ISLAMABAD : August ,24,2023: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has rebuked the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) intrusion into the Islamabad High Court (IHC) authority and called upon the apex court not to go too far in delivering observations that have no legal value.
PCB has regretted that chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) , Umar Atta Bandial , had given some objectionable observations the other day while hearing Toshakhana case which clearly undermined the respect and authority of the judges of the high courts .
PCB senior office bearers called upon to the judges of the apex court that they, instead disrespecting and undermining the authority of the judges of high courts and junior courts, should follow the constitution of Pakistan. PCB vice chairman , Haroon Rashid talked to the media persons on what he called the CJP’s remarks in Toshakhana case as trespassing into the domain of the Islamabad high court and warned to the top judge of Pakistan to refrain from making any observations in any case which create an impression of intimidation of high court judges. He said the lawyers were also guardians of the constitutions of Pakistan and they would not let anyone undermine the rule of law.
Hassan Raza Pasha on the issue said the observations made by CJP in Toshakhana were clear intimidation of the judges of Islamabad High Court and the lawyers community would not allow anyone to do so. CJP , Umar Atta Bandial , had created an impression while hearing a petition filed by PTI chairman , Imran Khan, against his sentence in the Toshakhana case that the decision of district and session judge Islamabad was flawed. He also issued directions to IHC to revisit the case very next day and report the progress of the hearing of the case to SCP.
CJP ‘s these observations had shocked PCB which came forward on Thursday to warn him from indulging in any illegal practice to grant favour to the accused (Imran Khan) in Toshakhana case.
CJP has made Pakistan’s apex court controversial in the recent months . His ultra love for Imran Khan and his party has already resulted in creating division among judges of SCP.
