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SC bench on Presidential reference against Justice Isa to be reconstituted
September 18, 2019

The seven-member Supreme Court bench hearing the pleas against presidential reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa is to be reconstituted after two Judges recused themselves from the hearing.

This was announced by Head of the seven-member bench Justice Umar Ata Bandial while hearing the case in Islamabad.

He said the matter is being referred to Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa for the reconstitution of a different bench for an early hearing possibly by next week.

Earlier, two judges of the bench recused themselves from the hearing after arguments by senior counsel Munir A Malik saying that they would be direct beneficiaries if the Supreme Judicial Council impeaches Justice Qazi Faez Isa.

NNR/Khokhar