Islamabad: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday criticised the detailed judgement pertaining to the review petitions filed in Justice Qazi Faez Isa case, saying if a judge could not be held accountable for the assets of their spouse and children then how was it possible to hold bureaucrats and politicians accountable.
In a tweet, the minister said the judiciary needed introspection in the light of its “fast declining” ranking at the global level. “The new chief justice will have to face this challenge after he takes the oath,” Fawad claimed.
فروغ نسیم کا سوال اہم ہے کہ اگر جج صاحبان اپنے بیوی بچوں کے اثاثوں کے ذمہ دار نہیں تو پھر سیاستدانوں اور بیوروکریٹس کا احتساب کیسے ممکن ہے؟ عدلیہ کو عالمی رینکنگز میں اپنی تیزی سے گرتی ساکھ کا جائزہ لینے کی ضرورت ہے نئے چیف جسٹس جب حلف لیں گے تو انھیں اس چیلنج کا سامنا ہو گا
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) January 30, 2022
He had added that Prime Minister Imran Khan, Law Minister Dr Farogh Naseem, ARU Chairman Mirza Shahzad Akbar and tax officials were liable to penal consequences of violating section 216 of Income Tax Ordinance 2001.
