The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict in a suo moto case against a sit-in staged by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) at Faizabad interchange in 2017.
Last year in November, the top court had taken suo motu notice of the three-week-long sit-in held against a change in the Khatm-e-Nabuwwat clause of the election laws. As a two-judge bench headed by Justice Mushir Alam resumed hearing of the case, the deputy attorney general informed the court that the attorney general is attending a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC). To this, Justice Isa questioned, “Is the AGP an economic expert? What work does he have in an ECC meeting? Is the AGP the biggest law officer of the state or the prime minister’s personal servant?” “We are issuing a contempt of court notice,” he said. “The attorney general and all judges are the servants of the state. Is the prime minister above the Supreme Court?” he asked. “The prime minister asked him and he went off. The AGP should have excused himself and inform the prime minister that he has to appear before the court,” he added.
Published in Daily Times, November 23rd 2018.
