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JUDICIAL ACTIVISM IN PAKISTAN AND ITS IMPACTS ON TRIPARTITE GOVERNANCE LESSONS FROM THE US CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTRUCT

05 Pages : 44-57

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2024(IX-III).05      10.31703/gpr.2024(IX-III).05      Published : Sep 2024

Judicial Activism in Pakistan and its Impacts on Tripartite Governance: Lessons from the US Constitutional Construct

    The judiciary played a significant role in the evolution of democracy in Pakistan. Throughout history, the military remained at the core of politics and as an avoidable stakeholder influenced the judiciary in validating its extraconstitutional actions. However, after 2009, the judiciary emerged as exceptionally independent invalidating extraconstitutional actions and stretching its authority to take up matters else within the jurisdictional province of the other state organs, resulting in judicial overstretch. Excessive judicial activism had evident adverse impacts on the equilibrium of the state organs, imposed financial liabilities, and compromised its dignity. By employing qualitative research methodology, this article considers the judiciary as a double-edged weapon and critically examines the cases where the judiciary deviated from the international treaty obligations, leaving the fragile economy of Pakistan to a blow of penalties. Lastly, the research contributes to what Pakistan can learn from the US Constitutional construct.

    Democracy, Judicial Activism, Parliament, Reko Diq, ICSID, Suo Motu, Separation of Powers, US Constitution
    (1) Bakht Munir
    Postdoc Research Fellow, The University of Kansas School of Law (KU) Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA.
    (2) Akhtar Ali Ansari
    LL.M Scholar, University of Lahore (UOL), Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Tahir Mahmood
    LLM Scholar, University of Lahore (UOL), Punjab, Pakistan.
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    APA : Munir, B., Ansari, A. A., & Mahmood, T. (2024). Judicial Activism in Pakistan and its Impacts on Tripartite Governance: Lessons from the US Constitutional Construct. Global Political Review, IX(III), 44-57. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2024(IX-III).05
    CHICAGO : Munir, Bakht, Akhtar Ali Ansari, and Tahir Mahmood. 2024. "Judicial Activism in Pakistan and its Impacts on Tripartite Governance: Lessons from the US Constitutional Construct." Global Political Review, IX (III): 44-57 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2024(IX-III).05
    HARVARD : MUNIR, B., ANSARI, A. A. & MAHMOOD, T. 2024. Judicial Activism in Pakistan and its Impacts on Tripartite Governance: Lessons from the US Constitutional Construct. Global Political Review, IX, 44-57.
    MHRA : Munir, Bakht, Akhtar Ali Ansari, and Tahir Mahmood. 2024. "Judicial Activism in Pakistan and its Impacts on Tripartite Governance: Lessons from the US Constitutional Construct." Global Political Review, IX: 44-57
    MLA : Munir, Bakht, Akhtar Ali Ansari, and Tahir Mahmood. "Judicial Activism in Pakistan and its Impacts on Tripartite Governance: Lessons from the US Constitutional Construct." Global Political Review, IX.III (2024): 44-57 Print.
    OXFORD : Munir, Bakht, Ansari, Akhtar Ali, and Mahmood, Tahir (2024), "Judicial Activism in Pakistan and its Impacts on Tripartite Governance: Lessons from the US Constitutional Construct", Global Political Review, IX (III), 44-57
    TURABIAN : Munir, Bakht, Akhtar Ali Ansari, and Tahir Mahmood. "Judicial Activism in Pakistan and its Impacts on Tripartite Governance: Lessons from the US Constitutional Construct." Global Political Review IX, no. III (2024): 44-57. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2024(IX-III).05