–Justice Jawwad Khawaja says govt cherry-picked reference against Justice Isa from amongst 300 applications pending with SJCFormer chief justice of Pakistan Jawwad S. Khawaja has said that the most important factor in accountability is transparency. The ex-judge says there were more than 300 references pending before the Supreme Judicial Council before the filing of the reference against Justice Isa. About two years ago, the Pakistan Bar Council also formally sought performance-related data from the Supreme Judicial Council. However, the Supreme Judicial Council refused to disclose any information at all. The Supreme Judicial Council can ask him for itself,” he added.

Source: Pakistan Today June 13, 2019 11:22 UTC