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Mazahir Naqvi

President approves dismissal of SC’s Justice Mazahir Ali Naqvi  

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ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari approved the dismissal of  Supreme Court (SC)  Justice (Retd) Mazahir Ali Naqvi.

The Ministry of Law also issued a notification for the dismissal of former judge Mazahir Ali Naqvi of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

According to the notification, the Supreme Judicial Council declared Mazhar Naqvi guilty of judicial misconduct.

The notification of Mazahir Naqvi’s resignation as a judge was also withdrawn.

It should be noted that this month the Supreme Judicial Council had sent its opinion to the President for approval recommending the dismissal of Mazahir Naqvi.

 

In the statement issued in this regard, it was said that the Supreme Judicial Council reviewed 9 complaints against Mazahir Naqvi, these complaints were reviewed under Clause (6) of Article 206 of the Constitution.

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SJC allows Justice Mazahir Naqvi to submit reply by Jan 01

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  • SJC said no time will be given after January 1.
  • “It is a very painful to take action against fellow judge”.
  • The further hearing was adjourned till January 11.

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Judicial Council(SJC) has given Justice Sayyed Muhammad  Mazahir Ali Akbar Naqvi till January 1 to submit his reply to the misconduct reference.

The Supreme Judicial Council, while giving time to Justice Mazahir Naqvi to submit his response to the misconduct reference, said that no time will be given after January 1. He said, “If the answer of Justice Mazahar Naqvi is satisfactory, then the council will end the proceedings”.

Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa said, “It is a very painful process to take action against a fellow judge, we do not like to make a fellow judge stand in the dock and answer questions”.

He further said that audio leaks have to be checked whether the audio is correct or not, nowadays anyone can tamper with the audio.

On the request of Justice Mazahar Naqvi, the Supreme Judicial Council also opened the proceedings and further hearing was adjourned till January 11.

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SJC dismisses reference against Ex-chairman NAB

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SJC
  • A meeting of Supreme Judicial Council was held.
  • Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa heard reference.
  • The reference against him dismissed as inadmissible.

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Judicial Council(SJC) dismissed the reference against former chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal.

A meeting of the Supreme Judicial Council was held under the chairmanship of Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa in which the complaints against Mazahir Naqvi and Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal were reviewed.

According to the sources, the reference against ex-chairman NAB Justice retired Javed Iqbal was dismissed. The references against him were dismissed as inadmissible.

Sources said that at the time the reference was filed, the Supreme Judicial Council was not the forum for inquiry, after the amendments in the NAB rules, the forum for complaints against the Chairman NAB from 2022 is the Supreme Judicial Council.

Sources said that the complaint references against Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal were filed in 2019, after the amendments in NAB rules, the Supreme Judicial Council can now review the complaints against Chairman NAB.

The complaint references former Chairman NAB Justice (R) Javed Iqbal and was filed in 2019.

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