ISLAMABAD – Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah warned theformer judge Rana Shamim that charges would be framed against him onDecember 13 if the original affidavit was not produced.
Justice Minallah, who was hearing the contempt of court case against Shamimand three others over an investigative report that published the allegedaffidavit, expressed displeasure over Shamim’s refusal to submit theoriginal document.
Meanwhile, the former GB judge in a response submitted to the IHC said theaffidavit referred in the show-cause notice has neither been circulated toany media house by the answering respondent nor it has been shared withanyone, with the intent to be made public.
He also mentioned that he got the affidavit notarized in the Britishcapital because he had no intention of making it public during hislifetime. “I handed it over to my grandson in London with a clearinstruction that neither he would open it nor share the same with anyone”,he said.
The response submitted to the court also added that the conversationbetween former CJP Saqib Nisar and the ex-GB judge took place outsidePakistan.
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Earlier, Shamim, during the last hearing, distanced himself from theaffidavit saying he had yet to examine it and adding that the actualaffidavit was sealed and in a locker in the UK.
Last month, a ‘leaked’ affidavit on which leading daily report was based,the former judge allegedly stated that the Saqib Nisar during his visit toGB made a call to an IHC judge and asked him to ensure that ousted PM NawazSharif and his daughter are not released on bail before general polls. IHCCJ then issued show-cause notices to all people linked with the case underthe Contempt of Court Ordinance.
