ISLAMABAD: A seven-member Supreme Court bench on Tuesday decided to send the ma
tter of forming a new bench to hear the presidential reference against J
ustice Qazi Faez Isa to the chief j
ustice.
The development came after J
ustice Isa’s counsel Muneer A Malik sought their recusal on acc
ount of the beneficiary of his removal. The matter has been
referred to Chief J
ustice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa.
The top judge had constitued a seven-member bench led by J
ustice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising J
ustice Maqbool Baqar, J
ustice Manzoor Ahmad Malik, J
ustice Sardar Tariq Masood, J
ustice Faisal Arab, J
ustice Ijazul Ahsan and J
ustice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel to hear the petition.
