End of emergency in Pakistan ;Is this a ray of hope or another era of darkness
submitted 11 months 11 days 2 hours ago by: noormuhammad : 1 comment
President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday issued a presidential order to left the emergency and to restore the constitution.
President Pervez Musharraf introduced six more amendments in the Constitution. But here i divided these for more elaboration.
Those are:
**-In office (currently serving) President can be re-elected for a fresh term of five years.
**-The judges who had not taken oath under PCO, 2007, cannot work now with effect from Nov 3 and the judges who had taken oath under the order shall continue. The judges who had not taken the oath, they are not eligible to regain the charge of their offices.
**-The clause added by Zia-ul-Haq has been removed.
**-Now there will be a new high court for Capital City Islamabad.
**-Now governor consultation is not required for the appointment of judges for the Islamabad High Court.
**-The president shall administer oath to the chief justice of the Islamabad High Court.
[After the Islamabad High Court starts functioning, all cases relating to the Capital Territory pending in the Rawalpindi Bench of the Lahore High Court shall stand transferred to Islamabad High Court.]
**-Now minimum age to qualify for High Court Judge is 40 years. Constitution has been amended from 45 years to 40.[It has been amended due to lack of judges in bar. Govt. had already fired 50 judges.].
**-Judges who had not taken the oath under PCO, they can enjoy pension and other retirement benefits.
**-The district and sessions judges appointed as judges of high courts who had not taken the oath under PCO, they cannot enjoy these pension and retirement benefits but they can get Superannuation.(The savings which have been accumulated over time by an individual which is used to fund their retirement).
**-Is there any ray of hope for common people OR we are moving towards Dark Age?
**-Is there any hope for justice and peace in country?
**-Is this constitution helpful for a common man?
**-Can this constitution provide basic rights to people of Pakistan?
**-Can we feel safe now?
**-Can this constitution help us to find the lost people arrested by agencies?
**-What about the judges who were implementing the rule of law in Pakistan?
**-Who is going to get the benefits from all these events happening in Pakistan? You? Me? We all? if not then who?
Think.... before it is too late.




















Comments
Well, interesting points Mr.Noor Muhammad .