For several days, widespread rumours claiming that Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa postponed the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) meeting in May to “facilitate the government’s judicial package”, which also provisions increasing judges’ retirement age to give “extension” to the top Supreme Court judge.
The reality, however, might differ from the speculations making the rounds on various digital media platforms as argued by Reema Omer, a legal expert and lawyer, who has debunked the alleged reports in light of the minutes of the JCP’s meeting as well as a letter penned by the top judge.
It is to be noted that the federal government, on multiple occasions, has refuted any plans to give an extension to the chief justice who is set to retire next month (October).
Taking to social media account X, formerly Twitter, Omer referred to the minutes of the JCP meeting that revealed about the session’s postponement on the request of the federal law minister, who had requested the forum to defer it as the government was considering “amending Article 175A of the Constitution” as the “constitution of the Commission may be changed.”
