Army Chief extension case: Farogh Naseem fails to present arguments amid PBC protest
Last updated on: 27 November,2019 06:39 pm
Pakistan Bar Council opposed and said that license of the former federal minister was suspended.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Former minister of law Barrister Farogh Naseem appeared before the Supreme Court on hearing of the petition challenging the extension in tenure of Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa but could not give arguments due to opposition and protest from the Bar Council.
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and comprising of Justice Mazhar Alam and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah heard the case.
As the hearing resumed, former law minister Farogh Naseem, who stepped down from his post yesterday, represented General Bajwa in the court, while Attorney General (AG) Anwar Mansoor Khan presented arguments on behalf of the government.
Following the arguments of the Attorney General (AG) Anwar Mansoor, Farogh Naseem tried to take to the rostrum but the representatives of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) opposed and said that the license of the former federal minister was suspended and he cannot present his arguments.
CJP Justice Asif Saeed Khosa remarked that Naseem hasn’t been called to rostrum yet, however, he should resolve his issue. To which Naseem said that his license has been reinstated.