CJP Isa responds to Justice Mansoor Ali Shah’s letter on judges committee dispute

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa has responded to Justice Mansoor Ali Shah’s letter. Justice Shah had previously refused to attend the Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Committee meeting.

According to details, Chief Justice Isa replied to Justice Mansoor Ali Shah’s letter, in which the latter had questioned the removal of Justice Muneeb Akhtar from the committee and the non-inclusion of Justice Yahya Afridi.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah had also refused to participate in the Practice Procedure Committee meeting and had written a letter and expressed reservations about the presidential ordinance to amend the Supreme Court Practice and Procedure law.

According to the sources, the chief justice wrote in the reply letter that Justice Afridi refused to be a part of the judges committee after which he was replaced by Justice Aminuddin Khan.

The entire contents of the CJP’s letter have not been revealed, however, in the document he has reportedly cited reasons for not including Justice Muneeb Akhtar in the committee.