Supreme Court’s Justice Qazi Faez Isa should not hear the cases involving Prime Minister Imran Khan, Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed said Thursday. CJP Ahmed said this in the order of the fund allocation case. He said Justice Isa has filed a petition against PM Khan in his personal capacity and it would not be “proper” for him to hear matters relating to the premier, according to the order. “Therefore, to uphold the principle of un-biasness and impartiality, it would be in the interest of justice that the Hon. Judge should not hear matters involving the Prime Minister of Pakistan,” the order read. A five-member bench comprising CJP Ahmed, Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Umar A.
Documents I received show funds given to PTI coalition party s lawmaker: Justice Isa
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Supreme Court of Pakistan Justice Qazi Faez Isa. The News/Files
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Thursday disclosed that he had received documents via WhatsApp showing uplift funds were provided to a lawmaker of the ruling PTI s coalition party.
Justice Isa s remarks came during a hearing Thursday at the Supreme Court of Pakistan over a notice of uplift funds in light of the upcoming Senate polls. Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed presided over the hearing.
According to the
Daily Jang, Justice Isa revealed that the documents he had received indicated that the funds were given to a lawmaker from the NA-65 constituency, to which the Attorney-General of Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan said the documents in question are part of your complaint and would be reviewed .
Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Wednesday questioned Prime Minister Imran Khan s stance on granting development funds to lawmakers. Photo courtesy Supreme Court website/File
Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Wednesday questioned Prime Minister Imran Khan s stance on granting development funds to lawmakers, observing that a letter submitted by his principal secretary to the top court did not contain the answers to the court s questions .
He made these remarks during the hearing of a case related to the prime minister s approval of Rs500 million uplift grant to lawmakers which is being heard by a five-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed and compromising Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan and Justice Isa.
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s Justice Qazi Faez Isa remarked on Thursday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s government in Punjab had hurt democracy dissolving the local government system.