Author: Dawood, Jan Mohammed [Dawood, Janmohammad]
Title: The Role of Superior Judiciary in the Politics of Pakistan
Description: Karachi, Royal Book Company, (1994). orig.boards. 22x14cm, (4), 150 pp. Minor rubbing. Some light binding corner bumps. VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Dissolution of the First Constitutent Assembly; Order of Dissolution Challenged before the High Court of Sindh; Appeal Goes Before the Federal Court of Sindh; Judgement of the Federal Court Commented Upon; Yusuf Patel's Case: Governor-General Criticised; Special Reference by the Governor-General before the Federal Court; First Martial Law; Supreme Court Judgement: Martial Law Validated; Second Martial Law; Chief Justice Munir's Comments on the Supreme Court Judgement; Third Martial Law; Supreme Court Described Third Martial Law as Constituitonal Deviation; Justice Munir's Comments on Supreme Court Judgement in Begum Nusrat Bhutto's Case; Gen. Zia-ul-Haq Introduces Radical Changes in the 1973 Constitution; High Court of Balochistan Takes a Serious View of the Constitutional Amendments; Gen. Zia-u-lHaq Throws a Bombshell; Referendum; Gen. Zia-ul-Haq Withdraws Martial Law; Gen. Zia-ul-Haq Dissolves the National Assembly; Order of Dissolution by Gen. Zia-ul-Haq; Supreme Court in Appeal, Declares the Order of Dissolution as Illegal; President Ghulam Ishaq Khan Dissolves the National & Provincial Assemblies; Order of Dissolution Challenged Before the Lahore High Court & Sindh High Court; Supreme Court Validates the Order of Dissolution; Events Following the Supreme Court Judgement dated 4th November 1991; President Ghulam Ishaq Khan Again Dissolves the National Assembly; Nr. Naaz Sharif Challenges the Order of Dissolution; Supreme Court Declares the Order...as Illegal; Aftermath of Supreme Court Judgement; Epilogue.

Keywords: Pakistan, Political History, Superior Judiciary, High Court, Martial Law, Zia-ul-Haq, Legal Politics, South Asia,