LAHORE: Justice Javed Iqbal, senior most judge of Supreme Court (SC)
has said that there in no clash between government and judiciary and
judiciary has no desire for power.
He said this while talking to media men here Saturday. He held SC works within constitutional parameters.
SC
has said in its decisions that parliament is supreme, he said adding SC
has also said in its verdicts that powers for appointment and
transferring the officers rest with the executive. SC belongs to
Pakistan and government also belongs to Pakistan, he remarked. It has
to be seen what is in the interest of Pakistan, he underlined. If any
hard decision from the SC will be in the national interest, he added.
Responding
to a question he said it is not correct that government is not
implementing court’s decisions. Government has implemented all vital
decisions of SC, he added. One or two decisions have been reviewed and
verdict has yet to come, he held. Government gets time till the
announcement of decision, he added.
Government has never said
that it will not implement court’s decisions, Delay has occurred but
the right to review the decisions is enshrined in the constitution. He
underscored judiciary was exercising the powers which have been spelt
out in the constitution.
All should be proud of armed forces,
he said. Certain occasions came when a lot could happen if armed forces
wanted so. But it will never happen so because SC had stemmed it No one
can abrogate constitution. Democracy is in place in the country and it
will gain strength, he observed.
Steps taken by SC against corruption has led to remarkable decline in corruption, Justice Javed Iqbal observed. Online