Perceived interference

In yet another novel method the apex court in the country barred the executive from making new appointments and transferring officials involved in high-profile and National Accountability Bureau (NAB) cases as well as those being heard by special courts. The pretext of this action was perceived interference, a remarkable term that smacks of the old times when legal jargon was convoluted to derive substance out of it. Though it is widely recognised that post-dictatorial societies do obtain the assistance of their judicial apparatus to make their intentions kosher yet the Pakistani apex judiciary has given the impression of being more loyal than the king. By doing so they brushed aside all barriers and initiated a suo motu action on a note written by their fellow judge. In the process they let it slip out that they were made cognisant of the perceived interference through social media portals bringing about a sensational twist to the hitherto considered aloof and well-barricaded judiciary very proud of its proverbial detachment. The speed with which this action was carried out bears witness to a plucky judicial activism that had been repeatedly and vociferously denied. TW

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