Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Anwar Zaheer Jamali on Saturday cautioned that the culture of levelling allegations against each other was flourishing in the country, but no one was ready to discharge one’s obligations.
Addressing a seminar here, Justice Jamali said that details of fundamental rights were enshrined in the constitution; therefore no law contrary to human rights could be enacted in the country.
He said that the legislature, executive and judiciary needed to play their due roles.
The CJP said that the foremost thing for independence of the judiciary was that everyone did one’s duty, adding that the responsibility for implementation of law did not only rest with the judiciary but it was the responsibility of the entire society.
Justice Jamali further said that “it has been observed that the way the elite class and politicians go abroad for treatment of even ordinary ailments, we too take advantage of legal and judicial system of other countries for resolution of our specific issues. This is not a bad thing, but the need is there that we find solution to these problems at the local level, keeping in view our specific circumstances”.
The CJP regretted that 27 years had passed, but Urdu had not yet been implemented as official language so far. “Our national language is Urdu and its implementation is must. We want to implement our national language in the country but still we are unaware of our language,” he remarked.
“We will have to change our judicial system into Urdu as soon as possible because education on law is imparted in respective national langue all over the world,” he underscored.
Justice Jamali also observed that “we will have to focus on population of the country first of all for the sake of development which has surpassed 190 million.
Observing that “positive mind and positive discussion yield positive results”, the CJP deplored that “we could not even evolve consensus on basic and vital issues owing to negative thinking”.
And who, pray, is responsible for causing this culture to thrive ? If the judiciary does not decide on cases in 25 years of proceedings and there are clear injustices happening all around the society, who should we hold responsible ? Allegations remain allegations unless proven in court. Since the courts do not function, allegations never change in to truth. Even in Panama leaks, all the allegations will never turn in to official truth because the judiciary lacks the spine to do anything about it.
Nautanki you have spoken for the people of Pakistan. The other day a loose mouth from this community made some serious allegations in LHC Bar. That lawyer copied Shabaz Sharif in his speech mannerisms.
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