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ANALYSIS OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF SUPERIOR JUDICIARY UNDER CIVILIAN GOVERNMENTS IN PAKISTAN FROM 1947 TILL 2009

03 Pages : 25-31

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2017(II-I).03      10.31703/gesr.2017(II-I).03      Published : Dec 2017

Analysis of the Independence of Superior Judiciary Under Civilian Governments in Pakistan: From 1947 till 2009

    The political history of Pakistan is divided into two phases: military regimes and political/civilian governments. The military ruled over Pakistan more than half and civilian governments remained in power less than half of its entire history. This paper studies and examines the function of the judiciary and effect of executive on independence of the superior courts during civilian governments in Pakistan from 1947 till 2009. Violation of judiciary independence of through executive are examined under several domains like its undue role in judicial appointments and removal; its undue influence during the case proceedings and decisions; the abuse of judicial proceedings due to political considerations.

    Independence of Judiciary, Superior Judiciary, Executive, Judicial Appointment, Removal.
    (1) Mobina Mehsood
    Lecturer, Nawab Allah Nawaz Khan Law college, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Fawad Khan
    Student, Department of Public Administration, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Raza Ullah Shah
    Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences, Qurtuba University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
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    APA : Mehsood, M., Khan, F., & Shah, R. U. (2017). Analysis of the Independence of Superior Judiciary Under Civilian Governments in Pakistan: From 1947 till 2009. Global Educational Studies Review, II(I), 25-31. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2017(II-I).03
    CHICAGO : Mehsood, Mobina, Fawad Khan, and Raza Ullah Shah. 2017. "Analysis of the Independence of Superior Judiciary Under Civilian Governments in Pakistan: From 1947 till 2009." Global Educational Studies Review, II (I): 25-31 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2017(II-I).03
    HARVARD : MEHSOOD, M., KHAN, F. & SHAH, R. U. 2017. Analysis of the Independence of Superior Judiciary Under Civilian Governments in Pakistan: From 1947 till 2009. Global Educational Studies Review, II, 25-31.
    MHRA : Mehsood, Mobina, Fawad Khan, and Raza Ullah Shah. 2017. "Analysis of the Independence of Superior Judiciary Under Civilian Governments in Pakistan: From 1947 till 2009." Global Educational Studies Review, II: 25-31
    MLA : Mehsood, Mobina, Fawad Khan, and Raza Ullah Shah. "Analysis of the Independence of Superior Judiciary Under Civilian Governments in Pakistan: From 1947 till 2009." Global Educational Studies Review, II.I (2017): 25-31 Print.
    OXFORD : Mehsood, Mobina, Khan, Fawad, and Shah, Raza Ullah (2017), "Analysis of the Independence of Superior Judiciary Under Civilian Governments in Pakistan: From 1947 till 2009", Global Educational Studies Review, II (I), 25-31
    TURABIAN : Mehsood, Mobina, Fawad Khan, and Raza Ullah Shah. "Analysis of the Independence of Superior Judiciary Under Civilian Governments in Pakistan: From 1947 till 2009." Global Educational Studies Review II, no. I (2017): 25-31. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2017(II-I).03