Justice Athar Minallah wishes courts to remain open whenever there is a threat of martial law
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00:00On April 9, 2022, TV was watching, the atmosphere was such that it was going to be martial law.
00:05Justice Arthur Minallah said in a New York Bar's address,
00:08I wish that whenever there is a threat of martial law, the courts remain open.
00:12I wish that the courts would have been open on July 5 when Zia-ul-Haq removed the elected Prime Minister.
00:17I wish every time there is a threat of martial law, the courts remain open.
00:24I wish they were open on July 5 when General Zia-ul-Haq was removing an elected Prime Minister.
00:32I wish they were open on October 12 when General Parvez Musharraf had thrown out an elected Prime Minister.
00:41If anyone had attempted to remove unconstitutionally an elected Prime Minister till then, Mr. Imran Khan,
00:52then it would have been a test of the Islamabad High Court whether it stands up to uphold the constitution or not.