Political leaders should refrain from dragging judges into politics: CJP

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Monday requested the political leaders to chorus from dragging the judges into politics.

He made the remarks in the course of the listening to of a presidential reference searching for the Supreme Court’s opinion on Article 63-A of the Constitution and a petition of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on political rallies in Islamabad.

 A five-member bench, comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel, Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail is listening to the instances.

At the outset of at the moment’s listening to, CJP Umar Ata Bandial mentioned that they can not cease political events from issuing political statements however they need to not attempt to affect the courtroom by way of their statements.

At this, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail requested that ought to the prime minister haven’t averted issuing irresponsible statements?

On Saturday, PM Imran Khan, whereas addressing a public gathering in Kamalia had mentioned that PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif was making an attempt to woo judges in opposition to his authorities.