Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar has said attempts are being made to defame the judiciary and any harm caused to the institution can jeopardise the country’s stability.

The CJP made these remarks at a book launch in Lahore on Monday just hours after seeking comments from the Islamabad High Court chief justice about the veracity of the allegations levelled by Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, a senior judge of the IHC, against the “interference by intelligence agencies in judicial matters”.

Claiming that he had always resisted judicial activism but had to exercise it to fill the void caused by the absence of good governance, CJP Nisar said there would be no need of judicial activism if Pakistan got a good leader who could bring back the era of Caliph Hazrat Umar Farooq.

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