Pakistan’s judiciary and the Supreme Court Bar Association raged on Saturday over allegations of interference in judicial issues by the nation’s safety establishments, with the chief justice of the Lahore High Court asserting that the judiciary within the nation by no means takes directions from different establishments.
Addressing a gathering on the Asma Jehangir Conference in Lahore titled Role of Judiciary in Protecting Human Rights and Strengthening Democracy, Justice Gulzar Ahmed mentioned that the judiciary is functioning independently and there’s no interference in it.
He mentioned, ‘I’ve not taken the stress of any establishment nor have I listened to any establishment. No one tells or guides me write my verdict. I’ve by no means taken any choice that I did it on the behest of another person and nobody has the braveness to say something to me.”
He strongly denied that the judiciary was being influenced by different establishments or taking dictation from them.
His statements got here as a part of his speech throughout the occasion, the place Pakistan’s Supreme Court Bar Association president Ali Ahmed Kurd, with out talking, alleged that safety establishments have been influencing the highest judiciary.
“A common dominates a rustic of 220 million individuals. The similar common has despatched the judiciary to quantity 126. [in rankings]Referring to the World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index 2021, he mentioned, on which Pakistan is ranked 126th within the class of Fundamental Rights.
Justice Ahmed mentioned that nobody interfered in his work and he determined the instances on advantage.
“I’ve never heard, seen, understood or felt anybody talk,” he mentioned.
“My court docket provides justice to the individuals. Come to the court docket of Ali Ahmed Kurd and see what is going on. Read the court docket’s choice and see what is going on. my judges write judgments on daily basis […] See how our court docket is working with independence and abiding by the regulation and implementing the Constitution,” he mentioned.
Interestingly, talking on the identical platform earlier than Chief Justice Ahmed, Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah acknowledged that a few of the Kurdish criticisms have been professional, including that in instances such because the Nusrat Bhutto case and the Zafar Ali Decision. Shah’s case was part of historical past.
“These decisions were responsible for making and enabling those referred to by Mr. Ali Ahmed Kurd,” Justice Minallah mentioned.
Justice Minallah additional mentioned that the judiciary “should not bury its head in the sand and ignore its mistakes”.
The Supreme Court had on completely different events upheld the army takeover of Pervez Musharraf within the 1977 Ziaul Haq case and the Zafar Ali Shah case in 1999 within the Nusrat Bhutto case.
The former Chief Justice of Gilgit-Baltistan mentioned in an affidavit that the previous Chief Justice of Pakistan, Saqib Nisar, in 2018 put stress on an IHC decide to disclaim bail to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif until the overall elections are over. The judiciary has come beneath new stress. ,
The three-time prime minister, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Muhammad Safdar have been convicted within the Avenfield property case on July 6, 2018. Sharif was additionally sentenced to seven years within the Al-Azizia Steel Mills case in December 2018. But Sharif was granted bail in each the instances and was additionally allowed to go to London for remedy.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
