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" SPEECH SPEECH   BY   MR. JUSTICE INAMULLAH KHAN   Chief Justice of West Pakistan     I hops the house will share with me the feeling that we have listened to a very interesting and illuminating talk by Mr. Justice Anwarul Haq on the subject of Rule of Law I am grateful to the Muslim Educational Conference for having asked me to preside at this talk. The Rule of Law is no longer a phrase of uncertain meaning. It has well-established concepts in a free society, as it pervades the entire administration of justice as a living force in all the civilized and advanced countries of the world. Undoubtedly it has a great practical importance in the life of every human being and the day to day life of the community as a whole. It has several ramifications to which Mr. Haq has made instructive references. I will only content myself with a brief mention of three of the essential ingredients of the Rule of Law recognised and over for the healthy growth of a developing society they are :--   (1) The Supremacy of the Law and respect for Law;   (1) The independence of the Judiciary, and   (3) An organized Bar.   These have come to my mind almost instinctively because I have myself been nurtured in the traditions of the supremacy of the law ever since I adopted the career of a lawyer and both at the Bar and after my elevation to the Bench I have striven humbly in my own way to uphold the supremacy of the law to help in the organization of the Bar and to maintain the independence of the Judiciary. May I say that without all these three elements existing side by side, the first by a collective community effort and the last two by a zealous co‑operative effort between the Bench and the Bar, the Rule of Law would just be an empty 'phrase.…