Episode 17 of the drama featured a courtroom scene referencing the twenty sixth Modification and Justice Mansoor Ali Shah
A latest episode of Geo Leisure’s Case No. 9 has prompted dialogue on-line after viewers seen {that a} important courtroom alternate aired on tv was lacking from the drama’s official YouTube add.
The episode in query, which went out on Wednesday evening, featured Aaminah Sheikh’s character, Beenish, delivering a rebuttal in courtroom whereas defending Seher, performed by Saba Qamar. Throughout cross-examination, Faysal Quraishi’s character makes an attempt to solid doubt on Seher’s credibility by referring to her as a divorced lady and “not a virgin.” Beenish responds by citing landmark judgments by Justice Ayesha Malik and Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, arguing {that a} lady’s previous relationships haven’t any bearing on her character or on a rape case, a sentiment famous in Justice Malik’s personal rulings.
It was Beenish’s introduction to Justice Shah’s judgment that drew consideration. Within the authentic broadcast, she states, “Had the twenty sixth Constitutional Modification not been handed, blocking his manner, he would have been our nation’s chief justice.” The opposing counsel counters by quoting Mirza Ghalib and asserting parliament’s supremacy: “Parliament is the nation’s supreme establishment and it has handed the twenty sixth Modification.”
By the subsequent morning, this alternate, seen within the TV telecast, had been faraway from the episode uploaded to YouTube. Author of the drama and journalist Shahzeb Khanzada later shared the unedited clip on X, confirming that the omission was not a part of the unique broadcast.
The reference touches on a politically delicate chapter of latest judicial historical past. Handed in early October 2024, the twenty sixth Constitutional Modification restricted the Supreme Court docket’s suo motu powers, mounted the chief justice’s time period at three years, and shifted the ability of appointing the subsequent CJP to the prime minister, who may select from the three most senior judges. Beforehand, the highest put up robotically went to the senior-most choose.
Regardless of the edit, Case No. 9 has acquired reward for its dealing with of inauspicious material. The present, starring Saba Qamar, Amina Sheikh and Faiysal Quraishi, has been extensively appreciated for addressing the obstacles confronted by rape survivors inside Pakistan’s justice system and for together with judicial language and precedent into its storytelling.
