ISLAMABAD: Former CJP, Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, has recused himself from heading the Commission which was supposed to probe the letter penned by six judges of IHC alleging interference of Intelligence Agencies in the affairs of Judiciary.
Jillani, in a correspondence addressed to the PM, cited reasons for recusing himself from heading the commission: “…Since the letter is addressed to the members of SJC and its chairman the chief justice of Pakistan,
“it would be violative of judicial propriety for me to inquire into a matter which may fall within the jurisdiction of a constitutional body which is the SJC or the Supreme Court of Pakistan itself…
“Towards the end the request made in the letter is for an ‘institutional consultation’ in terms of the mechanism suggested in the said letter.
“Though the letter in question may not strictly fall within the parameters of Article 209 of the Constitution, but the honorable chief justice of Pakistan being a paterfamilias may address and resolve the issues raised in the letter at the institutional level.”
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