A lot of hullabaloo was raised on 11th December 2013 on the
day of retirement of former chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry by all the TV
channels about the TV coverage of the reference by only a single channel. It
was pointed out that under the supreme court rules TV coverage was not allowed
and also that undue favor was given to a specific channel. All these
channels also boycotted the remaining ceremonies. A Supreme Court official responded
by blaming the person recording the reference of having ran away without
handing over the footage to them and thus
was guilty of theft. The new Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Gillani
taking note of the situation ordered holding of an enquiry by the Additional
Registrar of the Supreme Court Of Pakistan. It is really surprising that more
than three months have passed without any news of the result of the enquiry and even
the aggrieved channels are maintaining a silence since that day. People of
Pakistan has a right to know what happened on that day and expect the new Chief
Justice not to follow his predecessor in keeping keep all matters relating to
judiciary out of bounds without any legal justification. It is time that the
old ways are replaced by transparent working and an immediate notification is
issued about the result of the enquiry.
