The courtroom No 1 in the Supreme Court witnessed an interesting proceedings on Tuesday when a mother was able to understand the legal complexities of a case related to her daughter’s dower after Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry fluently used Pashtu language as tool to communicate with her.
The chief justice was heading his bench over a family matter related to dower issue of one Ms Naz Begum of Swat.
The counsel for the respondent apprised the bench that his client’s mother could not understand any other language except Pashtu.
At this, the chief justice told her that petitioner was ready to pay her daughter Rs1 lac but she kept insisting for Rs4 lacs. The chief justice reminded her that in that case, she would have to pursue the case at the lower court. Justice Jawwad S Khawja, sitting next to the CJ, surprised the media men covering court’s proceedings when he told the lady in Pashtu language to bring her daughter tomorrow for her statement. Later upon her consent, the bench directed the petitioner to pay dower amount within three days.
CJ’s Pashtu dialect amazes all in courtroom
