The Supreme Court itself took notice of the issue of the letter of the judges of the Islamabad High Court. A bench consisting of all the judges present at the principal seat of Islamabad has been formed on the issue of the judges’ letter, the 7-member bench will be headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Qazi Faiz Isa.
Justice Qazi Faiz Isa will head the 7-member bench, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Yahya Khan Afridi, Justice Jamal Khan Mandakhil, Justice Athar Minullah, Justice Musrat Hilali and Justice Naeem Akhtar will be part of the Afghan bench.
It should be noted that on March 27, 6 judges of the Islamabad High Court wrote a letter to the Supreme Judicial Council regarding the alleged interference and pressure of intelligence agencies in the work of judges.
It was written by Islamabad High Court Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, Justice Babar Sattar, Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan, Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir and Justice Suman Rift Imtiaz.
A day later, there were calls from various quarters to investigate him, with Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faiz Isa convening a full-court meeting of Supreme Court judges.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Chief Justice Isa, where the two decided to form a commission to investigate concerns of interference in judicial affairs following approval by the cabinet.
On March 30, approval was given to form a one-member inquiry commission on the allegations of judges of the Islamabad High Court, Justice (retd) Tasadeq Jilani was appointed as the head of the commission.
The Federal Cabinet also approved the Terms of Reference (TORs) of the Commission of Inquiry. According to the TORs, the Commission of Inquiry will thoroughly investigate the allegations leveled in the letter of the Honorable Judges and determine whether these allegations are true or not. . A commission of inquiry will determine whether an official was directly involved in the interference?
The commission will recommend action once morest an agency, department or government body based on the facts revealed in its investigation. The Commission will also have the power to examine any other matter it deems necessary during the course of the inquiry.
More than 300 lawyers have requested the Supreme Court to take notice of the allegations of interference in judicial affairs by the intelligence apparatus under Article 184 (3) of the Constitution on the issue of the letter of 6 judges of the Islamabad High Court on March 31. What did
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2024-05-01 22:18:37
