The Supreme Court resumed its proceedings on Friday concerning the petition filed by former Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge Shaukat Azizi Siddiqui challenging his dismissal. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa is heading a five-member bench conducting the hearings. Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi, and Justice Irfan Saadat Khan are the other members of the bench. The case was scheduled for a hearing earlier this month following a miscellaneous application filed by the judge with the Supreme Court, requesting an expedited hearing of his plea against the decision by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) leading to his dismissal. Yesterday, the Supreme Court directed Siddiqui to identify individuals, including former spy chief General Faiz Hamid, former army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa, and others involved in the plea against his dismissal.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)