IHC fault-lines deepen as bench stops brother judge from working

ISLAMABAD:

A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday stopped one of its brother judges — Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri — from performing his duties as it took up a petition accusing Justice Jahangiri of holding a dubious LLB degree — a move that is bound to deepen the chasm within judiciary.

Interestingly, the bench comprising Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Muhammad Azam Khan also sought assistance from Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Awan on the question of whether the petition is maintainable.

It also appointed senior lawyers Barrister Zafarullah Khan and Ashtar Ali Ausaf as amici curiae. The bench noted that until the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) — the judges' accountability forum, which has also been approached against Justice Jah