Justice Qazi Faez Isa judgment: winners and losers | Talat Hussain
Syed Talat Hussain 1. What does Justice Faez Isa get out of the Supreme Court verdict? He gets redemption and endorsement of his plea that this reference was only aimed at destroying him as a judge was simply worthy of being trashed. Also, he becomes a symbol of resistance to the executive’s manipulation and engineering. 2. What does he not get out of it? He doesn’t get a full burial of the issue of “properties”, “money”, “trail” etc. With seven judges asking FBR to investigate his wife’s tax returns and send fresh notices, the matter is allowed to linger. Also involving Supreme Judicial Council in tax matters of Justice Faez’s wife who is an independent tax payer is bizarre, to say the least. This means the judge continues to be held to account for his wife’s assets. Seven judges on this side of the argument and one dismissing his petition while accepting others against the reference should tell Justice Faez about the real state of affairs of the brotherhood of the judges. He can ask:...