In the midst of the growing tensions on the nomination of six judges to the Supreme Court and the transfer of jurists to the Superior Court of Islamabad (IHC), the assistant of the Prime Minister on Political and Public Affairs, Rana Sanaullah, said Wednesday that the Government , the Judiciary and the State were equally vulnerable in the current situation.
“This situation should not be allowed to continue,” said PML-N leader while answering a question about the government’s plans to present a reference against two high-level judges of the Supreme Court during the PakGazette News program ‘AAJ Shahzeb Khanzada Kay sath ‘.
A day before, Sanoullah hinted that a reference could be presented against two judges of the Superior Apex Court “on their conduct in certain matters.”
“His [two SC judges] The general attitude is to write letters on each topic … The letters arrive at the headlines first and then reach the recipient, “he said while talking with a private news channel a day before.
His comments occurred in the middle of a strong opposition on the nomination of six Judges to the Supreme Court for the meeting of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), which was boycotted by legislators of PTI and two SC judges. The main judges of all the higher courts, except the Superior Court of Lahore (LHC) were among the six nominated judges.
Previously, three judges, from Sindh, Baluchistan and Lahore, were transferred to the IHC, causing severe criticism of the legal fraternity, including IHC judges.
The five judges, disputing the antiquity criteria, were of the opinion that the judges transferred from other higher courts should be oath again to restore their antiquity.
However, his representation was rejected by the president of the Supreme Court of IHC, Aamer Fararoq, saying that the new oath was not required since his age of your transfer.
Meanwhile, PTI senator Hamid Khan said that the Bar Association would challenge the nominations of the six judges in the Superior Court and promised to continue with the “protest movement.”
Separately, the three representative law councils of the Federal Capital: the Islamabad Bar Association (IBC), the Bar Association of the Superior Court of Islamabad (IHCBA) and the Bar Association of the Islamabad District (IDBA)) announced The launch of a long march during the audience of the 26th amendment related to the amendment requests.
Speaking during today’s program, Sanullah clarified that his comments to present a reference against the judges were not an ad or a threat, emphasizing that the issue is a reason for concern for all, including himself.
He pointed out that the president of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has never been part of any group or confrontation.
He said that despite having their offices close to each other, high -level judges wrote letters containing critical comments with each other, giving the impression that an important disagreement was present among them.
“The judges speak through the verdicts. Speaking through letters and writing letters in such a way, that they filter the media before reaching Thrindereee … if this is not misconduct, then what is,” asked.
Similar to the Apex court, Sanoullah said, Discord was now extending to the higher courts and school councils, apparently referring to criticism of the transfer of the judges to the IHC.
Citing article 200 of the Constitution, the Assistant Prime Minister addressed the controversy around the transfer of judges of the Superior Court.
He affirmed that the transfer did not occur due to an executive order, but through the agreement of three judges of the Superior Court that is required to transfer a judge of the Superior Court.
