Islamabad IGP should be shown the door for harassing journalists: CJP Isa
Pakistan
SC adjourns the hearing till March 25
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Monday remarked that the Islamabad IGP should be shown the door for his imprudent acts.
CJP Isa gave these remarks during the hearing of the case against notices issued to journalists by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
A bench, headed by CJP Qazi Faez Isa, heard the case in the Supreme Court. Justice Irfan Saadat and Muhammad Ali Mazhar also are on the bench.
The CJP asked the attorney general why the suspects hadn't been traced and arrested yet despite having evidence of the crime recording.
The chief justice said the IGP should be sent packing for inefficiency. He asked, “How much time do you require? Do you need four centuries? It has already been four years.”
He was irked at IGP for not performing his duty responsibly and inquired why he was here in court when journalists were shot dead and attacked.
Press Association counsel Barrister Salahuddin informed CJP Isa that Asad Toor had been detained on the allegation of maligning public officials. He also insisted that two sections of the constitution couldn’t be imposed on journalists and they couldn't be arrested under the PECA law.
Justice Irfan Saadat Khan inquired from Barrister Salahuddin if the names of maligned officials were mentioned in the First Investigation Report (FIR). Barrister Salahuddin replied that there was no such reference.
The CJP asked the FIA officer how notices could be issued to journalists by using the names of judges and imposing sections related to sensitive matters. "Dont you have literates in your institution," he asked.
The CJP asserted that this kind of irresponsible behaviour would tarnish the image of the judiciary in the public eye.
