Pakistan

'Are you under stress,' Aitzaz Ahsan asks CJP during court hearing

The lawyer was fined Rs10,000 on his failure to appear in the first hearing in formula milk case

News Desk March 10, 2018

The lawyer was fined Rs10,000 on his failure to appear in the first hearing in formula milk case. PHOTO: FILE

The proceedings in the formula milk case hearing took an interesting turn on Saturday when senior lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan, who was fined yesterday, asked Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) if he was "under stress", Express News reported.

On Friday, Aitzaz was handed Rs10,000 fine during the formula milk hearing in the Supreme Court's Lahore registry. Ahsan was representing Meiji Formula Milk Company in the sou motu case.

During today's hearing, the lawyer told the CJP that he didn't appear before the court for a single day and was fined Rs10,000. He quipped that "he wasn't fined 10 paisas even in the school."

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The lawyer further said that he had requested for the hearing to be postponed as he remained engaged in a farewell ceremony of senators in Islamabad.

At this, the report added, the CJP said that he had fined the counsel's associate, not him and that it wasn't mentioned in the written order. Aitzaz asked as to why even the associate was fined, saying the CJP could've mentioned that in the written order.

Justice Nisar responded that on the counsel's insistence he can have that written in the order. Aitzaz was quoted in the report as saying, Chief Justice you seem to be under stress. But Justice Nisar said that he isn't under stress, asking the lawyer as to who had told him that.

COMMENTS (1)

sj | 6 years ago | Reply Aitzaz is the hypocrite. He is fair with his tail. How he can behave with the honest judges. Zardari & Company and now Nawaz & Company take the judiciary as it is in their pockets. You guys have Billions of looted money and you make the nation to dance at your will. THEY CLOSELY WATCH IF JUDGE IS NOT IN THEIR FAVOR, THEY WILL ENDEAVOUR TO BUY THE PROSECUTOR. IF FAIL, THEY WILL BUY WITNESSES AND/OR THEY WILL ELIMINATE THEM. JUST STUDY THEIR RECORD. Nawaz Sharif distributed sweets when Supreme appointed JIT. The reason was they believed they could manage JIT people as judges were not manageable by them....... Similarly, Zardari has already cleared himself from the courts. He himself became untouchable when President of Pakistan and got all cases cleared by hook and crook.

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