Jutice Qazi Faez Isa was heading a two-judge bench which took up a set of petitions on the local government (LG) system. SC website/File
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday censured Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar for promulgating the Punjab Local Government Ordinance (Amendment) 2021 on Feb 3, just a day after the prorogation of the provincial assembly.
“Is the legislature of Punjab incompetent or the Punjab governor is wiser than 374 members of the provincial assembly?” asked Justice Qazi Faez Isa, who was heading a two-judge bench which took up a set of petitions, mainly by the administrator of the Municipal Corporation of Peshawar, on the local government (LG) system. Justice Sardar Tariq Masood is the other member of the bench.
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February 12, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Thursday asked Justice Qazi Faez Isa not to hear cases involving the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
The court issued a written order late Thursday night in the case related to release of Rs500 million each to lawmakers directed by the prime minister on account of development funds ahead of the Senate elections.
“In these circumstances, it would not be proper for the judge to hear the matter considering that he had already filed a petition against the Prime Minister of Pakistan, in his personal capacity,” says the written order issued by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed. The Chief Justice further noted down that in order to uphold the principle of un-biasness and impartiality, it would be in the interest of justice that the Judge (Justice Isa) should not hear matters involving the prime minister of Pakistan. The court noted that (Qazi Faez Isa, J.) sought to place on record photocopies of
SC bars Isa from hearing cases about PM
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February 12, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Thursday asked Justice Qazi Faez Isa not to hear matters involving the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
The court issued written order late night in the matter regarding release of Rs500 million each to lawmaker directed by the prime minister on account of development funds ahead of Senate elections. “In these circumstances, it would not be proper for the judge to hear the matter considering that he had already filed a petition against the Prime Minister of Pakistan, in his personal capacity”, says the written order issued by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed.
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February 11, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a statement of the federal government signed by the prime minister and the federal secretary Finance, with an undertaking that no development funds be released to any lawmaker in violation of the Constitution and the
SC judgment delivered in 2013.
A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed and comprising Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Ijazul Ahsen heard the matter regarding the release of Rs500 million each to lawmakers as development funds ahead of the Senate elections.
On February 3, a two-member bench of the apex court comprising Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Maqbool Baqir had taken notice of the PTI government’s announcement for release of funds of Rs500 million each to lawmakers. The court had taken notice of media reports stating that the prime minister had announced Rs500 million for each member of the National Ass
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.