Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, and All Karachi Industrial Alliance, and former provincial minister Mian Zahid Hussain said on Wednesday that the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Qazi Faiz Isa, has taken commendable steps as soon as he took charge. He said a full court session has been held after a while, and the proceedings have been watched by millions of people on TV, giving hope to the public and the business community.

Mian Zahid Hussain said that improving the judicial system through reforms and restoring the public’s trust in this institution will be his big test, in which the Chief Justice will succeed, insha’Allah.

Talking to the business community, the veteran business leader said that Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa is striving for transparency and accountability in the justice system, and he wants to end the pending cases for years so that people can get relief.

The business leader said that the Chief Justice should deal with revenue cases and litigation on business disputes on a priority basis, as capital and revenue worth trillions of rupees are stuck in these cases, and the business community is also in a dilemma.

The judgment of these cases will either relieve the business people and industrialists who filed the lawsuits or generate revenue for the government, which is not currently happening, he observed.

Mian Zahid Hussain said that if those who file false cases are given severe punishment, then the trend of useless litigation can be ended. At the same time, some people harass those who invest in property and other sectors by taking stay orders for no reason, which needs to be stopped.

Various institutions and laws discourage investment instead of promoting it, so the country has reached this situation. The Supreme Court should review the case, prepare a detailed report, and work with the government to improve things.

Mian Zahid Hussain further said that the superior judiciary should be kept away from politics, which will improve the institution’s working and restore the people’s confidence because involvement in politics gives birth to factionalism that affects the institution’s reputation.

He said that the people and the business community hope that Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa will try to provide cheap and quick justice to the masses and will make efforts for human rights.