Judicial Independence and Accountability of Judiciary in Pakistan
Fozia Shaheen, Gul Sher Butt, Mubashir Tariq, Muhammad Zahid Rafique Rana, Mamoona Khalid

Abstract
Concept of judicial independence occupies central position in a fair and just legal system. Almost all the legal systems are based on the strong belief that judicial bodies will act impartially and in accordance with law. It is expected that law of the land must provide not only safeguards to preserve and promote judicial independence but also accountability mechanism in order to make the superior judiciary answerable for their misconducts etc. The study will analysis constitutional framework under the constitution of Pakistan, to preserve independence of judiciary and the extent to which judicial accountability mechanism in Pakistan is sufficient to produce effective results by comparatively analyzing the judicial accountability mechanism prevailing in United Kingdom & United States of America, in order to choose best practices and explore different forms, limits and ways to make judges accountable.

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