Summary Pakistanis all across the world are bearing internal and external threats, says CJP.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Anwar Zaheer Jamali on Saturday paid a visit to Karachi Central Jail and laid a foundation stone of anti-terrorism court’s building inside the jail.
Addressing a ceremony on this occasion, CJP said that Pakistan is facing troubled circumstances after the attack on World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
He stated that the Pakistanis all across the world are bearing internal and external threats due to terrorist accusations and that several innocent nationals have given their lives in the name of world peace.
We are well prepared to fight any terrorization of extremists and militants as the government has adopted precautionary measures to stand against violence, he added.
Anwar Zaheer Jamali directed the jail authorities to ensure better environment and protection of the appointed judges.
Moreover, CJP pledged to provide all the assistance in establishing counter terrorism courts in the metropolis.
On September 10, Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali took oath as the 24th CJP in Islamabad, succeeding Chief Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja.
President Mamnoon Hussain administered the oath in a ceremony being held at the Presidency. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, federal ministers, members of parliament, chiefs of armed forces, lawyers and other Supreme Court judges attended the ceremony.
Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali was born on 30 December 1951 in Hyderbad. He received his Bachelor s Degree in Commerce from University of Sindh in 1971 and the Bachelor s Degree in law and 1973 from the same university.
He is a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since 3 August 2009. He also served as Acting Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan from July 3, 2014 to December 4, 2014, and as Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court from 27 August 2008 to 2 August 2009.
Justice Jamali was one of the judges who refused to take fresh oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order No.1 of 2007.
