CJP Justice Saqib Nisar urges Imran Khan
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ISLAMABAD:
In an unusual gesture the honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar has sought the help of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan to come forward and restore the trust of judiciary among the general public.
Days after the Supreme Court announced a historic verdict in the Panamagate case, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Monday urged Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan — the petitioner in the case — to play his role in ending the atmosphere of mistrust of the country’s judiciary.“Being a leader of the nation you carry a major responsibility. You are not an individual… Your one call may cause chaos or stability in the country,” Justice Nisar said during the hearing of a case regarding encroachment of land in Bani Gala.
The CJP had taken suo motu notice after the PTI chief wrote a letter to the former, seeking his intervention in the matter.
Addressing the PTI chairman, the CJP said: “Since you are a busy person therefore you don’t need to appear in court every day rather you should send a legal team which could guide the court.”
Later, speaking to the media outside SC, Imran expressed his gratitude to the CJP for taking up his case besides lauding the top court’s five-judge bench, which heard the Panamagate case, for writing down a “historic verdict”.
The PTI chief went on to say that his party played its role in restoration of independent judiciary in the country and it would still stand by the apex court over the Panamagate case verdict.
