{"id":11548,"date":"2024-12-18T13:19:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T08:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=11548"},"modified":"2024-12-18T13:19:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T08:19:48","slug":"zulfiqar-ali-bhutto-was-deprived-of-a-fair-trial-chief-justice-yahya-afridis-additional-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=11548","title":{"rendered":"Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was deprived of a fair trial, Chief Justice Yahya Afridi&#8217;s additional note"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"d1b75c24-6312-462d-b757-e67d1a3becfb\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p><strong>While issuing an additional note in the Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto case, Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi stated that under the Code of Criminal Procedure, the High Court cannot conduct a murder trial directly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Chief Justice wrote that former Chief Justice Naseem Hassan Shah later admitted that he was under external pressure, which is a regrettable chapter in our nation&#8217;s judicial history.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Yahya Afridi said that Justice Dorab Patel, Justice Muhammad Haleem, and Justice Safdar&#8217;s courageous dissenting notes highlight the significance of the case. Despite the prevailing environment of the time, the three judges stood firm on their stance.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Justice wrote that the dissenting notes of the three judges did not change the situation; however, the judiciary&#8217;s credibility and impartiality were maintained, and the importance of an autonomous judiciary committed to the rule of law was emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>In the additional note, Justice Yahya Afridi stated that, in his opinion, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was deprived of a fair trial. If incidents like the Bhutto case are not addressed, the transparency of the judicial system and public trust remain at risk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While issuing an additional note in the Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto case, Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi stated that under the Code of Criminal Procedure, the High Court cannot conduct a murder trial directly. The Chief Justice wrote that former Chief Justice Naseem Hassan Shah later admitted that he was under external pressure, which is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[4707,4705,4704,4706,1784],"class_list":["post-11548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-additional-note","tag-chief-justice-yahya-afridi","tag-fair-trial","tag-judicial-history","tag-zulfiqar-ali-bhutto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}