Supreme Court senior puisne judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Friday brushed aside rumours about division within ranks of the top judiciary, saying that it was “factually incorrect” that he had internally created a separate group within the apex court.
Justice Isa made the remarks while clarifying a false impression cast by a video clip from the oathtaking ceremony of the chief justice of the Federal Shariat Court held a day earlier.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial administered the oath to Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rahman as the chief justice of the Shariat Court. In a statement, Justice Isa said: “Immediately after the conclusion of the ceremony I went first to greet and I congratulate his wife where I met Justice Umar Ata Bandial and greeted him too.”
He went on to say that then he proceeded to greet Justice Rahman and later he went to talk to Dr Syed Muhammad Anwer, a former Aalim judge of the FSC, when Justice Bandial came to greet him too.
“Someone recorded this moment, and incorrectly added that I had not greeted Justice Bandial, even though just a few minutes earlier I had done so,” he added. Justice Isa added, “Justice Rahman’s wife wanted to introduce me to some of her family members, which was the reason I turned.”
