ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has complained to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi that the judiciary is being used as a tool for political gains and being made a mockery of. “The entire justice system has been made a joke. We [told] the CJP that the judiciary was being used as a tool [politically],” remarked PTI Secretary-General Salman Akram Raja while speaking at a presser following the meeting with the CJP. The former ruling party’s press conference comes against the backdrop of the chief justice’s meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to share the agenda of the upcoming National Judicial Policymaking Committee (NJPMC) meeting. The premier, during the Wednesday meeting, was accompanied by Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar, Economic Affairs Minister Ahad Cheema and Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan. SC Registrar Muhammad Salim Khan and Secretary Law and Justice Commission Tanzeela Sabahat were also present on the occasion. During the huddle, the top judge had assured taking opposition parties’ input over the judicial reforms — part of the CJP’s overall reform agenda intending reduction in the pendency and providing speedy justice. CJP Yahya, as per a press release issued by the Supreme Court (SC), has undertaken transformative changes to modernise the judiciary to uphold fairness, transparency, and accessibility to meet standards for judicial excellence and ensure that the justice system remains citizen-centric and responsive to the litigants needs. However, the meeting apparently didn’t sit well with the former ruling party whose Senator Barrister Ali Zafar urged the CJP to stay out of politics. “The CJP should not make such meetings a routine [practice] as it gives the impression of politics,” Senator Zafar said Addressing the party’s ongoing legal woes, with several of its leaders including founder Imran Khan .behind bars, Raja said that the party today informed CJP Yahya of their cases not being heard. “[We] told the CJP that human rights had practically ceased to exist in the country,” the lawyer said.