CJP says no interest in seeking extension

Also on Monday, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Qazi Faez Isa flatly refused to seek an extension in his tenure.

Talking to journalists, when one of the reporters, while quoting PML-N stalwart Rana Sanaullah, said that if the age limit of all SC judges was increased, he (CJP) agreed to an extension, the chief justice said, “No, this is not the case."

He went on to say that in one of the meetings, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, Azam Nazir Tarar and the attorney general of Pakistan were present. “But Rana Sana was not.”

He said he had been told the government planned to increase the term of employment of all chief justices (CJs), including him. “I said to them that they should extend the term of employment of other CJs. But I am not interested.”

“I am not sure I will be alive tomorrow,” Justice Isa said.

When a reporter asked why the case of a letter penned down by six judges was not being fixed for the hearing, he replied that it was the committee of judges, which had to do that. “The bench is not being formed due to the illness of Justice Musarrat Halali,” he explained.

Reporter Amanat Gishkori