Thursday, July 20, 2017

Judiciary should not succumb to political skulduggery




BY FAIZER SHAHEID-2017-07-19

The current regime came to power promising to restore democracy, human rights, and rule of law while eradicating corruption, nepotism, and impunity. Thirty months later, the government appears to be struggling to escape after ensnaring itself. Rule of law was one of its foremost slogans it carried forth, and for this the Courts required to have an independent judiciary and a brilliant enforcement mechanism.