Lahore: On this date, 11-12-13 when the Chief Justice Of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary will retire from his position, notable figures across the globe including US Foreign Minister John Kerry (1943), Indian President Pranab Mukherjee (1935) and legend Dilip Kumar (1922) would be celebrating their birthdays.
A century ago, similar date was observed in year 1913. On the day, master piece painting by Leonardo da Vinci of Mona Liza, stolen from the Lowry Museum was recovered. After a century, once again the similar date would be experienced in year 2113.
Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary has set exemplary service as a top official of the Supreme Court. Calling for independent judiciary set up during the last years of his tenure, identifies his extensive support for justification system in the country.
During Iftekhar’s tenure, number of events took place. Target killings in Karachi, missing people’s case in Baluchistan, Hajj corruption, brutal murder of Sarfaraz Shah, Shahzeb Khan’s murder case to fixing various corruption casualties including that of NICL and EOBI were among many of the cases to which the judge had proceeded with suo moto action.
Thousands of Pakistanis are dissapoiinted that Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary has now retired as he was one man who cared about poor people of Pakistan a lot.