Does Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf view the reinstatement of the chief justice as partial fulfillment of its agenda?
Yes, it is. I have to say it’s only partial because, firstly, the whole fight for the reinstatement of the chief justice, this two-year struggle, was for, the reason why we wanted the chief justice restored was because he represented an independent justice system. But, unfortunately, they have managed to push an agenda of their own through, in which the present president, who has massive corruption cases and four murder cases against him, is not able to afford to have an independent chief justice. He’s filled the Supreme Court with his own hand-picked judges, which is unconstitutional, but somehow he is now going to try to not allow the chief justice to function independently. So, it’s partial because the Supreme Court will only be independent when the chief justice is not hampered, his independence is not hampered by political judges, who have been installed by the present regime, unconstitutionally. Of course, this is an ongoing struggle because this is only the first step. Then the
