*ISLAMABAD: *A conspiracy is being cooked up against the Chief Justice ofPakistan backed by PML Lawyers group.
Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) executive committee is unable to take decisionon the resolutions adopted by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Balochistan BarCouncils against Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar.
The matter has been referred to general house of the Supreme Court body oflawyers to take a decision on these resolutions, which is scheduled to beheld on April 21. Three provincial bar councils passed resolutions inwhich concerns were aired over fixation of a petition against theappointment of SC judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa, no arrangement being madefor a full court reference in honour of Justice (retired) Dost MuhammadKhan and the CJP’s recommendation for the elevation of Sindh High CourtJudge Justice Muneeb Akhtar, who is fourth on the seniority list.
A meeting of the PBC executive committee under the chairmanship of GhulamShabbir Shar was held on Friday to consider the resolution adopted byKhyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Balochistan Bar Councils.
The meeting was also attended by Ghulam Shabbir Shar , Azam Nazeer Tarar,Muhammad Ahsan Bhoon, Hafeez-ur-Rehman Chaudhry, Muhammad Raheel KamranSheikh and Kamran Murtaza. All members belong to Independent LawyersGroup, which is also known as Asma Jahangir group.
Former PBC vice chairman Ahsan Bhoon has strongly objected to the threeresolutions. He said these bars have no authority to pass resolution onthe conduct of the SC especially chief justice, when the petition againstJustice Isa has already been rejected.
According to sources, Bhoon also gave a proposal to condemn these bars’resolution. However, some members of the committee expressed the desire toendorse the resolutions and they were of the view that the PBC should passa resolution over the on-going ‘judicial activism’ as well as adjudicationof political matters.
Most active members of the Asma group are associated either with PakistanPeoples Party (PPP) or Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N).
A senior lawyer believes that Asma group’s members who are associated withthe PPP are supporting the chief justice’s stance. However, those who areclose to PML-N are opposing what they see as judicial activism of the apexcourt.
He added that of the 23 members, the majority will endorse concerns ofthese three provincial bars because 11 PBC members belong to Hamid KhanGroup, which is already supporting bars of the three small provinces.
On the contrary, the Lahore High Court Bar Association is supporting thechief justice’s policy on different issues. A rally of lawyers was alsoarranged in favour of the chief justice at Lahore on Friday. Sindh barwill organize lawyers’ representatives meeting today (Saturday) to discussthese issues.