice system is shambolic, that violence against women is the region’s pressing issue,…
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High Court Upholds Death Sentence on Aasia Bibi
The author condemns the Lahore High Court’s decision to uphold Aasia Bibi’s death sentence, arguing that lower courts award death automatically in blasphemy cases and that Christians and Ahmadis in…
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The revolution eats her (girl) child
The author comments on Jayalalithaa’s conviction in an 18-year-old Tamil Nadu disproportionate assets case, arguing that she corrupted Tamil politics after her mentor MGR and comparing her rise and fall…
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Jalliikattu ban
Welcoming the Supreme Court’s ban on Jallikattu bull fights, the poster argues that a centuries-old tradition cannot justify cruelty, credits Jairam Ramesh for first acting, and criticises the Tamil Nadu…
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Yingluck runs out of luck
On the Constitutional Court’s removal of Yingluck Shinawatra, the poster notes claims of judicial bias and argues orderly non-democratic rule cannot replace political freedom, seeing Thailand’s red and yellow shirts…
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Baby Musa is a free man
Baby Musa, charged with attempted murder in Lahore, is freed after police strike his name from the FIR. The poster hopes the court will act on its own motion and…
