Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawyer Latif Khosa once again came face to face and had a dialogue during the hearing of a case.
While hearing a case related to employment in the Supreme Court, Latif Khosa requested the CJP fix another petition for hearing, filed on behalf of former prime minister Imran Khan against his disqualification in the Toshakhana case.
Addressing Khosa, CJP Isa told him he goes out of court and levels allegations. “On the one hand, you do not trust the judiciary, and on the other, you also ask for relief,” he remarked.
Justice Isa asked him to file an application for fixing the hearing soon, and it would be decided as per the law.
On Monday, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) withdrew its petition from the Supreme Court seeking a level playing field in the upcoming general elections.
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As the hearing of the PTI’s appeal began, counsel Latif Khosa said the party would like to go to the people's court for the survival of democracy, and withdraw its appeal.
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Musarrat Hilali, heard the case.
“We want to go to the court of 250 million people,” he asserted, and told the CJP: “Thank you very much.”
CJP Qazi Faez Isa asked: “Do you want to pursue the case or not?”
Khosa replied that he had been instructed to withdraw the application. “We came to you for a level playing field for fair and transparent elections, but you deprived us of 230 seats through the judgement,” he remarked, adding that people had been allotted symbols like glass, eggplant, bowl etc.
