Any judge who dares to exercise any independence and pushes back against interference, surveillance, and pressure will be targeted by regime. Judicial independence in Pakistan is dead after the 26th Constitutional Amendment.
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…authoritarian practices, as noted by the International Commission of Jurists.
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Five honorable judges of the Islamabad High Court are fighting for the rights of Pakistanis and the independence of the judiciary.
They could have simply agreed to bend the knee to a military dictator but they chose to stand up for the supremacy of the Constitution.
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Now, after the discredited 26th constitutional amendment was passed through "brute force", with willing support of the Sharif and Bhutto-Zardari dynastic cults, they have lost all credibility and public support.
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Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Dr. Yasmeen Rashid, Omar Sarfaraz Cheema, Mian Mehmood Ur Rasheed, and Senator Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhary have written an open letter to Pakistan's legal fraternity from Kot Lakhpat Jail, Lahore.
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Lawyers marched in Islamabad to protest the 26th constitutional amendment and the packing of the superior judiciary with handpicked judges.
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