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" PAYING OF HOMAGE, RESPECT AND TRIBUTE TO PAYING OF HOMAGE, RESPECT AND TRIBUTE TO LATE MR. JUSTICE WAQAR AHMAD SETH, CHIEF JUSTICE, PESHAWAR HIGH COURT Speech by Mr. Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan, Acting Chief Justice, Peshawar High Court   My Honourable Judges, bereaved family members, learned Advocate General, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and members of his team, learned Additional Attorney General and members of his team, President and Vice President Supreme Court Bar Association, Presidents and General Secretaries of High Court Bar Associations including Circuit Benches, Senior Lawyers throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Chief Secretary, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Capital City Police Officer, Peshawar, Secretary Law Department, Former Hon'ble Judges, Principal Officers of this court, District and Sessions Judges, Judges in Ex-Cadre, Senior Lawyers throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Vice Chairman, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council and Members Executive, Presidents and General Secretaries of the District Bar Associations throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. We have assembled here to pay homage respect and tribute to our dearest and distinguished brother Judge on the Bench, late Chief Justice Mr. Waqar Ahmad Seth, who left us in a state of deep shock for his eternal abode on 12th November, 2020. As Quran says: "Every soul shall taste death" It is an inescapable part of our faith. However, in the person of Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth, we have indeed not just lost a judge of the highest caliber but a man of exceptional courage and qualities of head and heart. My friendship with him lasted for over 37 long years. Out of affection I would call him "Seth Jee". Courtesy a common friend, I and Seth Jee got friends the day he entered the portals…