The Supreme Court of Pakistan. PHOTO: AFP
The top court has restored the practicing licence of Ali Zafar after he verbally expressed regret at his conduct. Ali Zafar is a presidential candidate of the Asma Jahangir group in the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCAB) election, due in the last week of this month.
The five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, took up Ali Zafar’s review petition against the suspension of his licence.
On September 8, a three-judge bench – headed by former chief justice Jawwad S Khawaja – had suspended the licence of Ali Zafar and Raja Zafar to practice before the apex court for a year.
The suspension of Zafar’s licence is the outcome of an earlier show-cause notice issued to the counsel for writing a letter to ex-chief justice Nasirul Mulk seeking adjournment of the Bahria Town case because he was abroad but without informing the bench headed by Justice Khawaja, allegedly to delay the hearing of the case.
However, ex-CJ Khawaja had held that Zafar’s letter to CJP amounted to professional misconduct. Zafar along with his counsel Asma Jahangir appeared before the bench.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 10th, 2015.
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