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" FULL COURT REFERENCE ON THE EVE OF RETIREMENT OF MR FULL COURT REFERENCE ON THE EVE OF RETIREMENT OF MR. JUSTICE RAHMAT HUSSAIN JAFFERI, JUDGE, SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN   Address by   Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Chief Justice of Pakistan   [22-11-2010]   Mr. Justice Rahmat Hussain Jafferi, My brother Judges, Mr. Attorney General for Pakistan, Vice-Chairman, Pakistan Bar Council, President, Supreme Court Bar Association, Members of the Bar, Ladies and Gentlemen!   We have assembled here today to bid farewell to a distinguished Judge of this Court Mr. Justice Rahmat Hussain Jafferi, who laid the robes of his office on attaining the age of superannuation. According to William Shakespeare, "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages". So Justice Jafferi has successfully played an important role of his life. He had earned the respect of his colleagues and legal fraternity due to his professional competence and unassuming and affable personality. He is an embodiment of judicial institutions of the country as he has evolved into a Judge of the apex Court after wading through the judicial hierarchy of the country starting as Civil Judge and then moving on to higher positions as District and Sessions Judge, Judge of the High Court and subsequently elevated to the Supreme Court.   Justice Jafferi not only brought rich experience of judicial administration but also contributed much in the use of Information Technology and automation in the field of judicial administration. Despite his enormous judicial work, he has been active in strengthening the official website of Supreme Court and…