LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday said that there should be institutions that look after the people if the government fails to provide services to them.
Addressing an event at the Lahore Institute of Health Sciences, the CJP regretted the absence of Islamic justice institutions in the country.
“Pakistan is an ideological state yet its judicial system does not reflect the values of an Islamic republic,” he added.
Justice Nisar said that the remote province of Balochistan lacks academic institutions to cater to the population. He lamented that the educational institutions in the province lacked basic provisions such as toilets and clean drinking water.
Asserting that an ideal nation-state can be exemplified in the ways Hazrat Umar (RA) reformed Madina, the top judge remarked upon the significant role of the judiciary in the provision of fundamental rights to citizens.
However, he clarified that the education and health sectors should not be commodified.
Concluding, the chief justice, who is set to retire on January 17, claimed that he raised issues pertinent to the country’s survival during his tenure.
