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Justice or Joke? The Phoenix, the Dishonored and the Glass Of Water!

Pakistan is notorious for various things around the world; terrorism, extremism, intolerance and etc. However one other thing for which this South Asian nation is notorious for is its failed justice system, there is no doubt that Pakistan's justice system has been and is in tatters for as long as I can recall. We all are aware of how cases remain pending for years in Pakistani courts, the well to do get away with their crimes and the poor suffer as justice is butchered every day in the country. From the well-known 'judicial murder' of the former Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto to the recent acquittal of Shah Hussain in the Khadija murder attempt case, the situation of Pakistan's justice system can clearly be analyzed. Khadija Siddiqui a law student from Lahore was stabbed twenty three times in broad daylight by her ex-boyfriend Shah Hussain on a busy road in 2016. Khadija was left in a pool of blood while the monster fled the scene. Miraculously by the grace