The line between human rights advocacy and political storytelling becomes dangerously thin when allegations are amplified before they are examined. Pakistan finds itself confronting such a moment after a recent statement by a UN Human Rights Council mandate holder triggered sensational headlines, amplified selective claims and framed an ongoing domestic legal matter through an oversimplified lens. The ease with which an independent expert's non-binding remarks were repackaged as a definitive UN judgment reveals less about Pakistan's legal framework and more about the modern appetite for quick outrage. It is essential, therefore, to place facts back into context and reassert the foundational principle that Pakistan is a sovereign state with its own institutions, its own judicial rhythm and its own accountability mechanisms that cannot be pre-judged from afar. Sovereignty means that domestic legal processes are neither subordinate to external conjecture nor obliged to align with politicised interpretations presented as global concern.

The insinuations embedded in the statement reflect an externalised political narrative rather than verifiable evidence. Pakistan's judicial architecture is not only independent but structurally cushioned against executive or institutional overreach. Multiple layers of oversight - from trial courts to appellate forums - ensure that due process........

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