Islamabad: The Supreme Court of Pakistan’s chief justice-designate Mian Saqib Nisar has observed that judiciary never decides any case under pressure. “We have always given verdicts according to our conscience and there has been no pressure on the court while giving verdicts,” Justice Nisar said yesterday.
He was commenting over supermodel Ayyan’s counsel Latif Khosa’s argument wherein he had cited General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s recent statement.
Justice Nisar was heading the three-judge bench hearing Ayyan’s plea for early hearing of her case pending with the SHC.
While speaking to a news channel, the former president had claimed that former army chief General Raheel Sharif had helped him leave the country by keeping the government from pressuring the courts.
“These courts work under pressure behind the scenes and then give decisions. The army chief had a role to play in releasing the pressure behind the scenes,” Musharraf had said.
Khosa contended that the former president was a powerful man and managed to go abroad.
However, Justice Nasir took exception to the view and said the court never gives decision under pressure.
