Islamabad: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Saturday said that every citizen had the right to access information.
“The institutions under the federal government must give citizens access to information,” the CJP said while addressing a workshop held for journalists reporting on superior judiciary.
The CJP expressed the resolve to dispose of a higher number of cases than those being filed. He said five hundred and four cases were disposed of by the Supreme Court in the last week as compared to three hundred and thirty five cases that were filed during this period.
The Chief Justice said a total of five thousand, three hundred and five cases were disposed of by the Supreme Court in three months between September 2023 and December 2023.
Qazi Faez Isa said that a fundamental rights monument is being established in the Supreme Court building which will be open and the public have free access to it.
Meanwhile, Justice Athar Minallah said social media should not influence judges, adding that if a judge is affected by it then they are violating their oath. He said if even critics trusted the court then it was a test of the judiciary. Everyone should criticise, but also trust the judiciary, the judge maintained.