F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: Another complaint has been filed in the Supreme Judicial Council against Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial and three other judges seeking their removal.
The complaint was filed by Sardar Salman Dogar advocate in the Supreme Judicial Council.
The complainant pleaded with the SJC to remove Chief Justice Bandial, Justice Munib Akhtar, and Justice Ijazul Ahsan from their posts.
Another complaint against Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi has also been filed in the SJC.
The copies of the complaint have been dispatched to other members of the Supreme Judicial Council.
The complainant accused all four judges including CJP Bandial of ‘misconduct’ in the Ghulam Mehmood Dogar case and Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa polls case.
He said that these justices violated Article 209.
Earlier, on April 7, a complaint was lodged with the Supreme Judicial Council calling for the removal of Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial.
The complaint, filed by lawyer Raja Sibtain Khan, alleged that the chief justice engaged in misconduct by dividing judges into groups and securing their support to influence the outcome of a case.
The complaint claimed that the actions of the chief justice violated the Constitution and the fundamental rights of the people of Pakistan, and demonstrated unfaithfulness and disloyalty to the State. The complainant has called for an investigation into the matter and for the chief justice to be removed from his position.
Complaints against the CJP and other judges have been lodged amid a standoff between the PDM government and judiciary over the matter of holding elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Courtesy: (24news)