No clash between judiciary, executive: Justice Javed Iqbal

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No clash between judiciary, executive: Justice Javed Iqbal

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Justice Javed Iqbal says there is no clash between government and judiciary.

30 July,2011 06:27 pm

The senior-most judge of SC said judiciary has no desire for power. He said this while talking to mediamen on Saturday. He said SC works within constitutional parameters.The SC has said in its decisions that parliament is supreme, he said, adding SC has also said in its verdicts that powers for appointment and transferring the officers rests with the executive.The SC belongs to Pakistan and the government also belongs to Pakistan, he remarked. It has to be seen what is in the interest of Pakistan, he underlined. If any hard decision from the SC will be in the national interest, it should be taken, he added.To a question, he said it is not correct that government is not implementing court’s decisions. Government has implemented all vital decisions of SC, he added. One or two decisions have been reviewed and verdict has yet to come, he said. Government gets time till the announcement of decision, he added.Government has never said that it will not implement court’s decisions; delay has occurred but the right to review the decisions is enshrined in the constitution, he added.He underscored judiciary was exercising the powers which have been spelt out in the constitution. All should be proud of the armed forces, he said.“No one can abrogate constitution. Democracy is in place in the country and it will gain strength,” he observed.Steps taken by SC against corruption has led to remarkable decline in corruption, Justice Javed Iqbal observed.