ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) would resume proceedings against Justice Qazi Faez Isa of the Supreme Court and Justice K.K. Agha of the Sindh High Court, on the presidential references, on July 2.
Sources say during the upcoming proceedings, Attorney General Anwar Mansoor Khan would argue on the maintainability of the references, besides informing the SJC about the government’s stance on the references.
The SJC took up the references on June 14 as lawyers across the country staged protests and boycotted courts proceedings on the strike call of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC); the legal community, however, remained divided on the issue.
The SJC did not issue any handout after the first proceedings, however, the Supreme Court’s public relations office issued a statement that the references against Justice Isa and Justice Agha were pending before the council and were in process.
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The apex court clarified that only 28, including the two presidential references, are pending.
The government has alleged that the sources to acquire foreign properties by Justice Faez Isa’s wife are not accounted for, however, the judge said his children were not dependent on him.
The government has also alleged that the judge has violated Section 116 (1) (b) and Section 116 (2) of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 by concealing foreign properties of his wife.
Regarding Justice Agha, it was alleged that although he declared his foreign properties in 2018, he did not disclose their value.
The reference also alleged that the judge did not file his tax declarations between 2005 and 2014; he filed his declarations for tax years 2015, 2016 and 2017, but did not disclose his property in Kent as per the reference.
