EPISODE · Nov 13, 2025 · 15 MIN
CutTheClutter: 2 Pakistan SC judges resign over 27th Amendment: How it crushes judicial independence, & controversy
from ThePrint · host ThePrint
Two Pakistan Supreme Court judges - Justices Mansoor Ali Shah & Athar Minallah resigned within hours of the controversial 27th Amendment being passed and signed into law by Pakistan President. In Episode 1756 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains how this amendment shifts the power centre, takes away the independence of judiciary and alters the equation between judiciary & the executive. ----more----Watch #CutTheClutter Ep 1755 here: https://youtu.be/afcBPtdtCLk----more----Watch CutTheClutter episode no 1522 here: https://youtu.be/Ku0Jhstm23M----more----Read Pakistan's Final Constitutional Amendment here: https://www.dawn.com/news/1953890/funeral-of-judicial-independence-how-proposed-constitutional-changes-affect-structure-of-pakistans-judiciary----more----Reed Zahid Hussain's article here: https://www.dawn.com/news/1954621/killing-the-constitution----more----Read Maleeha Lodhi's article here: https://www.dawn.com/news/1954232/slide-into-authoritarianism----more----Watch Shamshad Mirza's CutTheClutter episode here: https://youtu.be/xAtVjmoL98A
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Two Pakistan Supreme Court judges - Justices Mansoor Ali Shah & Athar Minallah resigned within hours of the controversial 27th Amendment being passed and signed into law by Pakistan President. In Episode 1756 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains how this amendment shifts the power centre, takes away the independence of judiciary and alters the equation between judiciary & the executive. ----more----Watch #CutTheClutter Ep 1755 here: https://youtu.be/afcBPtdtCLk----more----Watch CutTheClutter episode no 1522 here: https://youtu.be/Ku0Jhstm23M----more----Read Pakistan's Final Constitutional Amendment here: https://www.dawn.com/news/1953890/funeral-of-judicial-independence-how-proposed-constitutional-changes-affect-structure-of-pakistans-judiciary----more----Reed Zahid Hussain's article here: https://www.dawn.com/news/1954621/killing-the-constitution----more----Read Maleeha Lodhi's article here: https://www.dawn.com/news/1954232/slide-into-authoritarianism----more----Watch Shamshad Mirza's CutTheClutter episode here: https://youtu.be/xAtVjmoL98A
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