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" 305 MESSAGE TO THE NEWLY ELEVATED ADDITIONAL JUDGES OF PESHAWAR HIGH COURT Mr. Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, Chief Justice, Peshawar High Court   Published in: All Pakistan Legal Decisions Year of Publication: 2011 Suggested Citation: 2011 PLD Journal Section p.129 The slot you have been selected for is not a bed of roses. Nor it is a place to relax and rejoice on. It may lend enchantment to the view from a distance but when you are in it, it is a test, a trial, a tribulation you face day in and day out. If you pass through these, you go up and up not only in your own eyes but also in the eyes of others. However, when it is otherwise you sink and stoop to a bottomless pit where you are despised and detested by all those who are around you. It is quite easy to do justice between two equally poor or equally rich persons. Your metal is tested only when you decide a lis between a poor and a rich notwithstanding the former is represented by a poor and mediocre lawyer and the latter is represented by a lawyer who is renowned and resourceful. Let it be justness of the cause, which should be the predominant consideration for deciding the lis regardless altogether of their poverty or riches. Your decision in such cases proves where you stand. Your position raises the expectations of your kith and kin who, more often than not, beguile you into believing that with this slot you can advance your personal and their interest. Their logic is quite enticing and so is the temptation. However, history bears a witness to the fact that those who followed such logic and succumbed to such temptation ultimately ruined themselves socially as well as spiritually. Guard yourself against such enticement and temptation if and when held out. This poor country despite scant resources offers you a…