Only 'chosen representatives' to rule the country: CJP

Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry says only those can come into power who are elected.

LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has said that the country will now only be ruled by the “chosen representatives” who have been put into power through elections, Express News reported on Saturday.

Speaking at the annual celebrations of the district bar association at the Aiwan-e-Iqbal in Lahore on Saturday, Chief Justice Chaudhry said that due to change, democracy came in Pakistan.

The CJP said that now, only those who are elected into power will rule the country.

“The country will be ruled by the chosen representatives, that is those who come in through elections.”

“Governance will be based on the principle of democracy, freedom, equality, tolerance and social justice,” he added.