FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, THROUGH CHAIRMAN, ISLAMABAD vs DR — 2026 PLC(CS) 150 SUPREME-COURT

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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, THROUGH CHAIRMAN, ISLAMABAD VS DR. SHUMAILA NAEEM. Art. 176---Role of Supreme Court and its Judges---Scope---Real role of Supreme Court and its Judges is not merely a forum for resolving disputes; it is the constitutional conscience of the nation, tasked with producing progressive and principled jurisprudence that breathes life into the Constitution and bridges distance between law and the lived realities of the people---It is the ultimate guardian of fundamental rights and final sentinel against Executive or Legislative overreach---Judges of Supreme Court are not passive interpreters of text, they are the custodians of liberty, equality, and institutional independence---Supreme Court must remain alive to the evolving aspirations of society and innovate new remedies to advance justice---Judges are to act with integrity and courage, to resist all encroachments, external or internal that threaten to erode the autonomy of the judiciary or subvert the rule of law---Judges must not fall prey to the lure of small, short-term benefits, whether of elevation, power, or personal comfort that may accrue if they speak the language of authority rather than that of the Constitution---Such benefits are illusory and transient---True reward of a Judge lies in preserving dignity of the institution and trust of the people---It is also the solemn duty of Judges of Supreme Court to call out, with moral clarity and institutional courage, those among their ranks who surrender to the power of the day at the cost of constitutional principles---Critique from within, when rooted in fidelity to the Constitution, is not disloyalty, it is the highest form of service to the judicial institution---History is a vigilant witness, it does not remember those who accommodated power but those who stood resolute in defense of principle---Jurisprudential legacy of a Judge is not built on appeasement but on principled defiance when the soul of justice is imperiled---Courts must never become tools of expediency, rather they must be lighthouses of constitutional morality and guardians of democratic integrity---History does not absolve judges who abandon their constitutional duty; it remembers them not as dispensers of justice, but as collaborators in injustice.

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, THROUGH CHAIRMAN, ISLAMABAD vs DR — 2026 PLC(CS) 150 SUPREME-COURT

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