SC adjourns Justice Qazi Faez Isa's petition until Monday.

ISLAMABAD -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of Justice Qazi

Faez Isa's petition, challenging the presidential reference filed against him

over alleged non-disclosure of assets in his wealth statement, till Monday.

A ten-member larger bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Umar

Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Maqbool Baqar, Justice Manzoor

Ahmad Malik, Justice Faisal Arab, Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel,

Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Munib

Akhtar, Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed,

heard the case regarding proceedings of the Supreme Judicial Council

(SJC) against Justice Qazi Faez Isa.

The reference filed against Justice Qazi Faez Isa alleges that he

acquired three properties in London on lease in the name of his wife

and children between 2011 and 2015, but did not disclose them in

wealth returns.

During the course of proceedings, Salman Akram Raja counsel for

Pakistan Bar Council, while continuing his arguments, said that the

sources of property attributable to Justice Qazi Faez Isa were foreign

and in this case there was no question of money laundering.

The court asked if the statements are not correct, could the tax

authorities seek clarification from the judges? The bench asked

whether judges were exempted from the tax matters.

The counsel said that judges were not exempted in this regard

however, in this case the judge was made accused without knowing

the sources of income of his wife and children. He alleged that the

reference was malicious.

Justice Umar Ata Bandial raised the question and asked what was

the evidence in this regard that Advocate Munir A Malik in his arguments

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