ISLAMABAD – Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar gives yetanother blow to the PPP leader Sharjeel Memon.
He remarked on Tuesday that the trial of former minister and PakistanPeoples’ Party leader Sharjeel Memon will be transferred in Punjab.
Commenting on his earlier visit to Sharjeel’s hospital room, Justice Nisarsaid that Memon’s sub-jail in Karachi as if he (Memon) is living in thepresidential suite. He added that it was the first that he saw a sub-jailwhich was better than most suites in a hotel.
“Whether someone consumed alcohol or not, I found the bottles, and somepeople sealed the bottles which somehow then contained olive oil and honey.”
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The CJP further questioned that who took the samples and who conducted thetests. He added that someone must have changed the samples. “If I were toinvestigate. I would have arrested Memon and then conducted the tests bymyself,” CJP asserted.
Justice Nisar added that as the provincial government is not cooperating,Sharjeel will be transferred to Punjab and further remarked that judgesshould not worry as the Constitution grants them “immense power” to enforcejudgments.
