ISLAMABAD: The Paki­stan Bar Council (PBC) on Tuesday took exception to contents of PTI leader Sena­tor Azam Khan Swati’s letter to the Chief Justice of Islam­abad High Court (IHC), Justice Aamer Farooq.

“He (Senator Swati) has made an effort to malign the institution of judiciary,” PBC Vice Chairman Hafee­zur Rehman Chaudhry said in a statement issued here.

“Mr Swati is the litigant petitioner and he has no right to dictate judges of the superior judiciary and shop for the judges of own choice and ask for constitution of benches,” Mr Chaudhry said.

He said IHC CJ was very competent and upright person and his integrity was above doubt that could not be questioned by any one, saying that the CJ of IHC had always delivered judgments in accordance with the Constitution.

In his letter, Mr Swati had criticised the IHC chief justice over handing over of his custody to the Sindh and Balochistan police where he was booked in 46 cases.

Published in Dawn, December 28th, 2022