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"Mujhe Koi Shak Nahi Aglay Chief Justice Mansoor Ali Shah Hongay..." Bilawal Bhutto Breaks Big News
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00:00that on 26th October 2024, Mansoor Ali Shah will be the next Chief Justice of Pakistan?
00:04I have no doubt that the next Chief Justice will be Mansoor Ali Shah.
00:08No, Mr. Bilawal, obviously, you are giving all kinds of suggestions, Gaurav,
00:11because the bill has not come yet.
00:13What I want to ask you is that
00:15on which you and the government had an agreement.
00:18Because, obviously, we are assuming, and I think rightly so,
00:21that you and the government had an agreement.
00:25That did not happen because Maulana Sahib did not agree.
00:28So, did the two of you agree on the fact that
00:31the first Chief Justice of the new Constitutional Court will be appointed?
00:33That is why I am speaking openly.
00:35Because, everywhere, the government wants that
00:38Mr. Faiz Issa should either be given an extension
00:40or he should be appointed as the Chief Justice of the new Constitutional Court.
00:42There are a few points on this which I would like to raise.
00:46One is that the input of the Pakistan People's Party
00:50in the draft of the government
00:52was in this context
00:54that we thought that Maulana Sahib is already on board
00:57and the government is already on board.
00:59It was just a matter of time for the Pakistan People's Party to agree.
01:02In that process, yes, absolutely,
01:04we made the government agree on a few things of our own
01:07and we also agreed on a few things of the government.
01:12The draft that you had,
01:16was present in the morning of that day.
01:19On that, Maulana Fazlur Rahman Sahib had a lot of objections.
01:24The Pakistan People's Party had a few objections.
01:27But, whenever you accept a part of your manifesto,
01:35then you are ready to compromise on other points, other parties.
01:40The approach that we will take now, God willing,
01:43is that the original draft of the Pakistan People's Party
01:46will be sent to Maulana Fazlur Rahman Sahib.
01:49We are waiting for him to complete his draft
01:52so that we can bring it to a consensus document.
01:55As far as the Chief Justice's initial appointment criteria are concerned,
02:01the process of Prime Minister's approval and notification,
02:10it will have to be a one-time process
02:14as to how we will start it.
02:16Going forward, obviously,
02:18we have suggested that the Chief Justice's,
02:21or the new Chief Justice who is appointed by the Constitutional Court,
02:25or a proposal can be made
02:27that you can make a system with both Chief Justices
02:31or Chief Justice and Senior Puni Judge,
02:33whatever system you want to make.
02:35The power that the Prime Minister had,
02:38according to our original constitution,
02:41according to the 1973 constitution,
02:43before the 1996 Supreme Court Judicial Order,
02:46in the time of Maulana Benazir Bhutto,
02:48who took this power from the Prime Minister
02:51to the Supreme Court,
02:54and in the era of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry,
02:58that power went to the judges completely.
03:03So, one proposal is that it should go to the Prime Minister.
03:08But my party's opinion was that
03:10given the current political context,
03:15there can be more criticism.
03:20So we can debate on this.
03:22We can think about this.
03:24One suggestion is that
03:25you should consult with the President of Pakistan,
03:28the Chief Justice and the judges,
03:31or you should do it through the same Judicial Commission.
03:34I mean, we can talk about this.
03:36But what you are talking about
03:38and saying that this is the suggestion of the government,
03:40this is less than the suggestion of the government.
03:42According to our original constitution,
03:44this was the procedure.
03:45Sir, if I simplify this and ask,
03:47any move as a result of which
03:49a respectable judge stays in office,
03:52will not make the whole process controversial?
03:55And will you not oppose it?
03:56Because it will look like it is person-specific.
03:58Actually, I think your question is person-specific.
04:01Yes, it is actually.
04:05I totally disagree with this.
04:09I agree that there are some politicians
04:16who have a different intention.
04:19There are some other politicians
04:21who have a different intention.
04:23But the point at which the Pakistan People's Party
04:26and the JUI had a consensus on that committee
04:31was that the JUI and the PTR are not as partisan as Noondli.
04:40Therefore, perhaps we have more space to talk about
04:44a constitutional amendment or build consensus
04:47away from that controversy.
04:49I think that the constitution we make
04:52should not be person-specific.
04:55Not in terms of age,
04:57not in terms of keeping someone,
04:59and God willing, we will try our best
05:02to make that consensus.
05:05As far as Justice Faiz Issa is concerned,
05:08I think that both our current Chief Justice
05:11and the incoming Chief Justice
05:13are very respectable judicial figures.
05:16Both the judges, Justice Faiz Issa and Justice Mansoor Ali Shah,
05:20both were present in the bench
05:22for my grandfather's case.
05:25As much as I respect them,
05:28or as much as I can describe them to you,
05:31I would not like to give a perception
05:34between the two of them.
05:36I will try to keep these two people
05:39apart from each other.
05:41I will try to keep them apart from each other.
05:44And I think that it is a very sad thing
05:47that the politics of Pakistan has reached this point
05:50that we have made our Chief Justice,
05:53whether it is Justice Faiz Issa,
05:55whether it is Justice Khosa,
05:57whether it is Justice Gulzar,
05:59whether it is Saqib Nizar,
06:01whether it is Chaudhry Iftikhar,
06:03we treat them like partisan judges,
06:06rather than making a system
06:09in the whole world
06:12that is not impartial.
06:14Some because of the judiciary's own role,
06:17but some because in our politics
06:20they are not ready to accept any responsibility.
06:23They are always in the habit of blaming someone.
06:26So sir, as we speak,
06:28do you have any doubt
06:30that on 26th October 2024,
06:32Mansoor Ali Shah will be the next Chief Justice of Pakistan?
06:35I have no doubt that the next Chief Justice
06:37will be Mansoor Ali Shah.
06:39On 26th October 2024,
06:41he will take the oath of office.
06:43If you have an invitation,
06:45you will also go to the inauguration.
06:47I am neither a minister
06:49nor will I accompany my father
06:51to the inauguration,
06:53but I have no such intention.

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