My agenda is simply to strive for supremacy of rule of law and constitution. I am pained to see people hurling invectives, slandering, and condemning people as traitors without due process of law. Even if I know that someone is guilty, I have no authority to take law in my own hand and dispense justice of my liking. This will make me no different from the terrorists who based on their whimsical understanding are willing to explode their vests or the crowds that lynch to death people on mere suspicion of crime.
No, the only fit and proper recourse for me if I think someone is guilty is to pursue the case as per “due process of law” under article 10A of constitution that upholds the “right to fair trial” as a fundamental human right. This applies equally to all citizens especially more so to CJP whose primary responsibility is to uphold the rule of law in dispensation of justice through ALL levels of judiciary: The fundamental criteria for evaluating quality of justice include “justice delayed is justice denied” and “justice should not only be done but also seen to be done”.
No, the only fit and proper recourse for me if I think someone is guilty is to pursue the case as per “due process of law” under article 10A of constitution that upholds the “right to fair trial” as a fundamental human right. This applies equally to all citizens especially more so to CJP whose primary responsibility is to uphold the rule of law in dispensation of justice through ALL levels of judiciary: The fundamental criteria for evaluating quality of justice include “justice delayed is justice denied” and “justice should not only be done but also seen to be done”.
- See also: Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Covey’s First Habit Advice to Chief Justice of Pakistan
- Read also: Baba Rehmatay- From Chief Justice to Chief Executive: Tilting at the Windmills?
The due process of law hinges on the assumption of “innocence unless proven guilty” and the process includes (i) right to be charged in front of court of law, (ii) open trial, (iii) prosecution, (iv) presentation of witnesses and evidence in an open court, (v) right to defense (vi) right to cross examine the witnesses and evidence, (vii) open verdict, (viii) right to appeal….
My agenda is simply to uphold rule of law and constitution. Our nation has been used to saviors on horseback who relished breaking the law and violating the constitution using Justice Munir’s disastrous Doctrine of Necessity (DoN). Recently Supreme Court “claimed” to have buried the DoN. My posts target only those who violate constitution and due process of law using the debunked notions of DoN.
The problems emanating from treating constitution with contempt include weakening of the institutions due to one-man rule and justification for the common people to break law or to take law in their own hands. If breaking and violating the constitution can be regularized through doctrine of necessity judgments, then all other law breaking can also be regularized and indemnified. This we see now daily in the breaking of traffic rules, in violating the building codes, in violating the rights of the people….
See Also:
- Perceptions of Supremacy of Law and Constitution
- Can Large Organizations be Changed Only by Changing the Person at Top or by Suomoto Judgements
- Is Illiteracy Responsible for Problems of Pakistan? Narrative to Justify Neocolonialism and dictatorial rule
- Pakistan Helped US Become Superpower- In the Service of Neocolonialism
- DoN godfathers Political Engineering of the SC Bench to Obtain Doctrine of Necessity Judgement
- Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Covey’s First Habit Advice to Chief Justice of Pakistan
- Baba Rehmatay- From Chief Justice to Chief Executive: Tilting at the Windmills?
- Constitutional Solution to Curb Horsetrading in Pakistan
- How Neocolonialism Keeps Developing Countries like Pakistan and Afghanistan Perpetually Destabilized
- What Options Gen Musharraf had after 9-11 when US threatened to send Pakistan to stone age?
- Is Justice Munir’s Doctrine of Necessity Dead or Alive?
- Narratives Designed to Dishonor Popular Choice and Support Neo-Colonialism
- Why Dictator Generals are Weaker than Civilians Rulers in Withstanding External Pressure
- Doctrine of Necessity from CJ Munir to Judge Khosa: Role of Judiciary in the Service of Neocolonialism
- SC Judgement as Project Assignment for Finance Accounting Students: SC Disqualifies PM on not Declaring Uncollected Receivables as Income
- SC Interpretation of Sadiq and Ameen in Disqualification of PM Nawaz Sharif
- SC Panama Case Judgement and Crowds Clamoring for the Heads of Rich under Robespierre
- Essential Law for Masses: Perry Mason and my Learning
- Role of Sharifuddin Pirzada in Promulgating Martial Laws for Every Dictator of Pakistan
- Why Dictatorships are Weaker in Accountability than Constitutional Governments
- Importance of Literature in Law: A Case Study of the Panama Case Supreme Court Judgement
- At What Cost! Why Compute Economic Costs of Faulty Political Decisions
- Who has Greater Will and Resolve in controlling Karachi Disturbances: Dictators vs Civilian Governments
- Traitor/Foreign Agent Production Factory of Pakistan
- Field Marshals of Pakistan: Costs of Sycophancy and Political Expediency
- Costs of Justice Munir’s Doctrine of Necessity: 4 Martial Laws and 35 years of dictatorships
- Costs of Military Dictatorships of Pakistan
- Costs of General Musharraf’s Dictatorship
- Costs of General Ayub’s Dicatatorship
- Why Pakistani Democracies are a Sham? Costs of Controlling a Democracy from Outside
- Costs of General Zia’s Dictatorship in Pakistan
- Costs of Sham Democracratic Governments in Pakistan
- Remembering East Pakistan: We look before and after, And pine for what is not
- At What Cost! Fazle Hasan of IBA and our Computation of Economic Costs
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