The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) five-member judge Friday issued notice to the former chief of the country’s top spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director general Lt Gen (rtd) Faiz Hameed, in a case of dismissal of ex-IHC judge Shaukat Siddique.
Supreme Court Chief Justice of Pakistan (SCP) Qazi Faez Isa issued notice to former spymaster Lt Gen (rtd) Faiz Hameed and others allowing responding to serious allegations leveled by the Shaukat Siddique.
The SC five-member bench heard the case and also issued notices to former IHC chief justice Anwar Kasi, Supreme Court ex-registrar Arbab Arif, and Brig Irfan Ramay.
Chief Justice Isa remarked that the court heard the name of General (rtd) Qamar Javed Bajwa, but Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui had not directly spoken about Bajwa, so the notice was issued to retired COAS.
Earlier, former judge of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui filed a miscellaneous application with the Supreme Court along with the case related to his dismissal from office.
The former judge has requested to make former army chief Gen (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa and former ISI head Faiz Hameed parties in the case related to his suspension.
A five-member Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, and comprising Justice Aminuddin, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel, Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi, and Justice Irfan Saadat, on Thursday heard an appeal against the suspension of Justice Siddiqui from office.
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‘Make Faiz Hameed party or drop accusations’: CJP Isa
Earlier, the Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa asked advocate Hamid Khan, in Shaukat Siddique’s dismissal case, to make former ISI director general Faiz Hameed party to the case or the learned council client should take back all accusations against the former spymaster.
The case hearing has now been adjourned till Friday (tomorrow) at 10:30 am.
The CJP remarked when he inquired how the petitioner could accuse Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) as an institution for allegedly meddling in the affairs of the judiciary and superior judges to make the bench of ISI choice—as claimed by the IHC former judge Shaukat Siddique in a speech.
A 5-member larger bench headed by the CJP heard the case at 11:30 in courtroom number 1, which was broadcast live on the Supreme Court’s website and YouTube channel.
‘Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui says he was fired without hearing and now do you also want a decision without hearing Faiz Hameed and others,” inquired CJP.
