LAHORE: Supreme Court of Pakistan has surpassed many apex courts of the contemporary world by successfully developing its own fast-track intelligence and fact-gathering system that has helped the learned judges in arriving at the right conclusions while adjudicating complicated cases whose information is usually concealed by the parties with ulterior motives.
One of the highest law-enforcers-cum-investigators of the country who expressed confidence in the efficacy of this system and called it a valuable addition in the area of ‘question of facts’ that also carry considerable weight in legal matters side by side with the ‘question of law’ shared this vital information confidentially with The News.
The source revealed that with the apex court’s intelligence system working efficiently, most of the pressures coming down on investigating and law-enforcement agencies and functionaries have become diluted.
The responsible and upright officials now feel very comfortable over the learned superior court judges being fully equipped with even the minutest details of matters pending before them for decisions. When asked to explain this factor, the source added that in cases involving corrupt practices done by government seniors or leaders, the latter exert pressure on investigating organisations and officials to hide the crucial facts.
Some officials don’t want to do their ‘masters’ bidding’ and as such, remain under enormous mental tension, confided the source.
Moreover, these officials have committed themselves to promoting the cause of freedom of judiciary that is now at its zenith following the marvellous success of the freedom of judiciary movement led by Chief Justice, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
Quoting one recent example from the reported cases, the source further disclosed that the apex court’s well-working system of information-gathering has helped the cause of justice in the trumpeted ‘missing persons’ case. The intelligence available to the apex court from its own sources was so well up to date that the functionaries of different surveillance organisations and setups were taken aback.
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