Pakistan, April 4 -- The Chief Justice of the country's highest court was delivering a verdict on a crucial presidential reference. This reference pertained to a case that had altered the course of Pakistan's history, pushing the nation into the shadows of dictatorship, oppression, political revenge, fundamentalism, and regression-effects of which still linger today. The reference challenged a Supreme Court decision made 44 years ago, a verdict that had ignored the demands of justice and the rule of law. It was a decision tailored to appease a dictator, a usurper. A decision that remains an indelible stain on the reputation of Pakistan's higher judiciary. This decision eroded public trust in the judiciary and cast a long shadow over its cre...