Time magazine has recently named Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial among the 100 Most Influential People of this year.
Senior barrister Aitzaz Ahsan wrote profile of Umar Bandial for the magazine, which has been placed in the Leaders’ category. Aitzaz described the honourable justice as “the polite and understated Chief Justice of Pakistan—and antidote to the rising temperatures.”
The veteran lawyer said the top judge is “widely respected for his personal integrity, as he, the Columbia- and Cambridge-educated jurist, bears the heavy mantle of not just delivering justice but also being seen to do so”.
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Describing persona of the CJP, Aitzaz said he helped Pakistan to transfuse from the fresh political crisis, in which a prime minister was ousted through a no-confidence vote and the developments that unfolded as a result of it, into the new government.
“Pakistan, a nation of more than 220 million, is too big to fail yet too unpredictable to ignore. With a fragile economy in a hostile neighbourhood, the country was already walking a tightrope before the ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government by a unified opposition backed by the army.
“In early April, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, led by Bandial, overturned Prime Minister Khan’s move to dissolve Parliament, declaring it unconstitutional.
“As other institutions lock horns in a battle for advantage ahead of impending elections, the court turned up as the final arbiter, says the politician in acknowledgment of the CJP’s decisions,” the former leader of the house in the Senate wrote describing the crucial role played by the apex court in the political turmoil.
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