Syed Ali Shah:
QUETTA: Senior lawyer Ali Ahmed Kurd has claimed that Pakistan’s fragile judicial system has collapsed following the recent constitutional amendment.
“Only the debris of the judicial system is remaining,” Kurd stated during a press conference in Quetta on Monday. He was accompanied by President of the Balochistan High Court Bar Association, Afzal Harifal Advocate, and prominent lawyers Rahib Buledi Advocate.
Kurd criticized the lawmakers behind the amendment, stating, “Very few members of the National Assembly and senators have actually read the constitution.
Those who adopted this amendment will be questioned and held accountable.
” He accused political parties, including the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), of deceiving the public and facilitating the establishment.
Kurd also announced a potential countrywide protest campaign against the amendment, which he believes has weakened the judiciary.
He asserted that the new amendment grants unprecedented power to session judges, making them more influential than judges of the High Court and Supreme Court.
“An illiterate lawmaker will now have the power to nominate a chief justice and judges,” Kurd warned, expressing deep concern over the future of the judicial system.
