Observer Report
Islamabad
The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that information pertaining to properties owned by Justice Qazi Faez Isa’s family in the United Kingdom was obtained through surveillance and without approval of the lawful authority. A 10-judge full court led by Justice Umar Ata Bandial resumed the hearing of a set of petitions challenging the presidential reference filed against Justice Isa in May this year over non-disclosure of assets in his wealth statement. Justice Isa’s counsel, Muneer A Malik, said the information was gathered without authorisation from the lawful authority and passed on to the complainant, Abdul Wahid Dogar. He stressed that the complaint was filed just weeks after the top judge penned the Faizabad sit-in verdict, wherein he questioned the role of security agencies in mediating a deal between the then federal government and the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan in November 2017. Pointing out that the information could not be obtained online by using the names of the owner,
