Legal fraternity warns proposed FCC will shatter judicial independence, hand executive sweeping control
A soulless Supreme Court
The proposed 27th Constitutional Amendment is being widely seen as a blow to the independence of the judiciary, with critics warning that the Supreme Court cannot be split down the middle or placed under the thumb of the proposed Federal Constitutional Court (FCC), whose first chief judge would be appointed by the executive.
A former attorney general for Pakistan observed that the FCC "could not have been created in the manner as proposed", cautioning that such a move would open a Pandora's box for the country's constitutional framework.
He noted that the prime minister would have the power to select any SC judge as the chief justice of the FCC.
He warned that the transfer of high court judges without their consent would be open to gr
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