Says filing of refere­nces agains­t superi­or court judges smacks of ill intent­ionISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has constituted a joint action committee of lawyers’ representatives to decide future course of action with regard to the presidential reference against the Supreme Court’s Justice Qazi Faez Isa and the Sindh High Court’s Justice K K Agha. The committee comprises chairman and vice chairman of the PBC executive committee, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president and secretary, vice-chairmen of all provincial as well as Islamabad Bar Council (IBC), presidents of all the high court bar associations at principal seats as well as the High Court Bar Association Islamabad. “The move of filing the references by the government against both these judges smacks [of] malafide of the government. The manner and haste shown in filing the references and their timing also raise eyebrows in the legal fraternity. The PBC expressed its concern about the inappropriate and harsh language used by SCBA President Amanullah Khan Kanrani.

Source: The Express Tribune June 12, 2019 18:33 UTC