ISLAMABAD: The country is being destroyed in a systematic manner, Justice Qazi Faez Isa remarked during a Supreme Court hearing on local government elections on Thursday.
The apex court judge said local body elections are a constitutional requirement.
The senior judge also made strong statements over the state of media freedom in Pakistan.
He said he wont shy away from saying that the media is not free and that it is being controlled, with real journalists being thrown out of the country.
“Tell me. Is media free in Pakistan?” Justice Isa asked Attorney-General Khalid Javed Khan.
The attorney-general requested the judge to give an option of answering other than a yes or no, to which Justice Isa offered that a referendum should be held with the media persons present in the court room.
He said the media in the court should raise their hands if they think the media is free.
When no journalist raised their hand, the judge asked the journalists to raise their hand if they think there was freedom of press in the country.
Yet again, no journalist raised their hand.
