Islamabad, Pakistan: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has issued a detailed judgment in the case related to reserved seats, but after this judgment, the perception has been strengthened that there is still a group of politically motivated judges in the Supreme Court who are facilitating PTI as former Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and other used to do.
It is still remembered that the founding chairman of PTI Imran Khan and former leader of PTI Asad Umar revealed on television screens that the then Justice Asif Saeed Khosa ‘requested’ Imran Khan to file a petition against the then prime minister Nawaz Sharif in 2017 instead of protesting on roads. PTI submitted the petition that ended with the disqualification of the then-prime minister Nawaz Sharif. There are reasons to believe that such practice is yet to stop and several judges of higher courts are constantly facilitating PTI and providing reliefs and even National Assembly seats that PTI had not even demanded.
The latest evidence of this has also come out from the television talks of PTI’s lawyer Salman Akram Raj. In an interview with a private TV channel, Raja said that Justice Athar Minullah had asked him if PTI could take reserved seats if PTI had have objection which Salman Akram Raja said what objection can I have?
When the short judgment was released in this case, even then the legal circles had clearly stated that this is a decision in which PTI is seen to be facilitated. Legal experts have also said that when the Supreme Court starts the work of facilitating a political party, then justice is slaughtered and this is seen in this detailed decision. Even after the detailed decision, the legal experts said what we had said before and we still stand by our point that the political judges of the Supreme Court rewrote the constitution.
Legal experts say that the biggest example of facilitation is that the Supreme Court order is not enforceable after the amendment of Section 66 and Section 104 of the Election Act. The Supreme Court in the past was of the view that if a Supreme Court decision is given on an earlier law and the law is amended, the decision will not be enforceable.
According to legal experts, after the above statement of Salman Akram Raja, the sad thing is that the judges are also acting as “my judge, your judge” in terms of impression. Judges should only do justice according to the constitution and law.
Legal experts say that it is sad to say that if you hear the name of the judge and guess which political faction his decision will be in favor of which political faction, then this justice has not been done. But what Salman Akram Raja has said regarding Justice Athar Minullah is a matter beyond that, that is, before the decision of a most important case, the judge on this bench is asking if he can protect your rights.
Legal experts are also asking this question, will Justice Athar Minullah explain what Salman Akram Raja has said on the TV channel?
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah has made harsh remarks regarding the judges who wrote the dissenting notes, will he now like to say something about Salman Akram Raja’s statement regarding Justice Athar Minullah?
