Ex-CJ Khosa betrayed me: Justice Isa
SC judge says he s being punished for his Faizabad dharna verdict
Supreme Court Judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Supreme Court s Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Thursday maintained that Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) members former top judge Asif Saeed Khosa and Justice (retd) Sheikh Azmat Saeed were biased against him.
A 10-judge larger bench headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial took up a review petition against the apex court s June 19 order wherein the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) was directed to proceed against the undeclared properties of Justice Isa s family members.
During the hearing, Justice Isa accused SJC members, especially former CJ Asif Saeed Khosa and Justice (retd) Sheikh Azmat Saeed, of being biased against him.
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Justice Isa requests immediate hearing of review plea in SC
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“Every person who comes to power bends the Constitution to serve their personal motives.”
Justice Isa noted that the violation of the oath falls under the category of treason and was punishable by death under the law.
“Many constitutions came and went in Pakistan, we learned a lot but just not the Constitution,” he said, adding that the interpretation of the Pakistani Constitution in the national language was necessary.
“Pakistan was founded by the Quaid-e-Azam, the largest Islamic country in the world. Today, half of that remains because East Pakistan separated from us,” he noted.
“It happened to us because we did not follow the Constitution. The greed of the people compelled them to reject the Constitution. Those who were supposed to protect it violated their oath.”
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