Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said on Saturday that no one would be allowed to rise above the law and defile the rule of law. He was addressing Peshawar High Court Bar Association here at PHC building.
Judges of Supreme Court Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, acting Chief Election Commissioner, and Justice Nasirul Mulk, Chief Justice PHC Dost Muhammad Khan, Chief Justice Balochistan High Court Justice Qazi Faez Essa, Chief Justice Lahore Court, Chief Justice Federal Shariat Court, CJ Gilgit Baltistan, former judges, prominent lawyers and legal fraternity attended the function.
The Chief Justice told the lawyers that their efforts for upholding the rule of law would not go waste. He said the judiciary could not administer justice without co-operation of the bar. Being the wheels of the same chariot of justice, they endeavour individually and collectively to achieve the common objective of administration of justice, he added.