Sindh Bar Council slams Pakistan Army. Damning Statement issued by Sindh Bar Council against Pakistan Army and Judiciary. The Sindh Bar council slammed Pakistan Army and Judiciary for the ‘martial law’ being facilitators for elements who wish to carry out ‘extra judicial role’. Demands Chief Justice of Pakistan to take suo motu notice and fix a hearing urgently.
Here is the full official statement :
The Sindh Bar Council is shocked at the report that IG of Sindh Police was abducted from his residence by Rangers/agencies and forced to issue orders to arrest opposition leader Muhammad Safdar (husband of Maryam Nawaz).
Till now, this report has not been contradicted by the relevant authority and has been tacitly confirmed by the Sindh Government. The leave applications tendered by dozens of senior police officers throughout Sindh citing demoralization of the force due to this brazen interference in policing functions are a sign of complete breakdown of the rule of law and an undeclared martial law.
Unfortunately, the judiciary of Pakistan has remained a silent spectator in the face of this creeping martial law and, indeed, is widely being seen as a facilitator of elements who wish to carry out an extra-constitutional role.
For several years now, Bars throughout Pakistan (and a handful of bold judges) have been protesting against the interference by covert agencies/establishment in judicial affairs. However, unlike the Sindh police, the judiciary is yet to take a strong stance against such interference.
The Sindh Bar Council feels that unless this trend of military interference in civil and judicial administration is immediately reversed it will permanently damage the public reputation and trust not only in the government and the judiciary of Pakistan but also the beloved Armed Forces of Pakistan.
The Bar Council calls upon the Chief Justice of Pakistan, therefore, to urgently take suo motu notice of this ongoing crisis and fix it for hearing and enquiry before a Full Court of the Supreme Court and to issue notice to the Vice Chairman of all the Bar Councils, the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association and to Presidents of the provincial High Court Bar Associations (at the principal seats) to address the serious implications it poses for the rule of law and constitutionalism in Pakistan before it is too late.
