๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐๐
The Supreme Court has recently released its opinion on the Presidential Reference in the Bhutto Case and declared that the courts, Lahore High Court which conducted the trial and the Supreme Court which affirmed the conviction in appeal, were not true courts within the meaning of the Constitution as the Constitution was suspended by the then Dictator General Zial ul Haq and fundamental rights were suspended at that time. Therefore, the trial and conviction of Mr. Bhutto did not meet the requirement of right to fair trial, due process of law andย to be treated in accordance with law.
The Supreme Court has analysed the whole case from trial to death sentence: how negligently and in blatant violation of the law the trial was conducted; how the judges and Zia were biased against Mr. Bhutto; how law and Constitution were disregarded; and how the Lahore High Court and the Supreme Court acted to help the usurper of power. Reading the detailed reasons in this case gives one goosebumps where the courts, which were supposed to protect the law and Constitution and provide justice, had attempted to violate and disregard them. They had almost reduced the strength of the Constitution and law to mere black letters on a paper.
The whole trial was a sham trial and mockery of law and Constitution. The Supreme Court has rendered it opinion on the Reference but has held that it cannot reopen the case as the review petition in this case has already been decided. After review, there is no other remedy through which any case can be reopened.
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