The Islamabad High Court has extended the injunction against the summoning of former Chief Justice Saqib Nisar’s son in the special committee on the audio leak till August 16.
The court directed that the Attorney General should submit the reply to the court questions within four weeks and also provide the copies to the parties.
Islamabad High Court Justice Babar Sattar heard Najam-ul-Thaqib’s request. The court inquired from the Attorney General that he would need your assistance on some constitutional points, on which Attorney General Usman Mansoor took the stand that this matter is also under hearing in the Supreme Court, and the decision is awaited on the questions that are being discussed in the Supreme Court. To be done.
Justice Babar Sattar said that you should support us only on five questions because the matter will ultimately go to the Supreme Court, maybe if we give a decision, it will be a support for the Supreme Court.
Lawyer petitioner Latif Khosa said that this is a matter of fundamental rights of 25 crore people of Pakistan, how can the government form a judicial commission without consulting the Chief Justice? The government should have consulted the Chief Justice and nominated the judges.
The court asked the attorney general that how much time would you need to answer the court questions? The court said that we give you four weeks time.
The court extended the injunction against the summoning of the former chief justice’s son to the special committee while directing the attorney general to respond within four weeks, while the hearing on the application was adjourned till August 16.
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