The recently-passed 26th amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, under which the Supreme Court's chief justice will now be selected by a parliamentary committee and have a fixed term of three years, suffers from a crisis of legitimacy.  When the legislature does not accurately represent...

It is strange how the past and present mimic each other.  In the summer of 1909, in the midst of a naval arms race with Germany, a group of national security hawks in Britain schemed to introduce stronger legislation to prevent German espionage. The legislation...

This article is part of a series titled “Is there a way forward for Pakistan?” Read more about the series here.   Concerns over the Chief Justice of Pakistan’s discretionary powers are now being raised from within the Supreme Court. Institutional solidarity has fractured because of the...