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NA Speaker Denies Filing Reference Against SC Judge

Islamabad (August 19, 2017): The Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq denies news regarding filing of reference against Justice Asif Saeed Khosa in Supreme Judicial Council and termed the news baseless and concocted.

According to the details, the National Assembly Secretariat on Saturday rejected reports that Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has filed a reference against Supreme Court Judge, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, who headed five-member larger bench which disqualified former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Panama Papers case.

The statement was issued by a spokesman for the lower House of the parliament who advised the people to refrain from making false statements about the speaker.

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National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq’s reference against Supreme Court’s Justice Asif Saeed Khosa has turned into a mystery with a senior court official claiming that the Supreme Judicial Council has not received it yet and the attorney general saying “there is no reference”.

Earlier, media reports said the Speaker had filed a reference against Justice Asif Saeed Khosa in Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) under Article 209 of the constitution.

The reports further said the speaker objected over Justice Khosa’s remarks made in the April 20 judgment in Panama case, adding Sadiq stated the remarks reflected the judge’s bias as none from the bench passed any such statements.

Later, Attorney General for Pakistan, commenting over the news, said that he had no knowledge of filing of reference against Supreme Court Judge Justice Asif Saeed Khosa.

The AGP statement has further shroud the mystery over the issue and it further deepened when Imran Khan diatribe on Speaker surfaced twitter.Reacting to the rumors about the reference, Chairman Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf Imran Khan took to Twitter and demanded Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq to immediately resign from his post.

He said Speaker Ayaz Sadiq’s reference against Justice Khosa has exposed his mala fide intent of going all out simply to protect Nawaz Shairf’s corruption.

According to Khan, Ayaz Sadiq had revealed his bias earlier and now it has become clear that he is not fit to occupy the office of Speaker National Assembly.

The PTI leader said Ayaz’s comment that his Office is not an investigative agency begs the question how he forwarded reference against him and Jahangir Khan Tarin while rejecting reference against Nawaz Sharif NS?

The five-member larger bench of the apex court, comprising Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa (head), Justice Ijaz Afzal Khan, Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh and Justice Ijazul Ahsan disqualifed Nawaz Sharif in Panama leaks case on July 28.

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