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    Accountability of judges of the supreme court of Pakistan
    (UMT.Lahore, 2024) Muhammad Ammar; Mahra Nawaz; Qaise Ahmad Khan; Muhammad Rizwan
    This project explores the accountability of judges of the Superior Court in Pakistan and US bygiving a comparative analysis of the accountability of the judges. This study provides theconstitutional framework and related provisions of the legislature and institutions which governthe accountability process. The forum for accountability of judges in Pakistan is the SupremeJudicial Council (SJC) whereas in US the accountability is held by impeachment processes andother organizations. This research highlights the strength and weakness of each system by goingthrough detailed study of case laws and by looking at the decisions made in those cases. There arefour chapters of this thesis, an in-depth analysis of the constitutional provisions for theaccountability of judges in Pakistan under Articles 209, 210 and 211 of Pakistan constitution ismade in chapter II. The cultural and political contexts which influences the accountability of judgesis also analyzed in this study and the solution to them is mentioned in the recommendations in thelast of the thesis. To make a balance between all the governmental bodies it is very important tokeep a suitable check and balance on them otherwise these branches will have no fear of beinganswerable for the functions they perform.