Judges of the Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday passed stern remarks against the state while accusing it of toppling and bringing down governments instead of dealing with real problems and indulging in the 'political engineering'.
Justice Athar Minallah made the remarks while a three-judge bench, headed by Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel, was hearing the murder suspect's bail petition.
The Express Tribune reported that the apex court ordered the immediate arrest of the murder suspect, Ishaq, and directed the Superintendent Police of the Supreme Court to hand him over to jail authorities after his bail plea was rejected.
The murder suspect had fled after securing bail in the case and was yet to be arrested again, said The News International.
The Express Tribune further elaborated that Justice Minallah stated that the case has been pending in the top court since 2017 while the "state is focused on toppling and bringing down governments", with all institutions targeting political opponents.
Justice Mandokhel while commenting on the state's condition stated that three prime ministers have been killed, while no clarity exists about their cases.
He also emphasized that even the senior-most judges in Balochistan had been killed without any follow up of their cases (by the state).
Justice Minallah added that as long as state institutions remain engaged in political engineering, the country will continue facing such challenges.
He further condemned the fact that it was taking 40 years for a crime like the murder of a prime minister to be accepted and called this lack of accountability a gross injustice.
Justice Mandokhel said that the public's trust in institutions was fading away, and people now expect the Supreme Court to settle all issues.
Cases drag on for years in Pakistan because the justice systems are inefficient and corrupt, and no effort has been made seriously to rectify the situation. About 60,000 cases are pending in the Supreme Court alone, according to court officials.
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