ISLAMABAD: Senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Qazi Faez Isa Monday said that he and his brother judges stood with the Constitution of Pakistan.
He made these remarks while addressing a special national constitutional convention at the National Assembly hall to mark the golden jubilee of the Constitution of Pakistan, where he was the only top court judge in attendance. At the outset of his speech, Justice Isa clarified that he was not here to make a political speech.
PM hails framers of Constitution
Speaking shortly after the special session began, PM Shehbaz Sharif hailed the framers of the Constitution for choosing “consultation instead of confrontation”. “I salute the framers of the Constitution who opted for consultation instead of confrontation and gave Pakistan this Constitution.”
Terming the day to be of the “utmost importance” in the country’s history, the premier said the presence of people from various professions in the National Assembly today proved that the Constitution was still alive, “even after 50 years and after amendments were made in different articles”.
The PM praised the framers of the Constitution for setting aside their differences and sitting together even though they had differing ideologies. He said, “I think today’s day is not just important in a historical context but also today shows how in 1955, the doctrine of necessity was invented and a chief justice gave a dictator three years of leeway and similarly, the Constitution of Pakistan was rewritten”.
Also celebrating the incumbent government’s one year in power, he said, “It has been a year today. There are difficulties, challenges — there is no doubt about that — there must also have been faults and mistakes.
