Corruption & Judges

Four Civil judges & Judicial magistrates were reportedly suspended on charges of corruption by the Honourable Chief Justice Sindh High Court. Judges and corruption?! Unthinkable. There must be something wrong somewhere otherwise how could a judge - the dispenser of justice insaf, adl  – be corrupt? Dispensation of justice is divine for, He Himself is the greatest of Adils and Munsifs. Is insaf a saleable commodity or something that could be purchased?!  Purchased by the magnificently opulent who can daze the judges’ eyes with the chamak of their wealth.  But what about the poor who cannot even pay their lawyer’s fee? However, the real question is what made the four munsifs sell their divinity?  Is it the greed and avarice or some economic compulsion(s)?  If the former, they must be hanged by the tallest pole.  And, if the later, the Honourable CJP is prayed to look into their genuine needs. Their salaries must be commensurate with the onerous task they have to perform. They must need not augment their pay with other means to make their both ends meets. Why can’t their children be provided with free or subsidized schooling?  Why can’t  the family be provided with some limited free travel to ease their economic burden?  Why could they not be given a house on retirement – of course pre-paid in installments by them during their service as is done by the armed forces for their officers?  Please make them ‘corruption proof” by paying them sufficient in kind and coin. That will make them do justice without fear or favour. That will dawn a new era in the land of the pure. Independent and honest judiciary is the panacea for all evil and that’s what Pakistan needs.

Truly

Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)

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