SC begins suo motu proceedings over IHC judges letter

A seven-member bench of the Supreme Court began suo motu proceedings over a letter written by members of the Islamabad High Court alleging interference by intelligence agencies on Wednesday.

The bench is headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa and will include ustice Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Jamal Mandokhail, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Musarrat Hilali, Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Naeem Afghan.

The hearing began at 11:30 am.

The bench was constitued on Monday after former Chiej Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jilani refused to head a judicial commission created by the government.

Six judges of Islamabad High Court had demanded that a judicial convention be summoned over the alleged interference of intelligence agencies in the judiciary.

However, following a full court reference in the SC, the chief justice had met the prime minister and asked for a judicial commission to be formed instead.