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Reference against Justice Isa: SCBA demands President Alvi’s impeachment

ISLAMABAD : The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Saturday demanded President Arif Alvi’s impeachment for filing a reference against apex court judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa.

SCBA President Amanullah Kanrani stated the legal fraternity’s stance during a press conference. The reference alleges that the apex court judge did not declare foreign property in his wealth statement.

Kanrani maintained that the complaint filed against Justice Isa was “condemnable” and that the nation meted out similar treatment to Fatima Jinnah.

Recounting Justice Isa’s services to the nation, the SCBA president said that the SC judge had “exposed” terrorism and “people who do not speak against terrorists are facilitators of terrorism”.

Lawyers coming together in support of Justice Isa

On June 14, the legal fraternity will gather to express solidarity with the judges, he added.

Urging parliamentarians to file an impeachment reference against the president, Kanrani termed Alvi a “dummy president” and added that he had “no rhyme or reason to hold office”.

The government has filed a complaint at the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) against alleged misconduct of two superior court judges, who hold foreign properties either in their own names or through their spouses.

Sources privy to the development told the Express Tribune that it was alleged in the reference – filed through the president – that the judges did not declare their foreign properties in their wealth statements



https://tribune.com.pk/story/198484...isa-scba-demands-president-alvis-impeachment/
 
Yaad e Maazi and U turn stooge, Corrupt, Incompetent maafia
 

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Withdraw reference against Justice Faez Isa before 14th: SCBA

ISLAMABAD: President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Amanullah Kanrani has asked the government to withdraw presidential reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa before June 14 otherwise they will resist it with full force.


While addressing a press conference on Saturday at Supreme Court, Arif Alvi is a dummy president and he has no right to remain on this post and therefore, members of Parliament should file reference of impeachment against president. He said that the great family was being humiliated through this reference. He said that there is no charge of corruption against Justice Qazi Faez Isa. He said that Justice Faez Isa exposed terrorism in his decisions. Kanrani said that those who do not speak against terrorism are facilitors.

SCBA president urged the judges of Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to dispose of the reference soon after its arrival. He said that today reference has been filed against Justice Faez Isa but tomorrow reference will be file against other judges too. He said that chief justice should have first reviewed the reference and then issued the notice, while president should have also filed reference against Justice Faez Isa after due consideration.

SCBA president said that Arif Alvi and his companions may be succeeded in getting their interests but the state will have to pay its price. He said that the decisions which were made on mala fide intention are seen clearly. He said that the whole nation wants to advocate for Justice Faez Isa and it has eyes on SCBA. He announced to observe solidarity with judiciary on June 14 and asked the presidents of bars of whole country to come to Islamabad and all lawyers should wear black bands around their arms in this regard on June 14.

He said the judges, whose record is clear, should carry out accountability of Justice Faez Isa and submit affidavit of their impartiality in this regard.


https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/479438-withdraw-reference-against-justice-faez-isa-before-14th-scba
 
Look at the panic of the mafia, why are they so worried? Come on losers all he has to do is to explain why he is the owner of properties which he hasn't declared, if they are in the wife's name, then where did she get money from? Justice the crook, your game of protecting the crooks is over.
 
The question is a simple one, does he have properties abroad, if so, why aren't they declared, what is the history of the purchase, where did the money come from? Come on mafia, let's here the answers!
 

The OP guy Kanrani in this video could not give one logical answer as to what is the harm in reference.

I like this host he ain't like other anchors bringing idiots into their show for a loud program. He brings knowledgeable people and wants an actual debate rather than cheap finger pointing.

The hosts correctly point out that what is all the hue about? Does this council believe that that supreme court judges will give an incorrect verdict? Do these people think that supreme court judges listening this case are biased? Funny thing is that these people work under the command of these SC judges so they accepting they part of biased corporation?

This drama is quite literally pointless.
 

The OP guy Kanrani in this video could not give one logical answer as to what is the harm in reference.

I like this host he ain't like other anchors bringing idiots into their show for a loud program. He brings knowledgeable people and wants an actual debate rather than cheap finger pointing.

The hosts correctly point out that what is all the hue about? Does this council believe that that supreme court judges will give an incorrect verdict? Do these people think that supreme court judges listening this case are biased? Funny thing is that these people work under the command of these SC judges so they accepting they part of biased corporation?

This drama is quite literally pointless.
 

The OP guy Kanrani in this video could not give one logical answer as to what is the harm in reference.

I like this host he ain't like other anchors bringing idiots into their show for a loud program. He brings knowledgeable people and wants an actual debate rather than cheap finger pointing.

The hosts correctly point out that what is all the hue about? Does this council believe that that supreme court judges will give an incorrect verdict? Do these people think that supreme court judges listening this case are biased? Funny thing is that these people work under the command of these SC judges so they accepting they part of biased corporation?

This drama is quite literally pointless.

You won't the liar in chief answer any points. Not a single Noora has been able to answer the simple questions, did he have properties abroad, if he did, why weren't they declared and the money trail to show the purchase. Surely he should be able to answer the questions.
 
You won't the liar in chief answer any points. Not a single Noora has been able to answer the simple questions, did he have properties abroad, if he did, why weren't they declared and the money trail to show the purchase. Surely he should be able to answer the questions.

Umar RA the greatest khaleefa can be asked question about his dress but asking this judge a simple question about his property is an insult.
 
It's obviously bigger than they want the world to know, if one falls, the rest will follow.

The corrupt will not go without a fight
 
I am surprised that the simple Questions I am asking are not being hammered home on social media, No Noora has an answer
 
Properties of Qazi in question. @ Mamoon, @Liarinchief. Explain why they werent declared. Where is the money trail for these?

90 Adelaide Road, London E10 5NW:
£429,000
Range: £365,000 - £493,000
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50 Conistan Court, Kendal Street, London
Current average: £576,788
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40 Oakdale Road, London E11, 4DL
Current average value: £555,706
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Properties of Qazi in question. @ Mamoon, @Liarinchief. Explain why they werent declared. Where is the money trail for these?

90 Adelaide Road, London E10 5NW:
£429,000
Range: £365,000 - £493,000
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50 Conistan Court, Kendal Street, London
Current average: £576,788
House prices in Kendal Street, London W2 stand at £576,788 on average - Zoopla
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40 Oakdale Road, London E11, 4DL
Current average value: £555,706
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Expected better from judge sahab now he is also giving reference of his father's struggle for Pakistan with MA Jinnah.
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Why Judge sahab is leaking his letters to Geo now before sending them to president? President is receiving his letters after Geo
 
ok i was giving justice isa benefit of doubt but the way he is playing victim card now is making me feel like there is something fishy why he is afraid and in panic mode? Instead of clearing his name now he is doing this (read the highlighted part).

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ok i was giving justice isa benefit of doubt but the way he is playing victim card now is making me feel like there is something fishy why he is afraid and in panic mode? Instead of clearing his name now he is doing this (read the highlighted part).

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He would be better served to show where the properties came from? If he feels anyone else( including IK) has done wrong then he should file a reference. But we need to know where these properties came from?
 
Now he is defending his case through media but he is the same judge who banned media from reporting anything related to Hudaybia case remember [MENTION=1269]Bewal Express[/MENTION]
 
All he needs is to show bank statements and a trail. It should be a 10 minute job. If someone were to ask to me show my links to my apartment I can do it in under 5 minutes. Why is it hard for these crooks?
 
Now he is defending his case through media but he is the same judge who banned media from reporting anything related to Hudaybia case remember [MENTION=1269]Bewal Express[/MENTION]

He knew then that people knew he was corrupt and didnt want it discussed. His reputation has been in tatters since his corrupt disposal of that black and white case.
 
All he needs is to show bank statements and a trail. It should be a 10 minute job. If someone were to ask to me show my links to my apartment I can do it in under 5 minutes. Why is it hard for these crooks?

This case has become like the NS Panama scandal case, where they did all the talking in the media and showed nothing in court. This judge is bricking it.
 
Honestly its a mafia Sharif put me in place. Like a drug cartel does.
 
The PML-N and PPP mafia must be ruthlessly targetted. All their people in the bureaucracy, the state institutions need to be purged ruthlessly
 
He is absolutely right. He is under no obligation to prove anything because this is not accountability, this is a witch-hunt.

PTI supporters should first ask their Kaptaan to stop running from Akbar S. Babar and clear his name in the foreign funding case.
 
He is absolutely right. He is under no obligation to prove anything because this is not accountability, this is a witch-hunt.

PTI supporters should first ask their Kaptaan to stop running from Akbar S. Babar and clear his name in the foreign funding case.

oh dear another desperate attempt at evasion-Nice try but We need a money trail! It cant be difficult as he claims that its all above board. This guy makes quite literally life and death decisions- we need to be confident that he is honest.
 
The PML-N and PPP mafia must be ruthlessly targetted. All their people in the bureaucracy, the state institutions need to be purged ruthlessly

This is where IK and the PTI have been useless. The mafia are still running the show and IK is letting them. He needs to become the person his opponents are accusing him of anyway.
 
oh dear another desperate attempt at evasion-Nice try but We need a money trail! It cant be difficult as he claims that its all above board. This guy makes quite literally life and death decisions- we need to be confident that he is honest.

Why doesn't Imran lead the way and come clean in his foreign funding case? A founding member of PTI has accused him of embezzling a portion of SKMH funds, but he is running from that case for 4 years and counting. As I have said already, this isn't accountability; it is a witch-hunt because Justice Qazi doesn't take crap from the military and doesn't hesitate in calling them out for their bullying and blackmailing.

He is a future CJ and it is giving the establishment sleepless nights because he is not going to do their bidding.
 
Why doesn't Imran lead the way and come clean in his foreign funding case? A founding member of PTI has accused him of embezzling a portion of SKMH funds, but he is running from that case for 4 years and counting. As I have said already, this isn't accountability; it is a witch-hunt because Justice Qazi doesn't take crap from the military and doesn't hesitate in calling them out for their bullying and blackmailing.

He is a future CJ and it is giving the establishment sleepless nights because he is not going to do their bidding.

So the Foreign funding case- which has no legs is the best you can do? Tell you what, file a reference and nail him if you have something, maybe Isa can help you with the money he got from the Hudbiya dismissal. If the founding member of the PTI has something he should file criminal charges( why hasnt he?) Whats he waiting for. The PTI has filed a reference and the SJC will decide- why are you losers panicking so much- you have been on pins and needles for a week. He is saying that there is nothing to worry about( except he doesnt want to answer the questions), dont you trust the crook?
 
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So the Foreign funding case- which has no legs is the best you can do? Tell you what, file a reference and nail him if you have something, maybe Isa can help you with the money he got from the Hudbiya dismissal. If the founding member of the PTI has something he should file criminal charges( why hasnt he?) Whats he waiting for. The PTI has filed a reference and the SJC will decide- why are you losers panicking so much- you have been on pins and needles for a week. He is saying that there is nothing to worry about( except he doesnt want to answer the questions), dont you trust the crook?

If I remember correctly when Panama case was going on at that time PMLN by using speaker Ayaz Sadiq sent a ref against Justice Khosa to SJC but I guess it was all constitutional back thn?
 
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If I remember correctly when Panama case was going on at that time PMLN by using speaker Ayaz Sadiq sent a ref against Justice Khosa to SJC but I guess it was all constitutional back thn?

Did he now? [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION]- was that halal? please dont run like [MENTION=135038]Major[/MENTION] does. You guys must be tired of running, man up!
 
Did he now? [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION]- was that halal? please dont run like [MENTION=135038]Major[/MENTION] does. You guys must be tired of running, man up!

Ayaz Sadiq files references against Justice Khosa

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq has filed a reference against Justice Asif Saeed Khosa in Supreme Judicial Council on Saturday for biased remarks articulated against him during April 20 hearing of Panama Papers case.

Justice Khosa called Ayaz an ally of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in court which reveals the biased thinking of the judge since none of the other judges in the Panamagate bench uttered such remarks, according to the NA speaker.

The reference against Justice Khosa has been filed under the Article 209 of the Constitution, which deals with matters of Supreme Judicial Council.

Justice Khosa, who headed the five-judge bench of the Panama Case, had referred to Sadiq as Nawaz Sharif’s supporter because the speaker failed to forward details to Election Comission of Pakistan (ECP) of Pakistan Tehreeke Insaf’s case against the former premier.

https://dailytimes.com.pk/120167/ayaz-sadiq-files-references-against-justice-khosa/
 
Interesting fact about judge saab

He was a lawyer and never served as a judge before being appointed directly as CJ of Baluchistan High Court on orders of Iftikhar Ch/Zardari

I know there are many examples of lawyers becoming judges but here we are talking about a lawyer becoming CJ of high court without any experience as a judge.
 
Interesting fact about judge saab

He was a lawyer and never served as a judge before being appointed directly as CJ of Baluchistan High Court on orders of Iftikhar Ch/Zardari

I know there are many examples of lawyers becoming judges but here we are talking about a lawyer becoming CJ of high court without any experience as a judge.

This is an establishment conspiracy to appoint him! Who appointed him?
 
These politicians were launched by the army for their own designs.

Do you have proof of this? Proof against each politician you are mentioning please, not just the last decade but in the last 70 years.

And if you can't provide proof that's fine, i understand influence from armies in any country. But any army needs to be tapered by the government and judiciary. If they don't do their jobs right then the military will run rampant, as they deal in chaos.
 
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Do you have proof of this? Proof against each politician you are mentioning please, not just the last decade but in the last 70 years.

And if you can't provide proof that's fine, i understand influence from armies in any country. But any army needs to be tapered by the government and judiciary. If they don't do their jobs right then the military will run rampant, as they deal in chaos.

Do you seriously need proof that PMLN, PPP and PTI at various points have been backed and supported by the military?

In Pakistan, the military cannot be tapered by the government because the latter has no real power. When you are brought into power by the military, how can you put them on a leash? If you try, you are doomed.

That is what has happened to Benazir and Nawaz.

The only civilian leader who took on military supremacy head-on was Zulfiqar Bhutto. He was a man of many faults, but his farcical trial and execution is perhaps the greatest example of military supremacy in Pakistan.

I do agree that judiciary have the power to restrain the military, and that is why they have united behind Justice Isa who has been subjected to a witch-hunt because of his open criticism of the military.
 
Whats the issue here. We dont have lifetime appointees to the judiciary.
Instead of the usual sky is falling end of democracy nonsense, just go to the proper forum and prove your innocence.
 
Do you seriously need proof that PMLN, PPP and PTI at various points have been backed and supported by the military?

In Pakistan, the military cannot be tapered by the government because the latter has no real power. When you are brought into power by the military, how can you put them on a leash? If you try, you are doomed.

That is what has happened to Benazir and Nawaz.

The only civilian leader who took on military supremacy head-on was Zulfiqar Bhutto. He was a man of many faults, but his farcical trial and execution is perhaps the greatest example of military supremacy in Pakistan.

I do agree that judiciary have the power to restrain the military, and that is why they have united behind Justice Isa who has been subjected to a witch-hunt because of his open criticism of the military.

So are you saying that he should be backed even if he is hiding assets?
 
Sadiq Jan taking the Corrupt Judge to task. Remember Sadiq attended all the sessions of the Hudbiya case in the SC.
Please watch from 14min+
 
https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/06/09/justice-isa-is-a-test-case/

Much ruckus is being created regarding the filing of a reference against Mr Justice Qazi Faez Isa before the Supreme Judicial Council. This pertains to some of his undeclared properties which have been discovered out of the country. A judge of the Sindh High Court, Mr Justice K K Agha, also faces a similar reference before the SJC.

The filing of the reference against Mr Justice Isa is being construed as an attack on the judiciary by the political parties sitting in the opposition, particularly those whose leaders have either been convicted, or who are facing serious allegations for possessing assets beyond lawful means and having indulged in criminal acts of money laundering.

The very same leaders who are hollering their opposition to the filing of this reference are on record to have demanded accountability of the “judges and generals” alongside that of the politicians. If that be so, what is the noise all about now that such cases are actually being registered in fulfilment of their own demand? Is it because of the looming threat such a move poses to a brand of politics which those grown fat on the pickings of the state are desperate to prolong? This, inter alia, includes the use of public office to make illicit billions, appointing virtual criminals at key positions to render the state institutions dysfunctional, thus paving the way for rule by diktat, and holding the system hostage to block transparency and induction of a mechanism of checks and balances and ethical practices.

Notwithstanding the military interventions in the past and the damage these did to the national fabric, it is the political leadership that should ascend the moral high ground

More importantly, why is it that the forces which were most vociferous in drumming up noise against the former Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice Saqib Nisar, are now dubbing the moving of a rightful reference as an attack on the judiciary? It is here that one needs to look into the way state institutions have been manipulated in the past through the appointment of cronies, or such other people as would be amenable to a vitiated pattern of thinking.

Of the many judgements attributed to Mr Justice Isa, there is none more dubious than the closing of the Hudaibiya Paper Mills proceedings against the Sharifs. This was reckoned as an open-and-shut case as the former Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar, now an absconder, had submitted a statement spread over more than 40 pages conceding he had indulged in money-laundering to the tune of millions of dollars on behalf of the Sharifs by opening fictitious accounts. The statement makes for a mind-boggling confession of crime.

Mr Justice Isa did not just throw the case out. He barred its hearing by any other court of law. I wonder whether he could have done this even by stretching the statute book to smithereens.

At some stage during the hearing of the case, he also reportedly threatened the prosecutor would be charged with contempt if he were to continue pursuing a certain line of argument. What could be a graver travesty than this?

Mr Justice Isa did this in a case that was based on the most comprehensive prosecution of white-collar crime in the history of the country and a punishment was manifest which would have contributed immensely to the eradication of such crimes in the future.

The concept of treating some institutions or their practitioners as sacrosanct and beyond the pale of law is a trickery drummed deep into the fabric of the society, with everyone conforming to it either on account of the fear syndrome, or their own selfish motives which can be best served by according allegiance to such deception, even becoming an active part of the crime syndicate operated by the complicit mafias.

One may or may not agree with what the incumbent government is doing in combating the grave challenges that the country faces, both inherited and of its own making, the fact that it has dared to pursue accountability as an inherent component of governance is praiseworthy. But, it must also be faced that no single individual can do it. It has to be transformed into a collective movement which every individual and institution should pursue fearlessly, with vigour, competence and commitment.

More importantly, if those who are entrusted with the responsibility of being the guardians of the rule of law become its contemnors, it would not only bring shame to the institutions they represent, it would also deprive the society of the prospect of securing justice. It, therefore, is the responsibility of people who have the good sense and the necessary wherewithal to make it their priority to render the society sensitive to the long-term benefits that would accrue if the state and its institutions were managed in strict conformity with the law.

This should become the clarion call, not raising self-serving objections to making everyone accountable before law. In fact, that is the only way for the state and societies to survive and prosper in an environment which is becoming increasingly challenging with the passage of time. They must deliberate exhaustively in chalking out measures to pursue not only to keep step with the outside world, but even surge ahead. This poses a grave challenge for Pakistan which has been grossly ravaged through corrupt, inept and criminalised governance in the past.

This reference is a step in the right direction. It is not an indictment. It is only a manifestation of a resolve to hold everyone accountable before law. It is now for the SJC to decide in the matter and see whether Mr Justice Isa’s conduct has been in keeping with his stature as a judge of the apex court and, more importantly, as a law-abiding citizen of the country.

If this process were to be stalled for any reason, or if an exception were to be created in the case of Mr Justice Isa, it would become the rationale for others to indulge likewise and the law would be rendered bereft of its merit and writ. Then, it would be monkey business for all with the few refusing to reap its lucrative pickings suffering the consequences.

Likewise, it is also time for the errant politicians to ponder the hazardous mess that they have created. Notwithstanding the military interventions in the past and the damage these did to the national fabric, it is the political leadership that should ascend the moral high ground to give the state its much-needed writ and the people their much-needed hope so that they could look forward to better times.

If Mr Justice Isa has erred, he should be held accountable like everyone else. If he hasn’t, his exoneration shall lend him credibility and more power to the institution he represents. Invoking the services of his elders, real or otherwise, or raising clumsy noises underwritten with trademark intent to seek reprieve would not be an honourable act. In fact, the very thought would be unworthy of a judge.

In the broader picture, Mr Justice Isa is not important. Neither is any other judge. The institution they represent is important. It is the judiciary that should stand paramount. That will be when those who represent it are held fully accountable for their acts. Otherwise, it is the writ of the judiciary that shall be compromised and, consequently, justice administered the death knell.
 
https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/06/09/justice-isa-is-a-test-case/

Much ruckus is being created regarding the filing of a reference against Mr Justice Qazi Faez Isa before the Supreme Judicial Council. This pertains to some of his undeclared properties which have been discovered out of the country. A judge of the Sindh High Court, Mr Justice K K Agha, also faces a similar reference before the SJC.

The filing of the reference against Mr Justice Isa is being construed as an attack on the judiciary by the political parties sitting in the opposition, particularly those whose leaders have either been convicted, or who are facing serious allegations for possessing assets beyond lawful means and having indulged in criminal acts of money laundering.

The very same leaders who are hollering their opposition to the filing of this reference are on record to have demanded accountability of the “judges and generals” alongside that of the politicians. If that be so, what is the noise all about now that such cases are actually being registered in fulfilment of their own demand? Is it because of the looming threat such a move poses to a brand of politics which those grown fat on the pickings of the state are desperate to prolong? This, inter alia, includes the use of public office to make illicit billions, appointing virtual criminals at key positions to render the state institutions dysfunctional, thus paving the way for rule by diktat, and holding the system hostage to block transparency and induction of a mechanism of checks and balances and ethical practices.

Notwithstanding the military interventions in the past and the damage these did to the national fabric, it is the political leadership that should ascend the moral high ground

More importantly, why is it that the forces which were most vociferous in drumming up noise against the former Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice Saqib Nisar, are now dubbing the moving of a rightful reference as an attack on the judiciary? It is here that one needs to look into the way state institutions have been manipulated in the past through the appointment of cronies, or such other people as would be amenable to a vitiated pattern of thinking.

Of the many judgements attributed to Mr Justice Isa, there is none more dubious than the closing of the Hudaibiya Paper Mills proceedings against the Sharifs. This was reckoned as an open-and-shut case as the former Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar, now an absconder, had submitted a statement spread over more than 40 pages conceding he had indulged in money-laundering to the tune of millions of dollars on behalf of the Sharifs by opening fictitious accounts. The statement makes for a mind-boggling confession of crime.

Mr Justice Isa did not just throw the case out. He barred its hearing by any other court of law. I wonder whether he could have done this even by stretching the statute book to smithereens.

At some stage during the hearing of the case, he also reportedly threatened the prosecutor would be charged with contempt if he were to continue pursuing a certain line of argument. What could be a graver travesty than this?

Mr Justice Isa did this in a case that was based on the most comprehensive prosecution of white-collar crime in the history of the country and a punishment was manifest which would have contributed immensely to the eradication of such crimes in the future.

The concept of treating some institutions or their practitioners as sacrosanct and beyond the pale of law is a trickery drummed deep into the fabric of the society, with everyone conforming to it either on account of the fear syndrome, or their own selfish motives which can be best served by according allegiance to such deception, even becoming an active part of the crime syndicate operated by the complicit mafias.

One may or may not agree with what the incumbent government is doing in combating the grave challenges that the country faces, both inherited and of its own making, the fact that it has dared to pursue accountability as an inherent component of governance is praiseworthy. But, it must also be faced that no single individual can do it. It has to be transformed into a collective movement which every individual and institution should pursue fearlessly, with vigour, competence and commitment.

More importantly, if those who are entrusted with the responsibility of being the guardians of the rule of law become its contemnors, it would not only bring shame to the institutions they represent, it would also deprive the society of the prospect of securing justice. It, therefore, is the responsibility of people who have the good sense and the necessary wherewithal to make it their priority to render the society sensitive to the long-term benefits that would accrue if the state and its institutions were managed in strict conformity with the law.

This should become the clarion call, not raising self-serving objections to making everyone accountable before law. In fact, that is the only way for the state and societies to survive and prosper in an environment which is becoming increasingly challenging with the passage of time. They must deliberate exhaustively in chalking out measures to pursue not only to keep step with the outside world, but even surge ahead. This poses a grave challenge for Pakistan which has been grossly ravaged through corrupt, inept and criminalised governance in the past.

This reference is a step in the right direction. It is not an indictment. It is only a manifestation of a resolve to hold everyone accountable before law. It is now for the SJC to decide in the matter and see whether Mr Justice Isa’s conduct has been in keeping with his stature as a judge of the apex court and, more importantly, as a law-abiding citizen of the country.

If this process were to be stalled for any reason, or if an exception were to be created in the case of Mr Justice Isa, it would become the rationale for others to indulge likewise and the law would be rendered bereft of its merit and writ. Then, it would be monkey business for all with the few refusing to reap its lucrative pickings suffering the consequences.

Likewise, it is also time for the errant politicians to ponder the hazardous mess that they have created. Notwithstanding the military interventions in the past and the damage these did to the national fabric, it is the political leadership that should ascend the moral high ground to give the state its much-needed writ and the people their much-needed hope so that they could look forward to better times.

If Mr Justice Isa has erred, he should be held accountable like everyone else. If he hasn’t, his exoneration shall lend him credibility and more power to the institution he represents. Invoking the services of his elders, real or otherwise, or raising clumsy noises underwritten with trademark intent to seek reprieve would not be an honourable act. In fact, the very thought would be unworthy of a judge.

In the broader picture, Mr Justice Isa is not important. Neither is any other judge. The institution they represent is important. It is the judiciary that should stand paramount. That will be when those who represent it are held fully accountable for their acts. Otherwise, it is the writ of the judiciary that shall be compromised and, consequently, justice administered the death knell.

Some eye opening facts are there but i expect them to ignore this post as usual
 
Some eye opening facts are there but i expect them to ignore this post as usual

Why did this crooked judge ban the discussion of the Hudbiya reference? I thought he was supposed to be a democrat? Maybe properties brought for cash trump democracy
 
Apparently the lawyers have called off their protests. I am disappointed as these criminals would have been shown up for being anti Constitution and using intimidation.
 
ok today is 14th and here is the masssssive protest by lawyers in front of SC
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="ur" dir="rtl">سپریم کورٹ کے سامنے جسٹس فائز عیسیٰ کی حمایت میں احتجاج کرنے والے وکلاء کا جمِ غفیر بحرِ بے کراں کا منظر پیش کر رہا ہے، تا حد نظر سر ہی سر۔۔۔ <a href="https://t.co/RmIN0Ti4lr">pic.twitter.com/RmIN0Ti4lr</a></p>— Ali Salman Alvi (@alisalmanalvi) <a href="https://twitter.com/alisalmanalvi/status/1139458759942688768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2019</a></blockquote>
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ok today is 14th and here is the masssssive protest by lawyers in front of SC
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="ur" dir="rtl">سپریم کورٹ کے سامنے جسٹس فائز عیسیٰ کی حمایت میں احتجاج کرنے والے وکلاء کا جمِ غفیر بحرِ بے کراں کا منظر پیش کر رہا ہے، تا حد نظر سر ہی سر۔۔۔ <a href="https://t.co/RmIN0Ti4lr">pic.twitter.com/RmIN0Ti4lr</a></p>— Ali Salman Alvi (@alisalmanalvi) <a href="https://twitter.com/alisalmanalvi/status/1139458759942688768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Where is the guy that wanted carrots? You must be royally embarrassed. No wonder you disappeared.
 
The beneficiaries of the PPP and PML-N are duty bound to return those favors at some point, Imran Khan needs to ruthlessly target this mafia and their tentacles in the system
 
Where is the guy that wanted carrots? You must be royally embarrassed. No wonder you disappeared.

Copy paste machine? He will be back soon!

I am happy for Kurd he got free ride on shoulders of others :))
 
Copy paste machine? He will be back soon!

I am happy for Kurd he got free ride on shoulders of others :))

I remember when our friend was posting tweets and statements threatening this and that. Where are they today? Only 70 people turned up. I hope the CJP hasnt been taken in by all this rubbish and decides on the merits of the case.
 
So today was the second hearing of ref i just want to know how many lawyers are on roads today and where is the lockdown as promised?
 
Withdraw reference against Justice Faez Isa before 14th: SCBA

ISLAMABAD: President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Amanullah Kanrani has asked the government to withdraw presidential reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa before June 14 otherwise they will resist it with full force.


While addressing a press conference on Saturday at Supreme Court, Arif Alvi is a dummy president and he has no right to remain on this post and therefore, members of Parliament should file reference of impeachment against president. He said that the great family was being humiliated through this reference. He said that there is no charge of corruption against Justice Qazi Faez Isa. He said that Justice Faez Isa exposed terrorism in his decisions. Kanrani said that those who do not speak against terrorism are facilitors.

SCBA president urged the judges of Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to dispose of the reference soon after its arrival. He said that today reference has been filed against Justice Faez Isa but tomorrow reference will be file against other judges too. He said that chief justice should have first reviewed the reference and then issued the notice, while president should have also filed reference against Justice Faez Isa after due consideration.

SCBA president said that Arif Alvi and his companions may be succeeded in getting their interests but the state will have to pay its price. He said that the decisions which were made on mala fide intention are seen clearly. He said that the whole nation wants to advocate for Justice Faez Isa and it has eyes on SCBA. He announced to observe solidarity with judiciary on June 14 and asked the presidents of bars of whole country to come to Islamabad and all lawyers should wear black bands around their arms in this regard on June 14.

He said the judges, whose record is clear, should carry out accountability of Justice Faez Isa and submit affidavit of their impartiality in this regard.


https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/479438-withdraw-reference-against-justice-faez-isa-before-14th-scba

Can you give us an update- What happened to the threatened strikes?
 
Justice Isa submits reply to presidential reference



ISLAMABAD: The apex court judge Qazi Faez Isa has submitted his reply in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) with regard to the presidential reference against his alleged non-disclosure of three foreign properties, owned by his wife.

Sources revealed to The Express Tribune that Justice Isa, who submitted his reply on June 28, has urged the SJC that his reply be made public on the Supreme Court’s website like others public documents.

However, there is no official confirmation in this regard. It is also unclear whether Justice Isa raised question of malafide in his reply. Justice Isa in his second letter to president of Pakistan had claimed that his children and spouse, who own three properties in the United Kingdom, are not his dependents.

Regarding the allegation about violating Section 116 (1)(b) of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001, Justice Isa said he had not received any notice from the tax authority.


“Secondly, my children are not minors nor have they been so for quite a while. Thirdly, neither my spouse nor my children are my dependents. Fourthly, Section 116 (1) (b) of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 is not penal provision,” says the letter written by Justice Isa.

The judge told the president that he had been maliciously maligned by half-truths by the members of the government, which was completely distressing for his family and himself.

“The government sleuths surely knew that after completing their education, both my children legally worked in London. The details of properties disseminated by the members of the government were those in which they lived with their spouses.

“The properties are owned by those in whose names they stand. No attempt was made to conceal their ownership, neither were they held under a trust nor a special purpose or offshore company,” says the five-page letter.

Quoting the law, the top court judge maintains that he was not required to disclose properties owned by his spouse and children, adding that the “premier thinks otherwise”.

Source said the Sindh High Court judge K K Agha, who is also facing a similar presidential reference, has also submitted a reply in the SJC. The government alleged that although the judge had declared his foreign properties in 2018, he did not disclose their ‘value’.

With its complaint, the government attached a report by the Federal Board of Revenue which said Justice Agha jointly purchased a property, ‘No 17 Calvert Close Belvedere Kent’, on Nov 24, 2005 but did not declare it in his wealth statement until 2018. Even then, the property was declared at zero value.

The report further said the SHC judge had not filed his tax declarations between 2005 and 2014. He filed his declarations for the tax years 2015, 2016 and 2017, but did not disclose his property in Kent. However, a senior lawyer believes that these are inherited properties.

SJC’s brief meeting

The SJC held a second hearing of the references against both the judges on Tuesday. During the brief in-camera meeting, neither the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) nor the accused judges appeared before the SJC. A senior lawyer, who is strong supporter of Justice Isa, claims that good news is coming soon and facts will support the SC judge. The AGP office says copy of judges’ replies has yet to receive.

Five-member SJC bench comprises Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Asif Saeed Khosa, Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, Sindh High Court (SHC) Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M Shaikh and Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice Waqar Ahmed Seth.

‘Doubts over SJC’

The Lawyers Action Committee of Pakistan expressed doubts over the SJC proceedings with regard to the presidential references against Justice Isa and Justice Agha in a meeting, chaired by the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) Vice Chairman Amjad Shah, on Tuesday.

Lawyers’ groups throw weight behind Justice Isa

In the meeting, which continued for three hours, more than 35 representatives of superior bars took part. However, the Lahore High Court Bar Association president and secretary were absent from the moot, showing the government’s success in dividing lawyers in the province of Punjab.

However there is strong support of Justice Isa in all three small provinces. The protest arrangements at SC premises have been made by PBC Vice Chairman Syed Amjad Shah and Syed Qulb-i-Hassan.

The action committee in its statement unanimously resolved that presidential references are based on mala fide and against the SJC rules, adding that lawyers believe it as attack on judiciary.

It said lawyers are going to start a movement for prosperity and sovereignty of the state. Lawyers’ conventions will be held for this purpose. The first such convention will be held in Peshawar on July 13 in which all lawyers’ representatives will participate. Courts will be completely boycotted on that day.

The committee also took strong exception to the Judicial Commission of Pakistan’s Monday decision to approve five names nominated by the Peshawar High Court (PHC) chief justice to be appointed as the PHC’s additional judges. The lawyers believe that Article 175-A was used to appoint weak judges.

The committee alleged that the superior judiciary favoured the PHC chief justice. That decision has made the conduct of SJC more suspicious, said the statement.


https://tribune.com.pk/story/2004991/1-justice-isa-submits-reply-presidential-reference/
 
Justice Isa submits reply to presidential reference



ISLAMABAD: The apex court judge Qazi Faez Isa has submitted his reply in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) with regard to the presidential reference against his alleged non-disclosure of three foreign properties, owned by his wife.

Sources revealed to The Express Tribune that Justice Isa, who submitted his reply on June 28, has urged the SJC that his reply be made public on the Supreme Court’s website like others public documents.

However, there is no official confirmation in this regard. It is also unclear whether Justice Isa raised question of malafide in his reply. Justice Isa in his second letter to president of Pakistan had claimed that his children and spouse, who own three properties in the United Kingdom, are not his dependents.

Regarding the allegation about violating Section 116 (1)(b) of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001, Justice Isa said he had not received any notice from the tax authority.


“Secondly, my children are not minors nor have they been so for quite a while. Thirdly, neither my spouse nor my children are my dependents. Fourthly, Section 116 (1) (b) of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 is not penal provision,” says the letter written by Justice Isa.

The judge told the president that he had been maliciously maligned by half-truths by the members of the government, which was completely distressing for his family and himself.

“The government sleuths surely knew that after completing their education, both my children legally worked in London. The details of properties disseminated by the members of the government were those in which they lived with their spouses.

“The properties are owned by those in whose names they stand. No attempt was made to conceal their ownership, neither were they held under a trust nor a special purpose or offshore company,” says the five-page letter.

Quoting the law, the top court judge maintains that he was not required to disclose properties owned by his spouse and children, adding that the “premier thinks otherwise”.

Source said the Sindh High Court judge K K Agha, who is also facing a similar presidential reference, has also submitted a reply in the SJC. The government alleged that although the judge had declared his foreign properties in 2018, he did not disclose their ‘value’.

With its complaint, the government attached a report by the Federal Board of Revenue which said Justice Agha jointly purchased a property, ‘No 17 Calvert Close Belvedere Kent’, on Nov 24, 2005 but did not declare it in his wealth statement until 2018. Even then, the property was declared at zero value.

The report further said the SHC judge had not filed his tax declarations between 2005 and 2014. He filed his declarations for the tax years 2015, 2016 and 2017, but did not disclose his property in Kent. However, a senior lawyer believes that these are inherited properties.

SJC’s brief meeting

The SJC held a second hearing of the references against both the judges on Tuesday. During the brief in-camera meeting, neither the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) nor the accused judges appeared before the SJC. A senior lawyer, who is strong supporter of Justice Isa, claims that good news is coming soon and facts will support the SC judge. The AGP office says copy of judges’ replies has yet to receive.

Five-member SJC bench comprises Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Asif Saeed Khosa, Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, Sindh High Court (SHC) Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M Shaikh and Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice Waqar Ahmed Seth.

‘Doubts over SJC’

The Lawyers Action Committee of Pakistan expressed doubts over the SJC proceedings with regard to the presidential references against Justice Isa and Justice Agha in a meeting, chaired by the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) Vice Chairman Amjad Shah, on Tuesday.

Lawyers’ groups throw weight behind Justice Isa

In the meeting, which continued for three hours, more than 35 representatives of superior bars took part. However, the Lahore High Court Bar Association president and secretary were absent from the moot, showing the government’s success in dividing lawyers in the province of Punjab.

However there is strong support of Justice Isa in all three small provinces. The protest arrangements at SC premises have been made by PBC Vice Chairman Syed Amjad Shah and Syed Qulb-i-Hassan.

The action committee in its statement unanimously resolved that presidential references are based on mala fide and against the SJC rules, adding that lawyers believe it as attack on judiciary.

It said lawyers are going to start a movement for prosperity and sovereignty of the state. Lawyers’ conventions will be held for this purpose. The first such convention will be held in Peshawar on July 13 in which all lawyers’ representatives will participate. Courts will be completely boycotted on that day.

The committee also took strong exception to the Judicial Commission of Pakistan’s Monday decision to approve five names nominated by the Peshawar High Court (PHC) chief justice to be appointed as the PHC’s additional judges. The lawyers believe that Article 175-A was used to appoint weak judges.

The committee alleged that the superior judiciary favoured the PHC chief justice. That decision has made the conduct of SJC more suspicious, said the statement.


https://tribune.com.pk/story/2004991/1-justice-isa-submits-reply-presidential-reference/

Another humiliation for the mafia- whatever to the demos. Oh dear less people turned up for the demos than your average Noora demo!!!!
 
SJC to issue show-cause to Justice Isa, KK Agha

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has decided to further proceed against the two superior court judges who are facing presidential references for allegedly not disclosing their foreign properties in their wealth statements.

Sources revealed to The Express Tribune that the SJC has decided to issue show-cause notices both to the Supreme Court judge Qazi Faez Isa and the Sindh High Court (SHC) judge KK Agha. However, there is no official confirmation by the SJC regarding this development.

Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Anwar Mansoor Khan, submitting a rejoinder to the written replies of the judges, has submitted documents as evidence to establish allegations of misconduct against them.
The five-judge council led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Asif Saeed Khosa on Friday met for more than one hour to examine the evidence submitted by the AGP.

According to Rule 9 of the SJC Procedure of Inquiry, 2005, “if the council decides to proceed against a judge, a show cause notice shall be issued to him along with supporting material calling upon him to explain his conduct within 14 days. On receipt of reply from the judge, the council shall convene its meeting to proceed further with the matter.

“We have immense evidence to prove case against one judge,” a senior government functionary told The Express Tribune. According to him, the other judge may survive after submission of his reply in which he has submitted details as to how he acquired foreign properties.

“He has also justified why value of properties could not be disclosed in his wealth statement,” he added.

One section of lawyers believes that Justice Isa should challenge the presidential reference in the apex court on grounds of mala fide. They recommend that he should hire service of senior lawyers to plead his case. Even he should have submitted his first reply with the assistance of a senior lawyer, they said.

It will be interesting to see whether Justice Isa requests the SJC to conduct public hearing. However, he has already urged the SJC to make public his 43-page reply. There is strong perception among lawyers that the government’s real target is the SC judge and not the SHC judge.

Composition of the SJC is very important in this matter. Currently, CJP Khosa, who is retiring in December, is its chairman. Other members are Justice Gulzar Ahmad, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, the SHC Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M Shaikh and the Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth.

Legal experts believe that Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed’s presence as the SJC member will be significant as he is going to retire on August 28. Justice Gulzar is said to be the future chief justice of Pakistan.

The three SC judges, who are part of the SJC, were also part of the larger bench which on July 28, 2017 disqualified former premier Nawaz Sharif in the Panamagate case. These judges then had also sought money trail from Sharif family for acquiring of London flats.

There is a strong support of Justice Isa in all three smaller provinces. If Justice Isa is removed then there will be no chance of any Balochistan judge to become chief justice of Pakistan in near future.

All Pakistan Lawyers convention will be held in Peshawar today (Saturday). In the convention, lawyers representing different bars will decide future course of action with regard to the presidential references.

Both lawyers groups are supporting Justice Isa. It is also learnt that Lawyers Vigilance Committee has started its work to gather material against incompetent and inefficient judges of high courts.



Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2012223/1-sjc-issue-show-cause-justice-isa-kk-agha/

Tribune is reporting that SJC has decided to further proceed against the two superior court judges. [MENTION=1269]Bewal Express[/MENTION]
 
SJC to issue show-cause to Justice Isa, KK Agha

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has decided to further proceed against the two superior court judges who are facing presidential references for allegedly not disclosing their foreign properties in their wealth statements.

Sources revealed to The Express Tribune that the SJC has decided to issue show-cause notices both to the Supreme Court judge Qazi Faez Isa and the Sindh High Court (SHC) judge KK Agha. However, there is no official confirmation by the SJC regarding this development.

Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Anwar Mansoor Khan, submitting a rejoinder to the written replies of the judges, has submitted documents as evidence to establish allegations of misconduct against them.
The five-judge council led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Asif Saeed Khosa on Friday met for more than one hour to examine the evidence submitted by the AGP.

According to Rule 9 of the SJC Procedure of Inquiry, 2005, “if the council decides to proceed against a judge, a show cause notice shall be issued to him along with supporting material calling upon him to explain his conduct within 14 days. On receipt of reply from the judge, the council shall convene its meeting to proceed further with the matter.

“We have immense evidence to prove case against one judge,” a senior government functionary told The Express Tribune. According to him, the other judge may survive after submission of his reply in which he has submitted details as to how he acquired foreign properties.

“He has also justified why value of properties could not be disclosed in his wealth statement,” he added.

One section of lawyers believes that Justice Isa should challenge the presidential reference in the apex court on grounds of mala fide. They recommend that he should hire service of senior lawyers to plead his case. Even he should have submitted his first reply with the assistance of a senior lawyer, they said.

It will be interesting to see whether Justice Isa requests the SJC to conduct public hearing. However, he has already urged the SJC to make public his 43-page reply. There is strong perception among lawyers that the government’s real target is the SC judge and not the SHC judge.

Composition of the SJC is very important in this matter. Currently, CJP Khosa, who is retiring in December, is its chairman. Other members are Justice Gulzar Ahmad, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, the SHC Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M Shaikh and the Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth.

Legal experts believe that Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed’s presence as the SJC member will be significant as he is going to retire on August 28. Justice Gulzar is said to be the future chief justice of Pakistan.

The three SC judges, who are part of the SJC, were also part of the larger bench which on July 28, 2017 disqualified former premier Nawaz Sharif in the Panamagate case. These judges then had also sought money trail from Sharif family for acquiring of London flats.

There is a strong support of Justice Isa in all three smaller provinces. If Justice Isa is removed then there will be no chance of any Balochistan judge to become chief justice of Pakistan in near future.

All Pakistan Lawyers convention will be held in Peshawar today (Saturday). In the convention, lawyers representing different bars will decide future course of action with regard to the presidential references.

Both lawyers groups are supporting Justice Isa. It is also learnt that Lawyers Vigilance Committee has started its work to gather material against incompetent and inefficient judges of high courts.



Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2012223/1-sjc-issue-show-cause-justice-isa-kk-agha/

Tribune is reporting that SJC has decided to further proceed against the two superior court judges. [MENTION=1269]Bewal Express[/MENTION]

Let's see where these ref go. I see the copy and paste merchant and other losers have gone quiet these days. The mafia are strong and Kaptaan needs to use all resources possible to defeat them. If Justice Isa survives then we really are in trouble after the events this week.
 
SC judge asks whose ‘bright idea’ it was to file Isa reference

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the federal government’s counsel, Dr Farogh Naseem, to identify the ‘bright light’ that came up with the idea of filing a presidential reference against a superior court judge and thus made a serious error of judgement.

“In a very polite manner I am saying that the bright light made a very serious error of judgement rather it was a missed call,” Justice Muneeb Akhtar observed. He wondered whether it was permissible under the Constitution for the president or the prime minister to form an opinion on a legal matter which was wrong in law.

“And if the president made the error then the reference becomes a ‘blank piece of paper’,” Justice Akhtar observed, recalling a term used recently by the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court in the Brexit case.

Justice Akhtar is a member of the 10-judge full court that has taken up a set of petitions challenging the filing of the presidential reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa, a judge of the Supreme Court.

Justice Akhtar said “what is puzzling our mind” was how the Assets Recovery Unit (ARU) concluded that the funds used for acquiring three offshore properties were the proceeds of crime, but highlighted that when the properties were acquired in 2013 for which the income must have been earned prior to 2013 was not an offence since the breach of money laundering and the Foreign Exchange Regulations Act were added to the schedule of the Income Tax Ordinance in 2015 and 2016, respectively.

The ARU had no authority to come to the conclusion that the judge had committed misconduct and if the unit got it wrong in law then surely the action taken by it would be without jurisdiction, he observed.

Dr Nasim contended that the ARU had never stated this and presented his formulations containing 27 points to answer the queries raised by the court during the course of hearing over the last two days.

Since there was no law before 2016, the allegation of money laundering was out of the window, observed Justice Umar Ata Bandial, who was heading the full court. Who was the person who got the bright idea of sending the matter straight to the president for filing the reference, instead of NAB or the FBR, which become scarred, he wondered.

The correspondence between the ARU and the law ministry was about accountability of judges as if they were sitting with preconceived mind that money laundering had taken place and it was a good way to hold the judges accountable, Justice Bandial said.

Justice Maqbool Baqar cautioned the counsel to keep in mind the consequences that might follow in case it was established that a wrong decision was made, recalling how a former government spokesperson [Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan] had at a press conference claimed that Justice Isa played a shot while stepping out of the crease.

Justice Baqar observed that the president had to form an independent opinion within the ambit of law whether the information before him was worthwhile to be sent to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC).

Dr Nasim contended that it was wrong to suggest that the president and the prime minister should have a brilliant legal mind since one was a dentist by profession while the other was an Oxford graduate with a cricketing legacy as the entire system of governance functioned through secretaries and proper summaries. But the key question here was non-disclosure of the foreign properties in tax returns and the mode of transfer of the funds to buy the properties, he said.

“That is the reason why this court is examining whether there is malice before sending the reference to SJC,” Justice Bandial said, adding that the counsel seemed admitting that the reference suffered with defects and contained malice. The counsel should convince the court about the impropriety committed by the judge that had shaken the confidence of the public, he observed.

Justice Sajjad Ali Shah reminded that the real purpose behind creating the ARU was to bring back the ill-gotten money, but the counsel should tell the court what action the ARU had taken in this regard when the judge claimed that he was not a beneficial owner of the properties as alleged.

Justice Bandial observed that independence of the judiciary was not a small thing since it was safeguarded by Article 209 of the Constitution. Therefore, he said, the president before sending a reference to the SJC must form an independent opinion, adding that under Article 48 of the Constitution, the president had the power to send any matter back for the reconsideration — one of the vehicles to make the Constitution workable.

“We will be moving on a wrong track if we believe that the president is bound to follow the advice of the prime minister,” Justice Bandial said.

Referring to ARU’s legal sanctity, Dr Nasim recalled that the unit was created by the present government against the backdrop of 2018 Supreme Court suo motu hearing on foreign assets and properties by Pakistani nationals. The Supreme Court had held that it was a fundamental right of the people of this country that their wealth should not be stolen by making properties abroad through tax evasion without disclosing in tax returns, the counsel argued.

During the hearing, multiple agencies were directed to bring back the stolen wealth realising that unless holistic or synchronize approach was made, it was not possible to bring the money back, the counsel said, adding that the court was informed during the hearing that a staggering $15.3 billion was transferred out of Pakistan through normal banking channels alone.

Dr Nasim admitted that the apex court had never issued directives to constitute ARU, but the prime minister appointed Mirza Shahzad Akbar as his special assistant on accountability because of his expertise on the subject, assigning him the task to trace and retrieve assets from abroad.

Justice Yahya Afridi, however, said Shahzad Akbar was appointed on Aug 20, 2018, but the same day a summary was placed and terms of reference of the ARU were finalised.

There was an allegation that the material against the judge was with Mr Akbar when he was appointed, Justice Baqar recalled, wondering whether the counsel had ever seen such competence and speed in other cases.

The counsel said the ARU was established on the task force appointed by the apex court, adding that the Rules of Business of the government sanctioned appointment of such an institution and empowered the prime minister to create any new ministry. The unit was made under the residuary power of the prime minister as well as the cabinet, he said, adding that the ARU was parked under the cabinet. Thus the creation of the ARU was a valid exercise and there was no invalidity behind setting up of the unit since it was endorsed and created by the prime minister and the cabinet, the counsel argued.

Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah asked about the legislation behind the creation of the ARU since its establishment seemed to be an exercise under the executive authority. Institutions like the FBR and FIA functioned under proper statutory backing of the law, he said but dispelled an impression that judges were above the law and could, therefore, not be accountable. “If any judge is guilty of breaching the law, FBR is free to probe him,” Justice Shah said.

Justice Yahya Afridi asked why a special person was brought in to do a duty already assigned to statutory bodies like the FIA, wondering whether the agency was not functioning.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1561432/sc-judge-asks-whose-bright-idea-it-was-to-file-isa-reference
 
Govt ready to face consequences in Isa case, counsel tells SC

ISLAMABAD: Federal government’s counsel Dr Farogh Nasim on Monday informed the Supreme Court hearing challenges to the presidential reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa that the government was ready to face the consequences of failure to prove misconduct but the fallout would be across the board.

“It seems as if the president, the prime minister and the former law minister are on trial when the judge should have been on trial,” Dr Nasim said, emphasising that the government was ready to face the consequences but it would be on both sides.

The assertion came when Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah at the fag end of the hearing observed that there was no denying the fact that judges were accountable but so was the federal government and if the latter could not qualify the reference then the accountability would extend even further.

Justice Maqbool Baqar reiterated that this was a very serious matter as it would have serious consequences if the reference was quashed being based on malice. Referring to the government’s insistence on the show-cause notice issued by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to Justice Isa instead of Section 116 of the Income Tax Ordinance (ITO), Justice Baqar observed that if the very foundation of the reference was shaken, the entire structure would crumble.

Justice Umar Ata Bandial, who is heading a 10-judge SC bench hearing a set of petitions challenging the filing of the presidential reference, said the counsel was moving away from the reference, which was very specific and revolved around violation of the ITO, by going into deeper points regarding responsibilities of the office of the judge.

“We cannot allow any challenge to a judge on generality on the basis of surmises,” Justice Bandial observed. He highlighted that no allegation of dishonesty or corruption had been attributed to the judge in the reference and no bar council or association had ever brought a complaint about corruption against Justice Isa.

Justice Bandial agreed that the judges were more accountable than others since they lived in the glasshouse, but asked the counsel to find out a solution since he was dissociating himself from Section 116 of the ITO which was the main allegation in the reference rather than dwelling at length to establish that the judges were the paragon of virtues.

Justice Bandial also reminded the counsel that he was yet to address the issue of malice which was of a different type in the 2010 Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry case than the present case, adding that Section 116 of the ITO, which the counsel was abandoning, did not impose obligation on the judge to disclose his wife’s assets. “You are expecting a full court of 10 judges to give a judgement out of blue on this, which will be very unfair,” he observed.

Dr Nasim cited the 2013 Asghar Khan case in which it was held that the judges were also holders of the public office and then referred to the Living Beyond Ostensible Means (Punishment) Regulation 1969 which stated that a person will deem to have assumed a style of living beyond his ostensible means if his wife or any of his children or dependent assumes a style of living beyond the ostensible means of the wife or children and suggests rigorous imprisonment of three years.

What is expected of the judge is to declare the expensive properties in the name of his wife since non-disclosure of the same will create a perception among the public about the undisclosed public assets.

A member of parliament disqualified to be the member under Article 63 of the Constitution for not declaring properties, the counsel argued, adding that the misconduct on the part of the judge could not be limited to the violation of any law.

Justice Bandial, however, said he was not impressed with the 1965 regulation since it was a draconian law.

The counsel explained that the martial law regulation was not the draconian law and referred to the 1993 Fauji Foundation case where it was recognised as a law. Besides, while pointing to Senator Raza Rabbani who was present in the courtroom, he contended that a democratically elected government had adopted this law by not deleting rather than keeping it under the 18th Constitution Amendment. Therefore, he argued, this was not the draconian law.

The counsel cited a number of judgements from India, Canada and other countries to establish that the judicial office was the office of public trust demanding that the slightest hint of impropriety should be avoided. “Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion,” the counsel contended, adding that the judiciary survived through public confidence and that the judge should withdraw himself from the office in case his credibility was clouded since he lost the command and respect among the public.

“A judicial scandal is more reprehensible than the scandal on the part of the legislators,” the counsel argued and, while citing the judgements, contended that the criminal offence by the judge was enough to initiate disciplinary proceedings.

Justice Mansoor Shah asked if the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) was obliged to provide tax record of a wife if the husband judge requested the revenue department to provide the same for some disciplinary case the judge was facing. In case the FBR refused to provide the tax record, the entire rule of proximity, which the counsel was propagating, would go, he observed.

The counsel argued that in order to keep the stream of justice pure and clean, it was necessary that the judge should be of a sterling character and should not be the man of kiln rather had a fighting faith, adding that the office of the judge should be an impregnable fortress from all surreptitious attempts be it economic, political, etc.

After the 1996 Al-Jihad Trust case, the superior court judge had singularly become the most powerful and respected office enjoying blind faith of the people since he was expected of enjoying unblemished integrity, the counsel said, adding that this respect in society had to be maintained at all cost since the entire society would crumble if the judiciary had no integrity left.

“It means you also recognise that the instant case is the case of independence of judiciary and how it is necessary that the judge should be fiercely independent,” Justice Shah observed.

At this, the counsel recalled how Justice Shah made “us all proud” when being a judge of the Lahore High Court, he wrote a letter to the then registrar of the high court and set out golden principles.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1563834/govt-ready-to-face-consequences-in-isa-case-counsel-tells-sc
 
The case is getting very interesting, the SC are desperate to save one of their own crooks with its line of questioning on process rather than substance. The SC yesterday asked PK govt lawyer if it was OK with the govt that they(sc) ask the FBR to ask Iss's wife to show them the money trail, this has caused havoc with the crooked judge as he spoke in court without permission like the mafia boss that he is, telling the SC his wife will not go to FBR and she will not provide a written testimony, only a verbal one. How the hell is this guy any sort of judge, never mind a SC judge with a possibility that he will be CJP.
 
The case is getting very interesting, the SC are desperate to save one of their own crooks with its line of questioning on process rather than substance. The SC yesterday asked PK govt lawyer if it was OK with the govt that they(sc) ask the FBR to ask Iss's wife to show them the money trail, this has caused havoc with the crooked judge as he spoke in court without permission like the mafia boss that he is, telling the SC his wife will not go to FBR and she will not provide a written testimony, only a verbal one. How the hell is this guy any sort of judge, never mind a SC judge with a possibility that he will be CJP.

The crooked judge instead of answering for his own properties yesterday came up with a list of 7 properties that PMIK supposedly owns in the UK. Turns out those properties belong to a guy named Imran Ali Khan Niazi who is a 37 year old guy and was born in 1983. LOL
 
The crooked judge instead of answering for his own properties yesterday came up with a list of 7 properties that PMIK supposedly owns in the UK. Turns out those properties belong to a guy named Imran Ali Khan Niazi who is a 37 year old guy and was born in 1983. LOL

And our honourable SC asking govt that how dare them to file a case against legend Faiz isa?

Mr. Isa said today to the SC that my wife wont give his account details, because she thinks Gov will submit illegal money into her account :)))

Also un-married daughter of judge owns properties in abroad :))
 
And our honourable SC asking govt that how dare them to file a case against legend Faiz isa?

Mr. Isa said today to the SC that my wife wont give his account details, because she thinks Gov will submit illegal money into her account :)))

Also un-married daughter of judge owns properties in abroad :))

This is the awful level of some of the Judiciary. The mafia boss in the Judiciary has been rumbled, his defense today humiliated his entire case. The judges asked Faroog Naseem to ask the govt if they had objections to the FBR looking at the money trail and this crook started to sh** bricks and said no
 
In a rare appearance before the bench, Justice Isa had opposed the court's suggestion the other day to the federal government to refer the matter of his family members's foreign assets to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), providing an opportunity to the spouse of the judge to explain about the sources for purchasing the London properties.

Justice Isa, while opposing the proposal of the apex court, had prayed for deciding the case on merit.


https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/6...oses-sources-of-london-property-in-sc-hearing
 
Isa's wife has provided the "money trail" and now the documentation will given to the SC. If he had this he would have given this last year, I smell another calibri font.
 
ISLAMABAD: A teary-eyed Mrs Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Thursday presented before the Supreme Court the evidence of funds used to purchase the three offshore properties whose money trail is a key to a presidential reference filed against her husband.

“We are quite satisfied that you have the material in support of the source (of money) for the properties,” observed Justice Umar Ata Bandial after the recording of her statement.

During the recording of her statement, Mrs Isa broke down several times and spoke in a choked voice while showing her documents.

“You have a strong answer to the slur caused by the allegations,” said Justice Bandial, who was heading a ten-judge full bench that was hearing a set of pleas that challenged a presidential reference against Justice Isa.

Zarina breaks into tears several times during her testimony recorded through video link

“We are impressed by your bravery and courage,” said Justice Bandial, who had in the morning allowed Mrs Isa to get her statement recorded after her husband had appeared on Wednesday before the court as her emissary to convey that she was willing to explain her position vis-à-vis the three properties.

Consequently, arrangements were made so that Mrs Isa, who remained at her residence, was hooked up via video link to Courtroom No 1 where the judges, the counsel and other people listened to her in complete silence.

In her statement before a visibly disturbed full court, Zarina Montessarat Carrera Khoso tried to establish that Justice Isa had nothing to do with the London properties, which became the basis of the presidential reference against her husband.

She began by conceding that she was nervous but added that whatever she was stating was correct.

She said her husband had suggested that she should not get involved (in the matter) because the reference was about him, but added that she wanted to clear her name as well as that of her family.

She then showed her birth certificate, which carried her maiden name. She said people made fun of her name for being `Cerina’, saying in Spanish Zarina was spelt as ‘Cerina’.

That name was also registered in her passport, to which she was entitled for having a Spanish mother, she said.

She also showed multiple entry visas granted to her by the Pakistan government on her passports when her husband had not become a judge of the Balochistan High Court, but pointed out that on Jan 8, 2020 the government issued a one-year multiple entry visa.

She lamented that she was being harassed and accused of misusing the office of her husband. “I would be better off had my husband not been a judge throughout....” She said she should be treated like an ordinary woman.

Because the land authorities in the UK accepted passport as a valid document, therefore the said properties were purchased with the name as mentioned in the passport, Mrs Isa said.

Explaining how she earned the money required, she said she used to teach at the prestigious Karachi American School before she got married. At the school, tax was also deducted from her salary, which included additional benefits like house rent, conveyance allowance, etc though she did not need to pay rent.

Her tax adviser Rehan Hassan Naqvi used to pay the tax returns on her behalf, she said. While showing copies of her tax returns, she said it took her a long time to get the documents. The Pakistan government had provided her with a tax certificate for paying the taxes.

She also deplored that her regional tax officer had been changed from Karachi to Islamabad without her knowledge and although she went to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) twice she was never asked about the source of funds for the properties.

In Karachi, she said, she owned an office, which was shared with another lady and which was later sold. This was disclosed in the annual income tax returns.

Similarly, another property in Clifton, Karachi, was sold on which tax was also paid, she said. A third property in Shah Latif Town in Karachi was encroached upon.

In addition to the properties in Karachi, she had vast agricultural lands in Jacobabad, Sindh, and Dera Murad Jamali, Balochistan, she said.

Mrs Isa spent considerable time in reading out the Khasra number of each piece of land.

“I don’t want to make a wrong statement but I believe tax must have been paid,” she said adding that she was advised by her tax adviser to open foreign bank accounts since the government was encouraging it and this was legal too.

“I relied on the advice of the adviser who also stated that there was no need to mention anything about the agricultural lands if foreign exchange account was used,” she said.

“The two foreign currency accounts bear a Karachi address,” she said while holding some papers before the camera but requesting that this not be shared with the government because she didn’t “trust them”.

She said she bought the properties between 2003 and 2013 and transferred a total of 700,000 pounds through the Standard Chartered Bank; the money was transferred in her own name. “The bank reports every transaction to the State Bank of Pakistan,” she stated.

The first property was purchased in her name in 2004 for 236,000 pounds, the second one in 2013 in her and her son’s name for 245,000 pounds, and the third one in her and daughter’s name for 270,000 pounds.

“All these accounts are in my name and not my husband’s name and if you add up the value of the properties which was being claimed (to be in) millions is equivalent to a one-kanal house either in Karachi or Islamabad,” she said.

The lawyer hired for the purchase and transfer of funds was of her choice and not that of her husband, she said, adding that different taxes and service charges were paid to the government, all in her name. “I have been billed and paying them still,” she said.

When she stopped working in the school, she was told by her adviser that she did not need to pay tax. Later the law changed and she started filing returns, she said while explaining that she was disclosing the properties because the law had changed and now there was a requirement to disclose everything.

She stated that she had been filing income tax returns for the properties both in Pakistan and the UK and the British authorities had even refunded some of the tax money. She wondered why she had not been asked about the properties during the last 13 months.

Justice Bandial, however, observed that the court could not resolve the dispute; therefore she should approach either the tax authorities or the Supreme Judicial Council, which could give her a sympathetic hearing.

He said she should go to the FBR, adding that “being a judge we are answerable for our actions both in public and private life”. “We could have given you an in-camera hearing, but decided to hear (you) in open court.”

The court also asked government’s counsel Farogh Nasim to furnish the reply of FBR in a sealed envelope about Mrs Isa’s complaint that she had disclosed the properties in her tax returns for 2018-2019 but the FBR had still issued a notice to her.

Muneer A. Malik, the counsel for Justice Isa, praised his wife and said she was far more articulate than he himself was, as she had presented her case in a good way.

The court will resume the hearing on Friday when Mr Malik will rebut the arguments of Mr Nasim who concluded his arguments on Thursday.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1564456/justice-isa-has-nothing-to-do-with-uk-assets-wife-tells-sc
 
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan is expected to announce later today its short verdict on a petition challenging the reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa in the Supreme Judicial Council.

The case was wrapped up after Justice Isa's spouse provided the money trail pertaining to her foreign properties and the Federal Board of Revenue provided its input on the matter.

The petitioner's lawyer, Munir A Malik, concluded his arguments in court by saying that the federation had "gotten on the wrong bus" in the case.

The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) had initiated the proceedings against Justice Isa on allegations that he purchased three properties in London in the name of his wife and children between 2011 and 2015 — but did not allegedly disclose them in wealth returns declared in Pakistan.

Malik urged the court to dismiss the reference against the judge. He said that a website had been used to search for properties in London. The lawyer told the court that if one wanted to search properties in London, he/she had to pay for the privilege.

He said that the website sends a payment receipt to the relevant person who uses it to search for properties, via email. He said that British-Pakistani lawyer Zia ul Mustafa, who had searched for Justice Isa's alleged assets, had received three copies of the high commission's verified properties.

"Copies of politicians' properties searched were attached as well [in documents submitted]," he said. "If the government provides receipts as well then it will be revealed as to who searched for the properties," he added.

Malik said that if the search for the properties was conducted by the Asset Recovery Unit, then it should provide receipts. He said that it seemed as if the ARU had only facilitated the search.

"The government only wants to remove the author of the Faizabad dharna case," noted Malik.

Justice Qazi Faez Isa's wife submits money trail
The spouse of Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Thursday gave the money trail for purchasing three properties in United Kingdom (UK), saying that 700,000 sterling pounds had been transferred from her personal account through a private bank in Karachi.

A 10-member full court, headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial, had resumed hearing in a set of petitions, challenging the presidential reference, filed against Justice Qazi Faez Isa for allegedly not disclosing his foreign properties in his wealth returns.

Zarina Montserrat Khoso Carrera, the wife of Justice Qazi Faez Isa, recorded her statement via video link before the court and submitted that details pertaining to her accounts were available with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).

The court, while expressing satisfaction over the statement of spouse of Justice Isa, asked her that in order to examine the matter on merit, she would have to approach the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) or the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), and a decision in that regard would be given by the tax authorities.

Justice Isa had informed the Supreme Court the other day that his wife was willing to explain before the apex court through video link about the three properties acquired in United Kingdom (UK).

Recording her statement, the lady thanked the apex court for providing her with such an opportunity. “I am very much nervous as this is my first experience before the court, but I will try my best to follow your instructions,” Zarina said, adding that it has been a critical time for her as her father was near to death these day.

She said that she was married to Justice Qazi Faez Isa in the year 1982, and also showed her birth certificate and the old National Identity Card, saying her name was Zarina, adding that she did not know that she would buy properties in London after 21 years of marriage.

She submitted that she got her computerized identity card in the year 2003 and her name remained the same, adding that at that time her husband was not a judge. She said that she was entitled to Spanish passport, as her mother was Spanish and therefore she has a Spanish passport.

She said that when her visa expired, she applied for a fresh visa. When she got it, her husband was not a judge, but a lawyer. “So the allegation that I used the office of my husband for acquiring the visa was baseless,” Zarina Isa contended.

She stated that in the year 2020, she was granted visa only for one year and prior to that she was harassed and that’s why she was granted visa for a very limited period of time. She said that she bought the first property in the year 2004 in United Kingdom, adding that she was employed at an American School in Karachi and at that time, one Rehan Naqvi used to deal with her tax matters.

The spouse of Justice Isa showed the court the certificate issued by the tax authorities as she was filing her tax returns, adding that when her tax record was transferred from Karachi to Islamabad, she asked the FBR in that regard; however, she alleged that the FBR did not reply to her request.

She said that she had agricultural lands which were in Jaccobabad (Sindh) and Dera Murad Jamali (Balochistan) while her father used to look after the land while the government was well aware of all that.

She said that Rehan Naqvi had advised her to open foreign account, which she did and through that account, she transferred the money abroad for purchasing the properties. At this, she showed the court the record of her foreign currency account, saying she had to face great difficulties in seeking its details as, she added, the bank didn’t maintain 10-year old account.

The spouse of Justice Isa submitted that from 2003 to 2013, the whole amount was transferred from these accounts to London for purchasing these properties, adding that the money was transferred in her name and from her account as well.

She said that she bought one property for 236,000 sterling pounds, adding that she transferred 700,000 sterling pounds through a private bank for purchasing the properties. “All documents which I have shown are genuine and authentic and the London Bank Account is also in her name,” Zarina Isa added.

She said that another property was purchased in 2013 for 245,000 sterling pounds and in that flat, her son was living, while another property, which was in her and her daughter’s names was purchased for 270,000 sterling pounds. She said that now she was filing tax returns both in the UK and Pakistan, adding that she had already filed tax returns of London properties in the year 2018.

Meanwhile, Justice Umar Ata Bandial asked Mrs Isa that they had no jurisdiction to hear the matter on merit. However, he expressed satisfaction over her statement, and advised her that right now there were two relevant forums available to her: one was the FBR and the second was the SJC.

The judge advised her to present her all documentary proofs to those forums as those were competent to decide her case. “We felt that you have sufficient documents to present and I am sure that you will be heard properly; therefore, I wish you present these documents before the relevant forums,” Justice Bandial told the lady.

“Why I was not asked earlier and I waited for 13 months while my son was subjected to harassment in London,” Zarina Isa questioned. She said that she was not asking for any privilege, but she should be treated as an ordinary citizen in Pakistan.

Justice Bandial, however, said that she would be treated with respect and dignity, adding that she was a brave lady and hoped that she would be able to address her matter effectively.

“I must tell you one thing, we, as judges, are answerable for our actions in private and public life; therefore, we are much more accountable than other people, as we are holding other people accountable,” Bandial told Justice Isa's wife. “This not the trial of your husband and yours as well, but the trial of our institution,” Justice Bandial added.

When the spouse of Justice Isa continued, Justice Bandial called Munir A Malik, counsel for Justice Qazi Faez Isa to rostrum, who then asked Zarina to sign out. Justice Maqbool Baqar remarked that what was going on in the country in the name of accountability would also be looked into. He said destruction (of institutions) was under way in the country in the name of accountability and they would write (in the verdict) on it also.

Justice Baqar asked if the Supreme Justice Council (SJC) could review the performance of the president. To which, the federation’s lawyer, Farogh Naseem, said that it (Council) has the authority to review anyone’s performance.

Later, the court directed Barrister Farogh Naseem to submit before it in sealed envelop the record of 2018 tax returns, filed by Mrs Isa. Justice Umar Ata Bandial asked Farogh Naseem that the lady had also complained about the FBR attitude, to which the counsel for the federation submitted that if the complaint was proved true, it could be directly lodged with the prime minister.

Meanwhile, Farogh Naseem submitted before the court that Khalid Ranjha, Irfan Qadir, Additional Attorney General Chaudhry Aamir Rehman, and Sohail Mahmood, who were to represent president, prime minister, as well as other respondents, have adopted his arguments; hence they will not be arguing before the court. At this, the court adjourned the hearing for Friday (today) wherein Munir A Malik, counsel for Justice Qazi Faez Isa, will argue in rebuttal.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In its short order the Supreme Court has dismissed the reference against the presidential reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa.</p>— Amber Rahim Shamsi (@AmberRShamsi) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmberRShamsi/status/1273939463216025600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In its short order the Supreme Court has dismissed the reference against the presidential reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa.</p>— Amber Rahim Shamsi (@AmberRShamsi) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmberRShamsi/status/1273939463216025600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Interesting, the SC didn't even open the money trail and look it.
 
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