Attorney General Mansoor Awan said on Friday that the outgoing chief justice Qazi Faez Isa had been a competent lawyer and a judge who gave landmark judgements in the history of the country’s judiciary. He was speaking at the full court reference held in honour of Justice Isa who retired on Friday. Attorney General Awan paid Justice Isa tribute for live streaming of “important cases” in September last year. He gave reference of Justice Isa’s case in which he gave landmark judgement. Earlier, the full court reference started at 10.30 am in the Supreme Court Courtroom No. 1 attended by 16 judges, including Chief Justice Isa and designated Chief Justice Yahya Afridi. The wife and family of Justice Isa participated in the full court reference. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah did not attend the full court reference as he has gone on leave. Justice Malik Shahzad, Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Ayesha Malik also did not participate in the reference. Supreme Court lawyers, court staff and journalists attended the full court reference.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan