Pakistan's Legal and Constitutional Crisis - Salman Akram Raja - Imran Khan's Lawyer - #TPE 309

Salman Akram Raja is one of the top lawyers of Pakistan, currently he is Imran Khan's Lawyer and in the past he has represented Nawaz Sharif too. Salman Akram Raja comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the Judiciary, the Lawyers Movement, the cases against Imran Khan, the Panama Case, NAB, Article 63-A, the Constitution, Supreme Court Rules, Elevation of Judges and Pakistan's legal crisis. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89 Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:30 Being Nawaz Sharif’s Lawyer and Pakistan’s Judicial Crisis 6:30 Truth and Accountability of the Judiciary 10:51 Iftikhar Chaudhry and the Lawyers Movement 17:00 Removing Yousouf Raza Gillani and Nawaz Sharif 22:00 Pressure on Judges and Judiciary 25:30 NAB 30:00 Interpretation of 63-A and the role of the Judiciary 42:00 Dissolution of the Assembly and 58 2(B) 52:30 The Legality and the Principle of Military Courts 58:30 Objectives Resolution and Understanding the Constitution 1:04:00 Basic Structure of the Constitution and how the Indian Supreme Court decided 1:11:30 Supreme Court Rules Act and the Order against it 1:21:00 Elevation to the Supreme Court 1:30:30 Supreme Judicial Council 1:31:50 Lawyers arguing and speaking on cases you are personally involved in 1:40:45 Audience Questions and Imran Khan’s cases