SC judge claims govt wants to control media and resultantly people are shifting to social media
Supreme Court Judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Justice Qazi Faez Isa has said the PTI led federal government is scared of the truth and that is the reason why it is opposing his application for a live broadcast of the court proceedings on his review petition against the Supreme Court’s June 19, 2020 verdict.
“My life has been under the microscope for the last two years,” Justice Isa said on Monday in a reference to a presidential reference that in June 2019 sought the judge’s removal over his failure to show his family members foreign assets in his wealth statement.
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Will Pakistan’s Military lose its grip on power?
Sun Online Desk
24th December, 2020 05:14:10
Pakistan’s military has long used its rivalry with India to legitimize its political and economic power and to place itself above reproach. Although it has never prevailed in a military conflict, the army has waged a successful war against democracy, ruling Pakistan directly for roughly half the country’s post-independence history and wielding undue political influence over elected civilian governments for much of the other half.
The generals helped the current prime minister, Imran Khan, rise to power through a grossly manipulated parliamentary election in 2018. And now they run the country from behind the thinnest façade of civilian rule Pakistan has ever seen.