Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar observed on Friday that the government formed a sub-committee for the implementation of the Asghar Khan case verdict but then did not follow up on the matter. He made the remark while hearing the case at the apex court’s Lahore Registry. He also questioned the deputy attorney general regarding the decision taken over the case by the cabinet.
The deputy attorney general informed the two-member bench that the cabinet had made a positive decision regarding which Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) Ashtar Ausaf Ali would brief the court. Subsequently, the Chief Justice expressed anger over the AGP’s absence from the court. “This is such an important case and the attorney general is least bothered. Is this the performance of the attorney general office,” he observed. The bench then summoned the AGP on June 2 (today). Earlier on Thursday, the CJP had reprimanded the federal government over lack of progress in the Asghar Khan case.
Published in Daily Times, June 2nd 2018.
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