The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)-led government objections on a bench led by CJ of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial hearing petitions against the audio leaks commission.
In a short verdict announced by Justice Ahsan today, the apex court bench termed the previous government’s objections to the apex court judges equivalent to an “attack” on the judiciary.
The larger bench, headed by CJ Bandial and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsen, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Syed Hassan Azhar Rizvi and Justice Shahid Waheed, was formed earlier in May this year to hear petitions against the then government’s move to create an inquiry commission led by senior puisne Judge Qazi Faez Isa to probe audio leaks involving the supreme court judges.
Subsequently, the then PDM government filed a civil miscellaneous application (CMA) in the apex court requesting that Chief Justice Umer Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Munib Akhtar recuse themselves from the five-member larger bench hearing the instant matter.
