Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Wednesday questioned Prime Minister Imran Khan’s stance on granting development funds to lawmakers, observing that a letter submitted by his principal secretary to the top court “did not contain the answers to the court’s questions”.
He made these remarks during the hearing of a case related to the prime minister’s approval of Rs500 million uplift grant to lawmakers which is being heard by a five-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed and compromising Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan and Justice Isa.
“The letter does not have answers to the court’s questions. It seems the prime minister has not read the court’s order properly,” Justice Isa observed.
On Feb 3, Justice Isa, while taking notice of the plan to distribute development funds, had asked the court office to place the file before the chief justice to constitute a bench to hear the matter.
In the order, Justice Isa had cited Article 5(2) of the Constitution that mandated obedience to the Constitution and the law as inviolable obligation of every citizen and then stated that Article204(2) empowered the Supreme Court to take action against any person who disobeyed any order of the court. Moreover, the oath of office of judges also required them to preserve, protect and defend the constitution, he had said.
Source: dawn.com
Saturday, May 9, 2026
