ISLAMABAD: After Justice Mazahar Ali Naqvi, the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s second senior-most judge after the incumbent Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, Ijaz-ul-Ahsan, on Thursday reportedly resigned following separation from the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), after which Justice Mansoor Ali Shah was included in the SJC.
An open meeting of the Supreme Judicial Council was held under the chairmanship of Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa on the complaint against Justice Mazahar Naqvi in which Justice Sardar Tariq, Chief Justice of Lahore High Court Justice Amir Bhatti, and Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court Naeem Akhtar Afghan participated. However, Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan did not attend the council meeting.
In the meeting of the Supreme Judicial Council, no one appeared in the council on behalf of former judge Mazahar Naqvi, on which the Chief Justice questioned whether Justice Mazahar Naqvi’s lawyer Khawaja Haris or his juniors are present.
The Chief Justice spoke to the Attorney General and asked if you received the resignation. The Chief Justice directed the Attorney General to read out the resignation, on which he read out the resignation of the former judge.
