Pakistan Bar Council demands Supreme Court panel to probe meddling in judicial affairs
The Hindu
Pakistan Bar Council demands judicial commission of Supreme Court judges to investigate intelligence agencies' meddling in judicial affairs.
Pakistan's top lawyer’s watchdog has demanded a judicial commission comprising sitting Supreme Court judges to look into complaints about the alleged meddling by the powerful intelligence agencies in judicial affairs.
The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Friday,. April 5, 2024, said the formation of a judicial commission was necessary for an impartial investigation, devoid of any external interference, which was crucial to finding the truth.
The demand came on a day when former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Abid Shahid Zuberi also approached the apex court to become a party in the suo motu proceedings on the issue.
The PBC at its meeting, which was presided over by the council’s vice chairman Riazat Ali Sahar, also took notice of the demand for the resignation of Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa and IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and condemned the social media campaign against them.
In a resolution adopted at the meeting, the PBC stated that the trolling was uncalled for, as such demand amounted to strengthening the hands of those who wanted divisions in the judiciary.
Calling for their resignation would not only undermine the judiciary but also fail to resolve the existing issues, the PBC stated, adding that it would rather worsen the situation.
The meeting discussed in detail the issue of alleged interference by the intelligence agencies in judicial affairs in the wake of the March 25 letter written by six Islamabad High Court judges to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC).
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