Showing posts with label Liberalism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Liberalism. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Lawyering the law: A rebuttal

The Happy Lawyer: Making a Good Life in the Law



It seems that some people are more interested in their own agendas and axes to grind than any real discussion on history or facts. The context of this ninth pillar of wisdom is an article by by Urooj Zia in Pakistan Today.

1973 Constitution is theocratic in form and substance

Tinderbox - The Past and Future of Pakistan
By Yasser Latif Hamdani (courtesy Daily Times)

While there is no consensus on whether Pakistan was envisaged as an Islamic or a secular state, there is remarkable consensus that Pakistan was not meant by the founding fathers to be a theocracy. Indeed, most Pakistanis insist that Pakistan was not envisaged as and is not a theocratic state but as a modern Islamic democratic state.