INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan has constituted a full bench to hear the constitutional petitions challenging the presidential
reference filed against senior Judge of the Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa, Geo News reported on Friday.Headed by Justice Umar Atta
Bandial, the bench will comprise 10 judges of the apex court.Members of the Supreme Judicial Council including Chief Justice Asif Saeed
Khosa, Justice Gulzar, Justice Mushir ALam, Justice Sardar Tariq and Justice Ijazul Ahsan are not part of the bench.The bench is scheduled
to hear the petitions on September 24 at 1:00 pm.A seven-judge bench of the apex court had dissolved after Munir A
Malik, the counsel for Qazi Faez Isa, had raised objection and requested the court to constitute a new bench.The government in reference
against Justice Qazi Faez Isa believes that the honourable judge appears to have committed gross misconduct and is liable to be removed upon
the recommendations of SJC.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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