ISLAMABAD
\nThe representatives of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) stressed the need for an apolitical role of the courts. While talking to the media, they said: \u201cThe courts should be respected. We do not want the courts to be called with specific names.\u201d
\nThey added: \u201cThe courts should be apolitical. The Supreme Court (SC) should be aware of its position. Favouring someone directly is against its integrity.\u201d They stated: \u201cYesterday, it seemed that a direction took place in the case. Earlier, the courts were called Sharif courts. The PTI chairman\u2019s appeal was not fixed yesterday, not even today.\u201d
\nPBC Executive Committee Chairman Hassan Raza Pasha said that the main appeal against Imran Khan\u2019s conviction was not fixed before the SC. \u201cBut yesterday\u2019s remarks by the SC which we saw and heard, it seemed as if the whole appeal was decided, and we saw criminal jurisprudence changing,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cIt seems as if there is no trust left in the honourable high court judges. They are also equally honourable and respectable judges, and are passing verdicts according to their conscience \u2026 it amounts to interference in the smooth functioning of the high court, appellate court,\u201d Pasha said.
\n\u201cWhat decision will the high court make?\u201d he asked. He noted that the lawyers of a certain political party, an apparent reference to the PTI, were saying that the SC\u2019s observations had amounted to an acquittal.
\n\u201cSo will it be inferred that he was acquitted due to the SC\u2019s pressure? And if they don\u2019t, which high court or subordinate judiciary can make a decision either way in light of these observations?\u201d he asked.
\nHe said that the PBC respected the SC and they did not want the court\u2019s esteem to suffer. \u201cThere should be no interference in matters pending in the high court,\u201d he said, adding that any interference was unfair to the other party in the case. \u201cWe have seen that in other cases an order is issued, that we expect from the high court to decide the case in such and such manner \u2026 Yesterday, we felt that directions were given which should not happen. We, once again, say that no one should be prejudiced,\u201d he said.
\nHe noted that in the past the courts were called \u201cSharif courts\u201d. \u201cWe don\u2019t want the public and lawyers to call the courts by another name,\u201d he said. Pasha said that the judiciary should be apolitical and should function within the parameters of the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD The representatives of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) stressed the need for an apolitical role of the courts. While talking to the media, they said: \u201cThe courts should be respected. We do not want the courts to be called with specific names.\u201d They added: \u201cThe courts should be apolitical. The Supreme Court (SC) should […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[12267],"class_list":{"0":"post-351485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-pakistan-bar-council"},"yoast_head":"\n