Islamabad, Pakistan Jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday threatened to go on a hunger strike if Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa did not deliver justice in the cases against him.
The 71-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan Tehreek-Insaf) supremo made this statement during a media interaction at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, citing ongoing concerns over Chief Justice Isa's involvement in the courts handling the party cases and their cases.
He was present in court in connection with the hearing of the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case at Adiala Jail, where he is being held.
He opposed the presence of Chief Justice Isa on the panels formed to hear cases related to his party, and warned that he would go on hunger strike if the Chief Justice did not deliver justice.
"I am consulting on the possibility of going on a hunger strike. If I do not get justice, I will go on a hunger strike," he said, clarifying that his lawyers have opposed the inclusion of Chief Justice Isa in each court on cases. of his party.
“How does Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa reach every court that hears my cases?” he asked.
Khan also said that former Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed had said that Isa cannot hear cases of. He added that lawyers believe they will not get justice, “so our cases should be heard by someone else.”
Chief Justice Isa clarified during the hearing of a case that the panels set up to hear different cases are not formed by him but by a committee of three senior judges of the court and he is only one of the three members.
There is a history of mistrust between Khan and Chief Justice Isa.
Khan filed a complaint, when he was serving as prime minister, to remove Isa as a judge due to alleged corruption.
Consequently, Isa and his wife had to go through an arduous process and finally, the high court rejected the cases against them.
In the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case, Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi are accused of receiving land worth billions of rupees as a bribe from a real estate tycoon.
The 71-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan Tehreek-Insaf) supremo made this statement during a media interaction at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, citing ongoing concerns over Chief Justice Isa's involvement in the courts handling the party cases and their cases.
He was present in court in connection with the hearing of the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case at Adiala Jail, where he is being held.
He opposed the presence of Chief Justice Isa on the panels formed to hear cases related to his party, and warned that he would go on hunger strike if the Chief Justice did not deliver justice.
"I am consulting on the possibility of going on a hunger strike. If I do not get justice, I will go on a hunger strike," he said, clarifying that his lawyers have opposed the inclusion of Chief Justice Isa in each court on cases. of his party.
“How does Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa reach every court that hears my cases?” he asked.
Khan also said that former Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed had said that Isa cannot hear cases of. He added that lawyers believe they will not get justice, “so our cases should be heard by someone else.”
Chief Justice Isa clarified during the hearing of a case that the panels set up to hear different cases are not formed by him but by a committee of three senior judges of the court and he is only one of the three members.
There is a history of mistrust between Khan and Chief Justice Isa.
Khan filed a complaint, when he was serving as prime minister, to remove Isa as a judge due to alleged corruption.
Consequently, Isa and his wife had to go through an arduous process and finally, the high court rejected the cases against them.
In the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case, Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi are accused of receiving land worth billions of rupees as a bribe from a real estate tycoon.
