Former CJP Iftikhar Chaudhry fears attack on Supreme Court

Former CJP Iftikhar Chaudhry fears attack on Supreme Court

LAHORE - Former Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has revealed sensational information about the PML-N attitude over the Panama Case.

Former chief justice of Pakistan Iftikahr Muhammad Chaudhry said on Friday the workers of the PML-N might attack the Supreme Court’s building if the decision was announced against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members in Panama leaks case.

The former chief justice, who is also head of Justice and Democratic Party, said in a press release, that he also wrote a letter to the interior ministry and requested it to provide foolproof security to the Supreme Court judges and the Joint Investigation Team, probing the Panama leaks that exposed the ruling Sharifs’ assets abroad.

He mentioned the PML-N workers’ attack on the Supreme Court’s building in 1997 and raised the demand for security for the apex court judges and investigators under Article 9 of the Constitution.