ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has taken the notice of threat issued to Judge Qazi Faez Isa and decided to take up the suo motu case for hearing tomorrow (Friday).
According to a press release issued today (Thursday), Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed has taken notice of a video clip viral on social media containing derogatory, contemptuous and scandalous language against the institution of the judiciary and honorable judges.
The development came a day after Justice Isa’s wife filed an application at Islamabad’s Secretariat Police Station to register a first information report (FIR).
Justice Isa’s wife informed that her husband had received a death threat through a video in which the person can be heard saying, “Isa should be shot publicly.” The person was identified as Agha Iftikhar Uddin Mirza.
The person in the video further said, “Whoever is caught in embezzlement should be executed through a firing squad. Such people must be hanged and the entire city should be invited to watch it.”
Justice Isa’s wife also claimed that many powerful people were not happy with her husband and she suspected the death threat was in continuation of what they have been facing.
Earlier last week, the Supreme Court annulled a presidential reference filed against Justice Isa as well as the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) proceedings that were started on the basis of the reference.
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