KARACHI:
Chief Justice of
Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar on Saturday hit
back at critics* who targeted him after his visit to government hospital in Lahore earlier this* week.
During the course of hearing a case pertaining to drinking water,* *the judge said his visit to the medical facility was* in accordance with the Constitution of Pakistan.
He said it was incumbent upon the judiciary to ensure protection of human lives.*
"I want to categorically state that i have no interest in becoming a leader.
"Anybody who wants to criticize me can do so. My visit was aimed at saving human lives.* There was no facility of ventilators in the Meo Hospital," Geo TV reporter quoted the top judge as saying.
The
Chief Justice further said that* protection of basic human rights is judiciary's responsibility under the Constitution.
The chief*
Justice drew strong criticism from* political parties following his visit to the hospital just days after a bench he was heading disqualified Jahangir Khan Tarin,*
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Secretary General, as* member of the National Assembly and* spared PTI chairman Imran Khan in a* disqualification case filed by
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Hanfi Abbasi.
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