Slur campaign against judiciary: On CJ’s orders, Capital Police probe malicious SMS
The search follows an inquiry ordered by Justice Chaudhry after a former judge of the Peshawar High Court, Javed Nawaz Gandapur, informed him about the SMS, according to a highly placed source.
Justice (retd) Gandapur forwarded the text message to Justice Chaudhry after receiving it from another person whose identity was disclosed to the Islamabad police during the inquiry.
“I took the initiative and informed the chief justice about the SMS,” Gandapur told The Express Tribune. “I considered it my constitutional and legal obligation to bring the SMS to the notice of the chief justice,” he said. “I fulfilled my duty by forwarding it to the chief justice.”
Gandapur refused to share the contents of the SMS with The Express Tribune and said it pertains to some very sensitive issues.
“I could guess who composed the SMS to malign the chief justice and the superior judiciary … but I will not tell you.”
He confirmed an inquiry was in progress since he was also quizzed by a senior police officer who met with him on behalf of the Islamabad police chief last week. Gandapur said he shared with the police the number he received the controversial text message from.
Police have so far questioned several people in an attempt to get to where it originated from. No arrests have been made, thus far.
Gandapur considers the SMS as part of a calculated character assassination campaign against the top judiciary, including the chief justice.
The inquiry was ordered on September 19 and was supposed to be completed within a week. However, the apex court gave the police another month to submit their findings.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 1st, 2012.
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Only judiciary is immune from criticism in this land of pure
Who dared maligned the sacred cows in the land of pure? Only the generals and judges are immune from the equal treatment, the rest are like so much trash. The culture of hate is not going to spare anybody no matter how strong they are.
@Umer: This the duty of Police to protect the citizens. If police fails blame should go to administration and government but not to Judiciary. The work of Judiciary is to provide juistice to anyone who approaches them for this purpose.
so that means only politicians be hanged, exiled, punished and jailed. why not Mr. Chaudhry, I would love to see the SMS because if we can send and receive such SMSs about our elected representatives than why not for PCO judges. we can prosecute Nawaz and zardari for their wrong doings of the past than why can't we ask Chaudhry for his wrong doings.
Question 1: There are numerous SMS msgs about other dignitiries. Anyone recalls an enquiry? Question 2: Are the robed personalities superior creatures.
"The inquiry was ordered on September 19 and was supposed to be completed within a week. However, the apex court gave the police another month to submit their findings.". Two weeks' time was more than enough. Let's wait for the inquiry to be completed.
Feeka would let this SMS go if it was not truth.
wow. just wow. I guess the police and the judiciary really must have nothing better to do then.
This should not have been reported in public; When reported in the press, Why to hide it now? It is the right of the people to get the complete information of reported event. Mr. Gandapur should reveal the name of the person who is behind it, as proclaimed that he knows him. When the media has made it public they should try to report everything instead allowing the people responsible for divulging information to keep it secret.
A Peshawary
To quotes explain the situation of Pakistan:
"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." Voltaire
"We were in government but not in power" Shaheed Benazir Bhutto
What about SMS that are threatening to journalists, human rights workers etc.? Why does judiciary only think about itself?