CARMEL RICKARD: Justice for judges
A recent Supreme Court case in Pakistan shows how judges may be targeted when their decisions go against the political establishment
03 February 2022 - 05:00
Since last week’s swearing-in of Ayesha Malik as a Supreme Court justice in Pakistan — the first woman in that position — I have wanted to know more about the country’s highest court.
And what a week it was to trawl Pakistan’s judgments, for on Saturday the court delivered a decision with eye-popping evidence of the difficulties faced by that bench, particularly at the hands of the government...
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