Photo of funeral procession passing through sewage water angers CJP
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Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday took suo motu notice of a picture circulating on social media that showed a funeral procession passing through sewage water.
During the hearing of a case, the CJP directed the attention of the attorney general and advocate general towards the photo.
"People are walking to offer funeral prayers and they have been left impure [due to walking through the unsanitary water]," Justice Nisar observed.
Asking which city the scene captured in the photo belonged to, the CJP directed media representatives to also look at the photo and point out the area it originated from.
"This filth is a threat to human health and cleanliness," he remarked.
"We will take the MNA, councillor and other officials of whatever area is depicted in the photo to task [over the unsanitary conditions]," Justice Nisar said.
The apex court, under its 2018 agenda, is focusing on human rights issues, particularly those relating to the people’s right to quality education and healthcare. However, this course of action is also being seen as an overstepping of boundaries, similar to the Iftikhar Chaudhry era.
The chief justice has stood by the court's actions, reiterating that such criticism will not deter him from exercising what he considers is his "constitutional right."
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Mar 20, 2018 11:39am
CJP for your information. MNA, MPA, Counselor doesn't care for such issues.they care only where there is their profit
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Mar 20, 2018 11:41am
Whose fault is this? People to blame themselves they vote for same people and bring them as their leaders
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Mar 20, 2018 11:46am
MNA's and MPA's are busy making money, they least bother what is going in their areas.
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Mar 20, 2018 11:56am
We got thousands of such locations in th country...Who will tak care ?
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Mar 20, 2018 11:56am
@Amir exactly and i am sure they will elect same people and chairs will be revolving around PPP/PMLN forever. We deserve these leaders.
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Mar 20, 2018 12:00pm
The famous saying is that "A Nation gets the leaders it deserves". Thanks to our appointed and mostly uneducated MNAs and MPAs who are also making sure that their constituents remain uneducated and voice less that we get these so called leaders rather then those who are supposed to server their people. Unless we pay attention to social sectors specially education, health, safe dwelling including safe drinking water nothing will change. Most of the so called appointees (leaders) are busy making money for themselves. Who cares about the voiceless people.
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Mar 20, 2018 12:03pm
Long Live CJP
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Mar 20, 2018 12:15pm
democracy is the best revenge !! anyone remember that. Well this photo is just a reflection of that revenge and there are thousands and thousands of such images rampant in every part of the country since last many years !!
Should we rejoice that someone has taken a notice or repent on the fact that its too late to take notice off as the person who lived in that street is already dead !!
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Mar 20, 2018 12:17pm
chief justice zinda bad. such chief justice come once in 1000 years. The history will remember him in golden words.
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Mar 20, 2018 12:36pm
CJ's actions are commendable. Such steps would raise awareness among the public about the value of their vote and shake the conscience of so called leaders who are least bothered about the problems of a common man.
The money leaving the treasury for inner city/ town roads and sanitation etc projects is sufficient to complete the projects to the standard of developed countries but being squandered and looted through mismanagent and corrupton.
SC has little option than to interfere when the govt has failed to provide basic amenities to the public.
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Mar 20, 2018 12:46pm
@Ataullah khan He's truly humble and understands the feelings and the problems faced by a common man.
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Mar 20, 2018 12:47pm
people live there, that is not impure?, the dead dont feel its the living who feel
and mosly its the resident who make the place dirty, by not following civic sense, govt is to be blamed, but we too have resposibility, people build illegal struture on footpath, roads, gutter ect and block flow of water, and also throw trah everywhere
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Mar 20, 2018 12:50pm
Its too embarrassing for us , there is no human values exist here . Water and sewerage board should take an action I believe all over Pakistan same problem exist regarding sewerage .
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Mar 20, 2018 12:56pm
@Ataullah khan I endorsed your views 1000 times.
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Mar 20, 2018 12:56pm
"The apex court, under its 2018 agenda, is focusing on human rights issues, particularly those relating to the people’s right to quality education and healthcare. However, this course of action is also being seen as an overstepping of boundaries, similar to the Iftikhar Chaudhry era".
The apex court's 2018 agenda is highly commendable in that while it is the people of a country who matter & it is people’s constitutional right to quality education and healthcare successive governments have chosen to ignore this fundamental right of the people. In this scenario, intervention by the courts is the only way to force the errant governments to set their priorities right.
No country can survive without healthy& educated people.
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Mar 20, 2018 12:59pm
CJ sahab, according to Rana Sana Ullah, for last 10 years you have been interfering in their '' good governance '' so much that they could not even provide basic necessities to public. Your decisions have been stopping them from doing their work. Works like
Providing Ambulances in timely manner whenever it's need.
Providing clean drinking water to people who don't have wells in their homes.
Providing designated vehicles and garbage bins to make sure people have garbage free streets and roads.
and so many other issues are created and continued for last 10 years due to your one decision taken in July 2017.
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Mar 20, 2018 01:00pm
And when the CJP retires; it will be business as usual. The corrupt unfortunately never retire. I am glad that Saqib Nisar is amongst the few doctors rescusitating the country which is on life support.
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Mar 20, 2018 01:01pm
Singapore has 7% sales tax and they have surplus budget. We have 17% Sales Tax and no one knows where the money goes.
Politicians need to be questioned about corruption openly at every level whenever they come in Public.
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Mar 20, 2018 01:14pm
Is CJP surprised?!!! Amazing
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Mar 20, 2018 01:23pm
Let us compliment the CJP for taking the issue up.
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Mar 20, 2018 01:25pm
Even dead has to suffer on his final journey in the Islamic country. Shame on the rulers.,
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Mar 20, 2018 01:38pm
I strongly request the CJ not to suggest or observe or take notice ........ but to actually DO something about these things.
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Mar 20, 2018 01:54pm
Hats off to you sir. Alas, you are forced to do others' job.
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Mar 20, 2018 01:55pm
The court maybe overstepping its boundaries but we have no other option.
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Mar 20, 2018 01:57pm
@rich : CJP is not talking about the dead person in picture. He means those who are carrying the funeral has to offer funeral prayers. One can not offer a prayer in impure condition. Unfortunately, they [the people in picture] has no way left.
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Mar 20, 2018 01:57pm
Well done CJP. Thanks. Pakistani nation is proud of you.
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Mar 20, 2018 01:59pm
CJP should make the MNA, MPA and CM walk in sewage water.
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Mar 20, 2018 02:11pm
People will still vote PMLN & PPPP ..... we deserve it as we keep voting same leaders who have made our lives miserable
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Mar 20, 2018 02:17pm
@Voice of Public: Rana Sana-ullah can never be trusted. The man is a disaster for Pakistan.
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Mar 20, 2018 02:21pm
CJP - this can be anywhere in Pakistan. From Karachi to Khunjerab.
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Mar 20, 2018 02:22pm
MNA & PMA are as bad as their political leaders Sir. Pls also take these leaders to task as they rule the party.
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Mar 20, 2018 02:22pm
CJP is right
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Mar 20, 2018 02:36pm
Well done CJ Sahib Carry on your mission
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Mar 20, 2018 02:36pm
its Sind
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Mar 20, 2018 03:09pm
Half of the country is like this. should we consider this a threat to half of the parliament & local bodies.
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Mar 20, 2018 03:11pm
@Arshad 50% of the tax money of Rs3.5 trillion goes into the VIP culture of our ruling class for maintaining their standards and show off.The rest is siphoned out by these leaders.Then we borrow the similar amount of around Rs 4 trillion every year and pay salaries,interest and loan instalmentas and what left for development,May be Rs 1 trillion and 80%of the same is again siphoned out by our rulers.
Chief Justice Sahab it is not a petty issue,you have take a very bold bold decision and send the top 10000 corrupts of this country to jail and recover the looted money.For the rest corrupt nation will take care of them.
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Mar 20, 2018 03:26pm
Gentlemen..Remember a quote by Zardari" Jamhuriat Bahtareen Intiqam Hai"
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Mar 20, 2018 03:41pm
People sell their votes over a plate of rice or sometimes even less. What else would one expect such selected leader to do any good
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Mar 20, 2018 03:49pm
@WM When SC will send these elected officials who get funds, to jail, only then we can see some improvements, btw these public officials are always after free money.
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Mar 20, 2018 04:54pm
A very pathetic and disgusting. The image depicted in the photo indicate that conditions not to be new but prevalent since long time. Basically the community is at fault for using this street with choked drains and overflowing foul water without lodging any protest to these unsanitary environments. It is correct that municipal authorities should be alert and take remedial measures but the fact is that it never happens. One has to look at Karachi, producing 35% of the wealth of the country and still having tons together of garbage litters on the streets, mismanaged hospital wastes dumping, untreated industrial waste discharged into water bodies and above all unpotable water supplied to people for their daily use. Similarly, Lahore's drinking water is laden with arsenic, which requires special membrane filters to get rid off. Unless people do not wake up and create consumer monitoring groups advocating clean living conditions in their communities, these adhoc solutions would not work.
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Mar 20, 2018 05:02pm
The extra ordinary spendings on VIP cultures beared by government must be curtailed and diverted to improve civic and sanitation facilities. This is certainly outrageous and shameful. At once instance we saw a political leader stepping foot on red carpet after emerging from helicopter, while a holy procedures like this being carried out on a sewerage stalled water.
CJP has rightly taken the notice, and we must appreciate him. On the other hand the people themselves must awake, spare some time on Sundays examine their 'street' issues and fix at their own effort,forget the municipal staff they will not do. Besides to streamline self help, the people must voluntarily appoint a person as 'Street Director' amongst themselves,to look at street issues.
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Mar 20, 2018 05:40pm
This picture is the picture of every small city or village in Punjab, especially the south Punjab. How many MNAs or MPAs the Supreme Court will call.
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Mar 20, 2018 05:41pm
Mr. CJP. I appreciate your concern but how many MNAs, MPAs and councilors are you going to pursue. The issue is of educating the people to certain rights and obligations. It should be their right to live in a clean, sanitary and echo friendly environment. It is their obligation to make every effort to maintain these standards. However they willfully contribute to polluting, encroaching, deforestation and dumping of waste which has untoward consequences besides just the cosmetic. To prove my point, they have never held their elected leaders accountable and thrive on this filth. They are destined to be immersed and ruled by this garbage. Mr. CJP please understand the reality and do not get embroiled on these peripheral issues. Establish a legal system that is transparent, just and efficient. That could be your legacy!
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Mar 20, 2018 05:48pm
@Amir who should people vote for then? who is eligible to get votes here?
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Mar 20, 2018 05:54pm
city must be karachi
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Mar 20, 2018 06:01pm
Development funds should be taken away from MNAs and MPAs and the local councils should be given responsibility and fundings to carry out such tasks.
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Mar 20, 2018 06:07pm
@Arshad
Kindly compare the defense budgets as well and you might get an answer. They only spend 3-4%.
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Mar 21, 2018 12:59am
The photo is not taken by author but anyway thank you for highlighting it , much needed .
From hujra
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Mar 21, 2018 07:02am
Have the mayor mna mpa walk thru this filth daily as punishment
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Mar 21, 2018 10:23pm
Justice Nisar and his team will go down in history of Pakistan where Pakistan judicial system took the first big step anti corruption drive a defining moment for my Pakistan progressive future.
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