ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), the apex body ofcountry’s legal fraternity, demanded President Arif Alvi’s impeachment forfiling a reference against apex court judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa.
SCBA President Amanullah Kanrani stated on Saturday that the referencefiled against Justice Isa was “condemnable” and that the nation meted outsimilar treatment to Fatima Jinnah.
The SCBA president also highlighted Justice Isa’s services to the nationsaying, the Supreme Court judge had “exposed” terrorism and “people who donot speak against terrorists are facilitators of terrorism”.
Kanrani announced that on June 14, the legal fraternity will gather toexpress solidarity with the judges.
The SCBA head also urged lawmakers to file an impeachment reference againstthe president, terming him [Alvi] a dummy president; Kanrani went on to saythat the president had “no rhyme or reason to hold office”.
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The issue of reference against the judges of the superior judiciary hasbrought the judicial community and the govt to a collision course.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government has lodged a complaint with theSupreme Judicial Council (SJC) against alleged misconduct of two superiorcourt judges, who hold foreign properties either in their own names orthrough their spouses.
Recently, the Upper Chamber of the Parliament approved a resolutioncondemning the govt’s move in this regard.