The Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu notice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges’ letter alleging interference by intelligence agencies in judicial matters despite the government forming a commission to probe the matter.
A seven-member bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa will hold the maiden hearing on the issue on Wednesday.
Apart from the CJP the bench also comprises Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Mussarat Hilali, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail and Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan.
The explosive letter which surfaced last week triggered a crisis and the Supreme Court led by CJP Isa has been under pressure to hear the matter under Article 184(3) of the Constitution.
Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar has said that former chief justice of Pakistan Tassaduq Hussain Jillani recused himself from heading a probe commission on Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges’ letter before the Supreme Court’s suo motu notice on the matter.
“An hour before the suo moto notice, the Prime Minister House was informed about Jillani’s letter,” the minister said.
In an unexpected turn of events, former CJP Jillani refused to head the one-man commission formed by the government to probe the IHC judges’ allegations of intelligence agencies’ interference in judicial matters.
