If President Pervez Musharraf was illegal, should Pakistan's Chief Justice be removed because Musharraf appointed him in the first place?
This simple question is one reason why the honorable Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry declined to declare everything done by the former president as nil and void.
The so-called landmark decision issued by the top judge was limited to declaring Musharraf's Nov. 3, 2007, emergency rule as illegal. In a brilliant move, the Chief Justice didn't touch the scandalous piece of legislation called NRO [that legalized the illegal wealth of powerful people in the government]. Instead, he sent it to the parliament which consists of hardened and corrupt landlord-politicians who will never strike it down [unless paid big time by someone to do so!].
Mr. Daniyal Aziz sent me an email. His last line was this, "Musharraf too was an illegal President, and therefore all higher judicial appointments made by him cannot also remain legitimate."
This is a great point. Since the Supreme Court of Pakistan has managed to create a huge and unprecedented legal mess because some judges turned into kindergarten kids bent on revenge, would someone please submit a petition questioning the very legitimacy of these judges since most of their appointments were made by an illegal president?
This simple question is one reason why the honorable Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry declined to declare everything done by the former president as nil and void.
The so-called landmark decision issued by the top judge was limited to declaring Musharraf's Nov. 3, 2007, emergency rule as illegal. In a brilliant move, the Chief Justice didn't touch the scandalous piece of legislation called NRO [that legalized the illegal wealth of powerful people in the government]. Instead, he sent it to the parliament which consists of hardened and corrupt landlord-politicians who will never strike it down [unless paid big time by someone to do so!].
Mr. Daniyal Aziz sent me an email. His last line was this, "Musharraf too was an illegal President, and therefore all higher judicial appointments made by him cannot also remain legitimate."
This is a great point. Since the Supreme Court of Pakistan has managed to create a huge and unprecedented legal mess because some judges turned into kindergarten kids bent on revenge, would someone please submit a petition questioning the very legitimacy of these judges since most of their appointments were made by an illegal president?
Musharraf's chief justice is illegal. And so is his handpicked successor, Mr. Zardari.
sir you certainly have more knowledge than me and what is written above is quite true. but i personally belief that current CJP is quite neutral in cases. Though the allegation against Mr. Dogar is quite absurd when it is made by a person who oathed on PCO for himself too.
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