ISLAMABAD: Attorney General for Pakistan Shahzad Atta Elahi said on Monday that Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Atta Bandial did not make any remarks on the honesty of Prime Ministers of Pakistan.
In a letter to Prime Minister Nazir Tarar, available with JEE News, the Attorney General clarified that the observation on the Chief Justice’s remarks was “wrong”. The AG urged the Federal Law Minister to share the correct facts in this regard with fellow parliamentarians to set the record straight.
On the other hand, he said that there is news on social media that the Chief Justice has commented on the honesty of the Prime Ministers of the country. He said that he was present in the court during the hearing and can confirm that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court did not make any such remarks on the honesty of the Prime Ministers of Pakistan.
In fact, in 1993, the Chief Justice lamented the Supreme Court’s decision in the said case on behalf of the then Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Naseem Hasan Shah, to hold general elections instead of restoring the National Assembly in 1988. had gone. The AG added.
He further said that the Chief Justice had commented on the then ousted Prime Minister Muhammad Khan Junejo saying that he was a very good and independent man who was removed by Article 58(2)(b).
Shahzad Ata Elahi added that the observation that Junejo was the country’s “only honest prime minister” seems to have been “misunderstood and misrepresented on social media as if only one prime minister (Junejo) was honest in the history of Pakistan.” was
Despite this, a false narrative about the Chief Justice’s observations was circulated on social media, the AG clarified. He said that as the Federal Law Minister, Member of the Senate and former Leader of the House in the Senate, the above is being shared with you and it is hoped that you will share the correct facts with your fellow Members of Parliament to set the record straight. will do .
