At the end of the day, he failed to give the final verdicts in many of the cases he was hearing.
WIESBADEN, GERMANY: This is with reference to the article by Saroop Ijaz, “Farewell to the Judges Party?” (December 15). I believe that, at least, one credit goes to the former chief justice. He took certain bold moves that restored the importance of the Supreme Court in the minds of the military top brass and the civilian elite. He, perhaps, failed to regulate the basic work of the courts, which was to provide justice at the grassroots level.
At the end of the day, he failed to give the final verdicts in many of the cases he was hearing. The Arsalan Chaudhry case also remained a stigma for him during his tenure. The establishment of the Human Rights cell was a good move, but then 90,000 cases still remain unresolved. Any neutral historian will be forced to mention his tenure when recounting the history of the Supreme Court, if not entirely in laudatory terms.
Zubair Khan
Published in The Express Tribune, December 17th, 2013.
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