Unfortunately, Mr. Shahzad Akbar is correct; there is a lot going on with Pakistan's court right now. There are issues such as enforcing law regarding the interruption of television signals (click here), the listing of people on the "Exit Control List (click here) and there may soon be an argument between the two major political parties regarding their rally venues (click here).
The point is Pakistan has always had issues with stability among it's political realms that lead to problems post election with the ISI while it tries to maintain some degree of domestic stability. If the Pakistan judiciary loses credibility on issues that are important, there could be ground lost with the people. This case will becomes a political football. The USA should find a way to end this case with an agreement with the man's family. The USA performs such agreements in war zones all the time. This case is just that important.
May 8, 2018
By Rizwan Shehzad
Islamabad: The man who's son was killed (click here) as a US diplomat hit a motorcyclist in the capital has informed the Islamabad High Court that absolute immunity of diplomats may defeat citizens’ trust in the justice system.
Shahzad Akbar, the counsel for Muhammad Idrees —father of the deceased Ateeq Mir who was killed by the defence and air attaché at the US Embassy Colonel Joseph Emmanuel — argued on Monday before Justice Aamer Farooq that “absolute immunity of diplomats may defeat citizens’ trust in the justice system.”
In his arguments, the counsel said that if rights of the citizens are not upheld and an innocent person is deprived of his/her life, a chaotic situation arises where the population has no trust in the criminal justice system of that country...
