LAHORE: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Saturday said it was the judiciary which had ensured that for the first time in the country’s history, state institutions were functioning within their constitutional perimeters, DawnNews reported.
Addressing a gathering in Lahore, Chief Justice Iftikhar said the judiciary had been playing a pivotal role in the upholding of the Constitution and the rule of law, adding that there would be no compromise on the supremacy of the Constitution.
He moreover emphasised that the judiciary would ensure the supremacy of the law and the Constitution at all costs.
“Speedy justice is the right of every citizen,” said the country’s top judge who is set to retire from his post in December.
The chief justice said the judiciary would in a few days set its goals for the future and added that because of its decisions, its dignity has increased among the Pakistani public as well as worldwide.
Outgoing Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who has been in the headlines during the past five years of his tenure because of his judgments against the governments of Pervez Musharraf and the Pakistan Peoples Party as well as the several actions of bureaucracy, will retire on Dec 11.