SC reserves judgment on curative review reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial reserved the verdict on the curative review reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa.

He heard the government plea in his chamber. Attorney General Mansoor Usman Awan presented the arguments. The CJP will issue the written order.

Earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered the withdrawal of a curative review reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa, calling it baseless and politically-motivated.

The prime minister said that the government would not pursue the same for it being baseless and politically motivated, a PM Office statement said. The federal cabinet had already approved the withdrawal of the reference in a meeting chaired by the prime minister.

“This was not a reference rather a victimization by revengeful Imran Niazi against an impartial person pursuing the course of constitution and the law. This was a conspiracy to usurp the independence of judiciary and create a division within,” the prime minister remarked.

He said while being in opposition, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and other coalition parties had opposed this frivolous reference.

The prime minister said that Imran Niazi had also made the President of Pakistan 'misuse' his office for this 'criminal act' who became an accomplice in an attack on the judiciary. He said that the lawyers’ bodies, including the Pakistan Bar Council, had had also opposed the reference and the government valued their opinion.