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" THE ROLE OF LAWYERS AND JUDGES IN UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW THE ROLE OF LAWYERS AND JUDGES IN UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW   [Paper presented m a seminar 'Role of Lawyers and Judges' held at Karachi on 26th August, 1919 under the Chairmanship of Mr. Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid, Judge, Supreme Court of Pakistan, organised by Legal Aid Centre (LHRLA). Karachi.]   By   Mr. Justice Rasheed A. Razvi, Judge, High Court of Sindh   It is always manifold task for the Bar and the Bench to uphold the Rule of Law, particularly in a country like Pakistan, where the period of Constitutional deviations is larger than the period when people of this country have enjoyed their Constitutional and other rights. The history of lawyers struggle and judiciary's resistance to submit itself to arbitrariness and absolutism of the rulers of Pakistan is full of landmark events. There may he few exceptions amongst the legal fraternity where few lawyers had indeed defended a situation contrary to the Rule of Law, which may have created a bad name for them within their community, but, over all, the Bar has always stood for and has upheld the rule of law. Likewise, in the judiciary. there may be few decisions for which one may perhaps argue and label them to be an obstacle in the way towards supremacy of law; but, the superior Courts in Pakistan have, to a great extent, always resolved in favour of the rule of law. In the words of former Chief Justice of Pakistan, Dr. Nasim Hasan Shah, J. (as his lordship then was), " ... ...It can be said that throughout the 50 years of Pakistan's existence as a sovereign State, the highest Courts in the land have, despite being confronted with one crisis after another, succeeded in finding legal solutions for the delicate problems coming up…