Justice Isa 'ostensible owner' of UK properties, govt tells SC.

ISLAMABAD -- The government on Thursday informed the Supreme Court (SC) that Justice Qazi Faez Isa was the 'ostensible owner' of three properties in the United Kingdom as his family members purchased the assets at a time when they had no independent source of income. The assertion was made in the government's response submitted by Attorney General of Pakistan Anwar Mansoor Khan on a set of petitions challenging the presidential references against Justice Isa.

'The petitioner's spouse and children own expensive properties in the UK which were purchased in the year 2004 and 2013 at a time when they had no independent...