Said nothing illegal about Justice Isa case, Sarina, says Mansoor
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May 11, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Former attorney general (AG) Anwar Mansoor Khan has said whatever he said on YouTube channel about Justice Qazi Faez Isa case and his spouse Sarina Isa was within the parameters of the law.
Sarina Isa had demanded an apology from former AG within 48 hours over what he said on the YouTube channel. In an open letter, she asked Anwar Mansoor to retract all what he said and apologise within 48 hours.
However, the ex-AG said on Monday that nothing was against the law in whatever he said about the case and the spouse of Justice Faez Isa.
Sarina Isa will have to prove money trail of UK assets: ex-AG
May 8, 2021
Former attorney general for Pakistan Anwar Mansoor Khan Friday said that Justice Qazi Faez Isa’s wife Sarina Isa would have to declare the money trail for three properties she had shown in the income tax returns.
Talking to a social media channel, the former attorney general said it was an admitted position that she did not have the said assets till 2013. “This is also an admitted position that she had not declared agriculture properties in 2013. Till 2013, she had no property except a house. Now as three agriculture properties have surfaced, she will have to prove where they came from,” he commented.
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Opinion
May 2, 2021
The short order of the Supreme Court of Pakistan – of April 26, 2021 – rendered by a majority of six with four honourable judges dissenting, in the review petitions filed by Justice Faez Isa, Mrs Sarina Isa, the Pakistan Bar Council, the Supreme Court Bar Association and the various high court bar associations across the country has been hailed as a triumph by the overwhelming majority of the serious-minded in the legal profession.
It has been bemoaned by those close to the government as a victory of sentiment over substance (see Raoof Hasan’s article on these pages on April 30), and has been spun viciously on social media as the grant of immunity by a set of brother judges to one of their own. It is said that the constitutional authority of the Supreme Judicial Council headed by the honourable chief justice of Pakistan has been constrained. This is a sombre moment. One must begin with the prosaic facts.
References and vendettas
Supreme Court Judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Soon after the judgment in the Faizabad sit-in case in February 2019, unconfirmed news began to surface that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government was planning to file a presidential reference against outspoken Justice Qazi Faez Isa.
Several review petitions were filed by different political parties and the government institutions against that judgment wherein he questioned the conduct of civilian and military functionaries. Some petitioners even raised the question that Justice Isa, by the authoring judgment, had violated his code of conduct.
In May 27, 2019, a message was being circulated among lawyers and media persons against undeclared properties of superior courts judges and their spouses without mentioning their names. It was also stated in that message that the law ministry had no option but to file a reference against them in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC).