The Day the Constitution Died: How Pakistan’s Politicians Turned Revenge into Law |
Pakistan stands on the brink of what senior jurists call the slaughter of the Constitution, a constitutional coup dressed in legalese. The so-called 27th Amendment Bill, racing through Parliament, will be remembered not as reform but as requiem: a requiem for judicial independence, the rule of law, and any meaningful civilian control of the state. The legal veneer is neat; the intent is not. This is badla, revenge written into the nation’s supreme law.
To understand how we reached this bleak point, trace the lineage of grudges that have fermented into constitutional mutilation, three political dynasties and one institution, all practising reprisals that now wear the robe of reform.
First, the Bhuttos. The family’s grievance with the judiciary is old and visceral. The courts’ role in Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s ouster and execution in 1979 has shadowed Pakistan ever since. The PPP never forgave the courts that validated dissolutions of civilian governments in the 1990s. Lacking the power to confront the military, the Bhuttos turned their ire on the judiciary, the easier target. Over time, judicial independence became for them an obstacle to be circumvented, not a principle to defend.
آئینی ترامیم کی لوٹ سیل، زرداری صاحب نے بھی خود کو تمام عمر کے لیے امر کر لیا!
اس ترمیم کے بعد صدر زرداری تا عمر ”Untouchable“
بن گئے!
لگے ہاتھوں علوی صاب اب کوئی بھی جرم کر سکتے ہیں 🙂
لیکن لگتا ہے کہ فیلڈ کا آخری پڑاؤ صدارت بھی ہو سکتا ہے
لیکن 2047 میں
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— Mirza Shahzad Akbar (@ShazadAkbar) November 8, 2025
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