Source: Guardian Unlimited
The following is the full text of a letter written by the daughter of Pakistan’s deposed chief justice, obtained by the Guardian after it was smuggled out of his home where he and his family are currently detained under house arrest :
“I am a proud child”
This letter is for all the Judges who refused to take oath under PCO and who happen to be my uncles as well. I had never thought that one day I will have to convey my message to you people like this, through this mode but we know things are not smooth as they had been and it is one of our testing times.
This might be one of the crucial times we are facing but we should be proud that Allah chose us to sacrifice for this country. Yes it is indeed a sacrifice which we have to bequeath, not for ourselves but for this country. Ever since I opened my eyes I have seen my father affiliated with judiciary and now it is like a part of our lives. Our life is like a tree and judiciary is one of its branch. We have grown up with this branch and we cannot let anybody slice it. If we will not protect it then who else?
We may not be allowed to attend our schools or universities, we may have got our mobile phones blocked, we may not be allowed to meet anyone or go out, we may be kept in our homes like prisoners, we might be treated like militants or terrorists but WE DO NOT CARE, because it’s a time of sacrifice and we have to do it.
We are proud to have elders like you who have made us proud. You people have made our lives, not only for us but for our next generations as well. We will feel proud to tell our youngsters that our elders did not succumb to any kind of pressure no matter how hard things were around them. We will always walk with our heads high and our hearts filled with pride. Thank you so much for giving this immortal gift to us.
I hope all of you are in best of your health and would read this letter. Love you all.
Yours Pinky (Palwasha Iftikhar Chaudhry)
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Tags: Iftikhar Chaudhary, Letter, Palwasha, PCO
4 responses so far ↓
1 raza // Dec 4, 2007 at 7:19 pm
Great letter Pinky!!
2 Taimoor // Feb 12, 2008 at 11:01 am
We salute your father and the rest of the judges who didnt take oath under the pco
3 asad khan // Mar 25, 2008 at 2:54 pm
remember i told u in my fist comments,that ur days will come again,
inshALLAH,
KEEP FAITH IN ALLAH.
4 munsif ali, age:39, former ztbl typist // Jun 1, 2008 at 2:03 pm
assalam-o-alekum respected miss palwasha,
I am munsif rasool former ztbl typist from may 95 to aug-2008. A great injustice was done to me , when my service was terminated my a group of ztbl officers in aug-2008. since then I have been writting to judges about this injustice. was about to obtain my house building loan from ztbl. The then chairman , istaqbal mehdi had issued orders for my house building loan. I also sent my appeal to honourable iftikhar choudhary and judges of lahore high court thru ordinary post. but we ordinary people’s letters and appeals are not heard by the judges. My e.mail is munsif_44@yahoo.co.uk, cell 09203313524436.
May I ask you miss palwasha, a judge is to impart justice. I have so far written to hundreds of judges of pakistan, such sindh high court, karachi federal service tribunal, and my english is also excellent. may I please ask you, if I do not have money a judge can not do anything.
thru my letters to judges I did not ask them to climb mount averset, I simply asked them to conduct investigation, but either hon. iftikhar choudhary or abdul hameed dogar, have taken oath not to respond.
will the judges keep listening to the fake disputes lodged with them.
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