The Islamabad High Court rejected the Chairman of PTI’s request against theappointment of the judge who heard the cipher case against him.
Chief Justice Amir Farooq of the Islamabad High Court issued a writtenjudgment on Chairman PTI’s request for the appointment of Judge AbulHasanat Muhammad Zulqarnain as the official Secretariat Act judge.
The written decision stated that Chairman PTI challenged the notificationof the judicial appointment on June 27, 2023, and according to the record,Chairman PTI’s jail trial was considered a threat. The reasons for ChairmanPTI’s jail trial are of a genuine nature, while the jail trial’s decisionis not apparently based on malice.
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According to the decision, there is no legal flaw in the appointment of aspecial court judge under the Official Secretariat Act, and it is notcorrect to say that EO (Special Courts) misused their authority whileissuing the notification. The responsibility of the Official SecretariatAct is not contrary to the interests of Special Courts under Section 13; amagistrate of a higher level can make appointments under the OfficialSecretariat Act.