Re: "Restoration of Judges" near the bottom of Benazir's priority list
It was the judges themselves who on 20 July disregarded the constitution and did not allow the allegations the ex-CJ to be investigated by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC). The judges seem to think that they should not be held accountable for their actions, which kind of makes them make their reputation even worse long term as people will continue to point out the original allegations, until they are disproven either way.
And what did Musharraf do to tame that judiciary? Just fire them? Someone as criminal as 'disregarding' the constitution is just let go? I guess he realized that he is a similar criminal so he let them go.
Re: "Restoration of Judges" near the bottom of Benazir's priority list
someone told me that tis current lota CJ, the Dogar dude, was at one time involved with PPP and BB's previous govt, which is why BB isnt too keen on restoring the deposed judges.
Re: "Restoration of Judges" near the bottom of Benazir's priority list
Give him his freedom and we will see who the public adores. To misuse the state media to indulge in character assassination is the hallmark of Mush, yet if anyone dare criticise him he is charged with sedition.
janab but public adores the wrong ppl as well...altaf for example.
Re: "Restoration of Judges" near the bottom of Benazir's priority list
someone told me that tis current lota CJ, the Dogar dude, was at one time involved with PPP and BB's previous govt, which is why BB isnt too keen on restoring the deposed judges.
Well we are not talking of people with any principles here and this Dogar dude is no exception. BB has not forgotten a certain Mr Farooq Leghari till now (watch her interview with Ifti joker) who stabbed her in the back and she would do well not to trust this 'tingu' Dogar.
Re: “Restoration of Judges” near the bottom of Benazir’s priority list
On assuming office, Bhutto appointed Saad Saood Jan as the Chief Justice but only in an acting capacity in order to keep him under pressure. Jan was to recommend two names for direct appointment and two retired High Court judges to fill the Supreme Court vacancies. Instead of letting him do so independently, the Bhutto government gave him a list that included the names of a senior member of the PPP and a colleague of Farooq Leghari from his civil service days, while the remaining two candidates were equally incompetent. Jan rejected all of them because he did not deem them suitable. He instead recommended names that he deemed worthy of those positions. Outraged by his audacity, the Bhutto government removed Jan as the CJP and replaced him with Sajjad Ali Shah from Sindh. The new appointment was utterly contrary to the time-hallowed principle and practice of seniority, as Shah was junior to Jan and two other judges.
When it came to high courts, Bhutto also tried to pack them with her own favourites. The first step in this direction was the replacement of the CJs of the Lahore and Sindh High Courts with judges sympathetic to the PPP. To put them under pressure, they were denied permanent positions. The CJ of the Peshawar High Court was already working in an acting capacity. In this backdrop, the stage was set for the Bhutto government to make appointments of its own choice. Twenty judges were appointed to the Lahore High Court out of which, according to one authority, only six or seven were deserving, three or four marginal cases, while the remaining appointments were simply outrageous.
The treatment with the Sindh High Court was no different because out of the nine judges appointed to it, most of them were either political appointees or favourites of the PPP bosses. As far as the SC is concerned, it was packed with ad hoc judges. At one time, there were as many as seven ad hoc against ten permanent judges. However, since two permanent judges were acting CJs of high courts, one could say that the number of permanent and ad hoc judges was nearly equal. These appointments were challenged in the SC that decided against the Bhutto government in what has come to be known as the Judges’ Judgement. Bhutto was terribly upset by the verdict because by virtue of it, the SC restrained her from making arbitrary appointments and those already made were to be re-opened for review. **She reacted by publicly criticising the judiciary and even ridiculing the judgement. She went to the extent of reportedly pressurising the CJP by making the police raid on the residence of his daughter in order to involve his son-in-law in a corruption case. **
Re: "Restoration of Judges" near the bottom of Benazir's priority list
Well we are not talking of people with any principles here and this Dogar dude is no exception. BB has not forgotten a certain Mr Farooq Leghari till now (watch her interview with Ifti joker) who stabbed her in the back and she would do well not to trust this 'tingu' Dogar.
She said in that interview kay dus saal say pehlay party mein wapis koi nahin a sakta so maybe he has already spent 10 years outside the party
Re: "Restoration of Judges" near the bottom of Benazir's priority list
BB was supposed to put the final touches to a "charter of demands", but agreement on that has stalled as she does not want judges restoration to be included in that. So she has flown to Dubai instead. :)
Re: "Restoration of Judges" near the bottom of Benazir's priority list
BB was supposed to put the final touches to a "charter of demands", but agreement on that has stalled as she does not want judges restoration to be included in that. So she has flown to Dubai instead. :)
Why doesn't she want the judges restored. Isn't she along with NS the champion of democracy?
