It is also worth noting that neither Mr Justice Isa nor Chief Justice Iftikhar were ethnically Baloch, Mr Justice Isa being grandson of a Hazara migrant from Afghanistan, Chief Justice Iftikhar the son of a policeman from Jullundur. Mr Justice Isa has been accused of non-declaration of assets of family, which have been revealed recently as information, but which have not been taken cognisance of by the concerned tax authority. The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, who chairs the SJC, has asked that the judiciary be trusted. The attempt to tame the judiciary will depend on how much material like that against Mr Justice Isa is available to pursue. It is at the moment the ‘last man standing.’ It is the last check on the executive, with the legislative branch now in the control of the PTI.

Source: Pakistan Today June 13, 2019 15:45 UTC